April 3, 2025
Legislative leaders from both sides of the aisle announced an agreement on budget targets for the 2026-27 biennium. The targets inform committee chairs how much they are to cut or add to spending when drafting their final budget bills.
The Senate’s budget targets propose reducing state spending by $754 million in the upcoming two-year budget cycle and a reduction of $1.7 billion in future years. The House proposed a spending reduction of $1.2 billion for the upcoming budget cycle, and a reduction of $2.6 billion in future years.
The largest cuts include $300 million in human services and $50 million in both health and workforce. The announced cuts come after Minnesota Management and Budget announced a $456 million state budget surplus for the 2026-27 fiscal biennium, with a projected deficit of nearly $6 billion in the 2028-29 biennium.
"House Republicans are holding strong on fiscal responsibility, securing budget targets that would represent the largest spending cut in state history and taking a major step towards fixing the Democrat deficit,” said House Speaker Lisa Demuth (R – Cold Spring) in a statement. “I look forward to our chairs working to put together a common-sense budget that makes life more affordable for Minnesotans.”
Committee chairs will need to finalize omnibus budget bills before the April 11 legislative deadline for major appropriations bills.
July 16, 2025
On July 8, the MMA submitted a formal comment in opposition to a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed rule that would dramatically restrict states’ ability to impose Medicaid provider taxes on insurance companies.
July 16, 2025
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison met with the MMA Board of Trustees at its July 14 meeting and offered to regularly engage with the group to discuss the state’s healthcare issues.
July 16, 2025
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is warning its registrants of new fraud schemes in which scammers impersonate DEA personnel and notify them that they are under investigation, presumably to obtain personal information.