Hearings are underway at the State House as Democrats weigh how to allocate a $248 million surplus amid shifting federal funding and competing priorities.

Minnesota’s projected budget surplus has grown to nearly $2.5 billion in the current two-year budget cycle, though a projected shortfall of almost $3 billion is expected in the following two years.

Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan is leaving a multi-million-dollar Christmas gift for his successor. In his final mayoral press conference on Tuesday, Duggan said that a final audit of Detroit’s 2024-2025 ...

A new budget review finds proposed 2026‑27 spending on climate and natural resources would fall as earlier surplus funding winds down.