BUDGET

Budget deal ends tough 2010 Minnesota legislative session

By Don Davis , May 18, 2010

Minnesota lawmakers to debate unpopular budget bills

By Don Davis , March 22, 2010

Minnesota budget deficit estimate trimmed to $994 million

By Don Davis , March 03, 2010

Minnesota deficit shrinks to $994 million, down from $1.2 billion

The Associated Press obtained the figure today from a legislative source who saw the forecast ahead of a news conference later in the day.

By Brian Bakst , March 02, 2010

City of Mitchell, SD, to consider keeping freeze on capital projects

City to consider keeping freeze on capital projects Mitchell’s mayor and finance officer are awaiting year-end financial numbers to determine whether a freeze on some city government expenditures will be retained or lifted. Last Monday evening, an ordinance was proposed to the City Council that would carry over about $6.6 million worth of budgeted but unspent 2009 appropriations to the current year. Included in that ordinance is about $500,000 worth of expenditures that were put on hold last year due to concerns about the economic recession’s impact on sales-tax revenue. By: Seth Tupper, The Daily Republic

By Seth Tupper , February 23, 2010

Minnesota democrats propose limits on governor's budget power

By Don Davis , February 11, 2010

Minnesota lawmakers to focus primarily on balancing the state budget

No fun at the Capitol Session begins today, and Minnesota lawmakers will focus primarily on balancing the state budget Like the child who gets clothes for Christmas, lawmakers will deal with the necessities, not the luxuries. By: Don Davis and Andrew Tellijohn, State Capitol Bureau

By Don Davis and Andrew Tellijohn , February 04, 2010

Obama's 2011 budget includes $15 million for Fargo-Moorhead flood control

By Staff Reports , February 02, 2010

South Dakota Governor Rounds to outline state budget today

By Bob Mercer , December 08, 2009

Q&A: Heidepriem says South Dakota's finances not 'in too bad a shape'

By Seth Tupper , November 30, 2009

South Dakota ranked ninth in the nation in budget balancing efforts

By Press Release , November 19, 2009

Governor Rounds says no solution has been found for South Dakota's budget woes

By Seth Tupper , November 03, 2009

Minnesota State University Moorhead officials positive about budget situation

By Kristen Daum , October 15, 2009

Budget shortfalls expose rural-urban divide

Now that the economy has soured, are we again on the cusp of a rural-urban fight for scarce resources? It’s difficult to say, but we have witnessed some more subtle signs of similar efforts here in Minnesota.

By Jack Geller , May 01, 2009