ST. PAUL (AP) - An updated forecast released Monday puts Minnesota’s budget surplus at $17.5 billion, representing an overall improvement in the state’s fiscal picture. While the figure from Minnesota ...

Minnesota's budget surplus has ballooned to a historic $17.6 billion amid lower spending and larger tax collections, triggering a flood of ideas for how to spend the extra cash. A funding boost for ...

The extra funds are set to be added to the state’s surplus for the next budget cycle, although the exact size of any surplus won't be announced until early December. Officials on Monday, Oct. 16, said ...

ST. PAUL -- Minnesota's economy is doing better than the country, helping generate a modest state budget surplus, but that does not translate into extra money. That is because the money, in essence, ...