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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

The 448 voting members of the Democratic National Committee will decide Saturday who will lead the Democratic Party, still reeling from a major 2024 loss, into the future to counter President Donald Trump.

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.

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.

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.

MINNEAPOLIS — Gov. Tim Walz announced on Friday that Minnesota has been ranked as one of the top states to raise a family. Walz credits this ranking to a study done through WalletHub, which put Minnesota in a second-place.

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