Posted inState Government Distressed property: Minnesota housing providers struggle to keep up with costs, forcing closure of some buildings by Peter Callaghan 03/18/2025
Posted inState Government The Minnesota four-year state budget forecast: sandbox designer, ‘truth-teller’ by Peter Callaghan 03/17/202503/17/2025
Posted inState Government Move to require taxes, more transparency over tribal cannabis compacts fails in Senate committee by Peter Callaghan 03/14/202503/18/2025
Posted inState Government Can an equal rights amendment that’s ‘not your grandmother’s ERA’ pass a tied Minnesota House? by Peter Callaghan 03/12/202503/12/2025
Posted inState Government Looming state budget deficit’s cause is somewhere in between Trump’s ‘destructive chaos’ and DFL trifecta’s ‘irresponsible spending spree’ by Peter Callaghan 03/06/202503/06/2025
Posted inState Government Minnesota budget forecast: worsening tax revenue, bigger deficits in coming years by Peter Callaghan 03/06/202503/06/2025
Posted inState Government Housing shortage bills have bipartisan buzz (again). Will it be enough to get past city skeptics? by Peter Callaghan 03/06/202503/06/2025
Posted inState Government ‘Our ideas finally get a hearing’: House GOP targets paid family leave during fleeting majority rule by Peter Callaghan 03/04/202503/04/2025
Posted inState Government Cities, businesses and GOP lawmakers sound alarm on pending Minnesota cannabis compacts with tribes by Peter Callaghan 02/27/202502/27/2025
Posted inState Government A chance for legislative levity: ‘hearings’ on Prince, Bob Dylan tunes as proposed official state songs by Peter Callaghan 02/26/2025
Posted inState Government Sports betting’s latest challenge in Minnesota: skepticism of sports books, big tech by Peter Callaghan 02/20/2025
Posted inState Government Lawsuit derides ‘Frankenstein’s monster’ omnibus bill as unconstitutional, but what says the Minnesota Supreme Court? by Peter Callaghan 02/18/202502/18/2025
Posted inState Government Minnesota’s non-public schools have received state aid for decades, but a cloudy budget picture could put an end to that by Peter Callaghan 02/17/202502/17/2025
Posted inState Government Minnesota lawmakers look to repeal taxes on illegal drug sales, which no one pays anyway by Peter Callaghan 02/13/202502/13/2025
Posted inState Government Imminent Minnesota-tribal compacts would allow tribal nations major access to off-reservation cannabis market by Peter Callaghan 02/11/202502/12/2025
Posted inState Government Stopping waste, fraud and abuse in Minnesota state government is so bipartisan. Right? by Peter Callaghan 02/11/202502/11/2025
Posted inState Government Three weeks and many court hearings later, a tied Minnesota House figures out how to share power … again by Peter Callaghan 02/06/202502/07/2025
Posted inState Government MinnPost users guide to the Great 2025 Minnesota House Quorum Wars by Peter Callaghan 02/05/202502/06/2025
Posted inState Government Walz budget calls for zeroing out state funding for light rail operating costs and tapping 2024’s transit tax revenue by Peter Callaghan 01/31/202502/03/2025
Posted inState Government Legislative chaos goes bicameral: Mitchell issue returns to tied Senate; House can’t officially meet without DFL by Peter Callaghan 01/28/202502/05/2025