DFL Gov. Tim Walz called a special election for a vacant House seat in the Roseville area too early and must choose a later date, the state Supreme Court ruled Friday in a decision that will extend Republicans’ advantage in a power struggle with Democrats in the House by granting them another month with a one-seat majority.

Gov. Tim Walz is pitching his first budget under the new Trump era as a counterweight to the incoming president’s threats to impose tariffs, which he says will raise costs on everyday Minnesotans. His plan would lower Minnesota’s sales tax rate for the first time in state history by .

Contrary to what critics say, legislators and Walz didn’t spend the entire $17 billion surplus that the state had at the start of the 2023 Legislature. About $3 billion carried

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Supreme Court will hear arguments Thursday on whether it should wade into a partisan power struggle that has roiled the state House for over a week, with Democratic lawmakers boycotting the state Capitol to try to prevent their Republican colleagues from exploiting their temporary one-seat majority.

The Supreme Court on Friday cancelled the special election for a metro House race later this month, finding Gov. Tim Walz set the date before state law requires.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz presented his two-year budget proposal on Thursday amid an ongoing power struggle at the Capitol.

Gov. Tim Walz is urging lawmakers to end a power struggle that has disrupted the first week of Minnesota’s 2025 legislative session.

Gov. Tim Walz on Thursday pitched a tighter two-year budget, complete with spending pullbacks and other measures to keep a potential deficit at bay. He also proposed a lower state sales tax rate but called for extending the tax’s reach to financial services.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz didn’t get the results he may have expected when he attempted to troll President-elect Donald Trump’s decision to move his inauguration indoors on Monday due to a forecast of extremely cold weather for Washington, D.C.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz called for spending cuts Thursday in a $65.9 billion two-year budget proposal that includes a modest reduction in the overall state sales tax but new taxes on services like legal and financial advice.

Governor Walz’s party has lost control of the Minnesota Legislature and faces mounting criticism as a budget deficit looms.

Minnesota Habitat for Humanity, Minnesota Housing Partnership and Beacon Minnesota organized the Tuesday morning rally, which featured remarks from Gov. Tim Walz, Lt. Gov Peggy Flanagan and legislative housing chairs Sen. Lindsey Port, DFL-Burnsville, and Rep. Spencer Igo, R-Wabana Township.