State of the State address to a joint session of the Legislature, Gov. Tim Walz offered a roadmap to crafting a budget that would “bring everyone to the table” and that involves cuts to spending many in his party might flinch at and Republicans would want to take further.

Facing a $6 billion deficit and a divided Legislature, Gov. Tim Walz comes down on President Donald Trump while declaring Minnesota can show a ‘better way to govern.’