As recently as February 2008, Minnesota’s fiscal situation was cushioned by $1 billion in reserves, and state officials did not need to worry about cash flow.

Republicans who received the veto letters say they strike a tone of anything but compromise.

In an interview with the St. Cloud Times, the Anoka Republican rebuked MMB's budget math on the proposed Medical Assistance expansion.

Legislators who have spent the last nine months trying to find a way to pay for health care for Minnesota's poorest and sickest residents joined Gov. Tim Pawlenty this afternoon to announce that they had reached a compromise on replacing the soon-to-be-defunct General Assistance Medical Care (GAMC) program.

Lawmakers say they can’t ignore large part of budget as they deal with $4.8 billion deficit for 2010-2011 While handling recent budget deficits, state lawmakers ...

Some Minnesota lawmakers think a state law that is designed to keep their fellow politicians’ hands out of a state health care fund doesn’t go ...