Minnesota

With her mother an employee of the county and state and a neighbor who became prominent in politics, Sarah Brown believes she was "predestined" to a career in the public sector.

As the market prepares for a smaller primary calendar in the holiday-shortened week, fund flows again are worth exploring as a strong demand component for 2021.

Moody's moved its outlook to positive on Minnesota's Aa1 rating, and S&P went to stable from negative on its AAA rating ahead of the state's annual bond sale.

The two systems began negotiations in January to transfer 14 CommonSpirit hospitals in Minnesota and North Dakota to Essentia.

Maulin Vidwans, Jennifer Santangelo, Ryan Udell and Adam Chelminiak move over from White and Williams.

Gov. Tim Walz's proposed tax hikes to eliminate a budget gap and produce new revenue for his economic initiatives drew GOP backlash.

Twin Cities International School and MIMCS Building Company announced the reversal in a public notice filed Monday.

Forecasters now expect a $641 million surplus this year and a much smaller than previously projected $1.3 billion gap in the next two-year budget cycle.

Potential fiscal fallout from the police killing of George Floyd and the pandemic's economic strains brought a negative outlook to the city's AAA S&P rating.

The Minnesota Management and Budget commissioner is moving to the University of Minnesota after a decade with the state, and his MMB predecessor replaces him.

One example of the growth of the industry is the nearly tenfold increase in Colorado’s marijuana tax revenue to $250.7 million in 2018 from $25.3 million in 2014.

Minnesota's governor blames efforts to strip emergency powers he used in the fight against COVID-19 for the holdup in passing a $1.8 billion bond authorization.

Bond lawyer Rebecca Lawrence has joined Ballard Spahr

The two state administrations laid out initial estimates of revenue losses due to the pandemic as the federal government debates additional relief.

The Duluth School Board has voted to approve language for legislation that would enable the district to finance the construction of new administrative offices and transportation facilities on the Central High School property.

The state's projected budget surplus was raised to $1.5 billion, but officials are cautious over risks of economic slowdown and the impact of COVID-19.

Gov. Tim Walz's plan relies on $2 billion of new general obligation borrowing.

The Winona County Board of Commissioners approved the county's 2020 property tax levy Friday, though not without some disagreement about the increase.

A not-for-profit chosen by Bloomington would borrow about $300 million to finance the Mall of America indoor water park through an Arizona conduit.

Gov. Tim Walz wants to use some of the extra funds for a bonding bill to fund infrastructure investments in the state.