A short tour of four potential scenarios as the Dayton administration and the DFL Legislature weigh the next Minnesota budget.

During a stop at the Capitol following Gov. Mark Dayton's budget rollout, Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak paused to ruminate about one unintended consequence of the budget battles waged through the years by the administration of Gov. Tim Pawlenty. According to Rybak, Pawlenty's habit of taking the unallotment cleaver to local government aid programs built deep bonds between affected city officials around Minnesota.

Mark Haveman, executive director of the Minnesota Taxpayers Association, is just as puzzled as the next fiscal analyst when it comes to figuring out how the conservatives who control the state Legislature can devise a solution to the state's $6.2 billion deficit that Gov. Mark Dayton is willing to sign.

A St. Paul-based think tank issued a controversial report this week that says cities that get local government aid are providing “more generous” health care ...

Lynn Reed, the Minnesota Taxpayers Association’s (MTA) executive director, has had an eventful year. He covered a grueling five-month budget session with a shortened staff. ...

During the first six weeks of the session, a variety of taxing and spending ideas have been brought forward. And as legislators return from the ...