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 ...

Walz is calling for the overall statewide sales tax to be cut from 6.875% to 6.8%, meaning Minnesotans would pay $7.5 cents less on every $100 they spend. That amounts to a $95 million cut to ...

Strib Voices publishes a mix of commentary online and in print each day. To contribute, click here. ••• After Gov. Tim Walz recently rolled out a major sales tax reform, a retired colleague with deep ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Gov. Tim Walz's budget proposal would make changes to sales tax collections and trim state spending in an effort to stave off a steep shortfall in future years. "While we have ...

Governor Tim Walz and Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan presented their 2025 biennial budget on Thursday, January 16. As per Walz’s office, the budget includes the first sales tax cut in state ...

Among Gov. Tim Walz’s roughly $66 billion budget is something he says has never been done in Minnesota: cut the state’s sales tax. “For the first time in Minnesota history, reducing the ...

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 ...

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz spoke about his two-year budget on Thursday in St. Paul. (Jerry Holt/The Minnesota Star Tribune) ...

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz's proposed budget offers the first-ever cut to Minnesota's sales tax rate — but it would also expand the tax into new professional services. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz's ...

Gov. Tim Walz on Thursday unveiled his plan for the next two-year budget, proposing to implement the first sales tax rate reduction in Minnesota history and rein in spending on some of the state's ...

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz discusses his two-year budget plan Thursday at the Minnesota Department of Revenue in St. Paul. Gov. Tim Walz on Thursday pitched a tighter two-year budget, complete with ...

Gov. Tim Walz on Thursday unveiled his plan for the next two-year budget, proposing to implement the first sales tax rate reduction in Minnesota history and rein in spending on some of the state's ...