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Uncertainty, limited information, and a slowing economy are putting pressure on Minnesota’s long-term budget outlook
February 24, 2026 • Carly Eckstrom
Minnesota Budget, Minnesota Budget Outlook
On December 4, 2025, Minnesota Management and Budget (MMB) released the November 2025 Budget and Economic Forecast, one of two… Continue reading Uncertainty, limited information, and a slowing economy are putting pressure on Minnesota’s long-term budget outlook
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More guns, less butter: How massive federal funding increases for ICE are costing us all
January 20, 2026 • Carly Eckstrom
Federal Budget, Federal Issues, Immigration
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Federal Freeze of Child Care, TANF, other social service funding could leave Minnesotans and their families in the cold
January 15, 2026 • Carly Eckstrom
Child Care, Federal Budget, Federal Issues
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Investing in affordable child care so Minnesota families can find the care they need
Great Start Affordability Scholarships are a new policy solution designed to lower monthly child care costs for Minnesota families. Find out how they work to make quality child care more accessible and push to create equitable, living wages for early childhood educators.
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The Minnesota Budget Project is a research and advocacy organization that pursues policy solutions so that all Minnesotans can thrive, regardless of who they are or where they live. Established more than 25 years ago, the Minnesota Budget Project is a nonpartisan project of the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits.
Our work is centered on equitable and just public policies so that all Minnesotans have what they need to pursue full and free lives. We focus primarily on tax, budget, and economic policies.









