Will budget agreement hold? DFLers decry cuts to state health care for illegal immigrants AlphaNews.org

Will budget agreement hold? DFLers decry cuts to state health care for illegal immigrants AlphaNews.org

Share This StoryGov. Tim Walz and legislative leaders in Minnesota have agreed to a two-year state budget deal that significantly reduces a looming $6 billion deficit, raises taxes only on marijuana, and is several billion dollars smaller than the state’s record $72 billion budget from 2023. The deal also brings a big change to MinnesotaCare, a state-run health care program for low income individuals. Under a compromise reached by Gov. Walz, DFL…

Budget agreement cuts health care to undocumented immigrants, closes Stillwater prison

(St. Paul, MN) - Governor Tim Walz and legislative leaders have agreed to a new budget for Minnesota. The deal balances the budget for the first biennium and leaves money on the bottom line heading into the second. The governor…