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Gov. Tim Walz, Lt. Gov Peggy Flanagan and Attorney General Keith Ellison speak out against President Donald Trump’s freeze on federal funding

A lack of funding for mental health services in Gov. Tim Walz and Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan’s 2025 proposed state budget disappoints Minnesota’s mental health advocacy organizations.  Walz and

Governor Tim Walz, Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan, and Attorney General Keith Ellison visited a YMCA and their child program while responding to President Donald Trump’s implementation of a federal spending freeze.

A Trump administration spending freeze directly imperils $1.9 billion in monthly federal spending in Minnesota, nearly $23 billion annually, according to an estimate from Gov. Tim Walz’s office. “Donald Trump’s reckless action cut off funding to law enforcement,

A federal judge has blocked a federal funding freeze ordered by the Trump administration, but not before Minnesota leaders could react to its possible implications.

The governor's office said the freeze threatens $1.8 billion in federal funds usually allocated to the state each month.

Violence Free Minnesota hosted a memorial for the state’s 23 known victims of domestic violence homicide and two suspicious death victims in 2024.

Minnesota Habitat for Humanity, Minnesota Housing Partnership and Beacon Minnesota organized the Tuesday morning rally, which featured remarks from Gov. Tim Walz, Lt. Gov Peggy Flanagan and legislative housing chairs Sen. Lindsey Port, DFL-Burnsville, and Rep. Spencer Igo, R-Wabana Township.

Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Chairman Faron Jackson Sr. was recently reappointed to the Governor's Council on Age-Friendly Minnesota by Gov. Tim Walz and Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan. His term will run through Jan.

The unilateral decision by President Donald Trump to temporarily freeze federal funding already approved by Congress threatens up to $1.9 billion in monthly funding in Minnesota, Gov. Tim Walz said.

Peggy Flanagan rolled out their administration's budget plan, which included the first-ever sales tax cut. Gov. Walz is proposing cutting the statewide sales tax by .075%. He said if the budget proposal is passed,