Minnesota lawmakers are developing policies for the legislative session and one of the big discussions will be focused on ...

Minnesota’s latest budget forecast, released Thursday, will shape 2026 legislative priorities as lawmakers face economic ...

Last week’s November Forecast from Minnesota Management and Budget once again showed a deficit in FY 28-29, a number that ...

The Minnesota budget office is projecting an increasing deficit for the state in its next budget cycle, despite cuts during ...

Esme Murphy, a reporter and Sunday morning anchor for WCCO-TV, has been a member of the WCCO-TV staff since December 1990. She is also a weekend talk show host on WCCO Radio. Born and raised in New ...

Essentia Health and the Minnesota Business Partnership (MBP) on Wednesday hosted a bipartisan group of lawmakers representing districts across Minnesota at St. Mary’s Medical Center ahead of the 2026 ...

Minnesota employers need to prepare for a number of changes beginning this fall, including increased financial penalties for misrepresenting unemployment benefits information. The changes are the ...

Senator Alice Mann of Edina has announced she will not seek reelection, impacting healthcare and worker's rights laws.

Minnesota’s Legislative Auditor Judy Randall warned that reports of fraud in public programs would likely get worse before they got better. She was right. Late last month, the state Department of ...

The University of Minnesota and high school students are working together with the state legislature to target legal loopholes to improve gun safety in Minnesota schools.  Jenny Wen, a ...

The Minnesota House is evenly divided for the 2025–2026 session, with 67 members on each side of the political aisle. In such a closely balanced chamber, building trust and understanding across party ...

As new federal policies and executive orders continue to emerge from President Donald Trump’s administration and the U.S. Congress, Minnesota legislators are trying to mitigate possible impacts. The ...