Gov. Mark Dayton has offered a revised budget that raises revenue from business taxes to provide increased funding for several priorities.

The budget surplus can largely be attributed to a $230 million decrease in spending, mostly in lower-than-anticipated enrollment in Health and Human Services programs. The state also took in about $93 million more in revenues than anticipated, state budget officials announced on Wednesday.

Projects in some of the nation's poorest areas don't appear to be getting a fair shake in the spending of $787 billion in stimulus funds, the chairman of the House oversight committee said Wednesday.

Projects in some of the nation's poorest areas don't appear to be getting a fair shake in the spending of $787 billion in stimulus funds, the chairman of the House oversight committee said Wednesday.