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Very southern Mn | 240 Minnesota mayors would disagree. I don’t know where you are getting your re tax information, but our Mn RE farmland taxes went up 15% last year from change in re tax formula PLUS a new school that Minnesota talked our local district into building with promises to help pay for which I am guessing state will cut their commitment so even more RE tax. So overall 30% increase last year. Even worse are some of small town home and business owners who are looking at state increases on top of increased local needs. Some local headlines have been back to back almost 20% ( yearly re ) increases on some local communities. If you look online at Mn 2026 budget ( Mn state site) some of cuts that Waltz made are to city and county. I also remember you telling me how well Waltz was managing the state a couple of years ago and how we were going to have these big surpluses. State fiscal policy’s are a disaster wherein we had a 17 billion surplus a few years ago, 3 billion or more deficit now. Add insult to injury, state did send out a small portion of refund checks ( mostly to those that didn’t pay in the first place) but than passed every social program that they could imagine. Also interesting start of some businesses leaving Mn. Just announced last week 3M closing a plant that has been here since prior to 1960. No reason given but guessing paid leave policy definitely having something to do with it. Pretty hard if you are a employer and have people taking 12 weeks of paid leave and can’t fire them. Not much incentive to work when you can stay home and get paid.
Edit Your budget numbers do not include all social services. Go to Mn site, budget is between around 60 billion for last two years. It also shows cuts projected. City and county is included in those cuts.
Edited by jdironman 1/18/2026 17:11
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Ag Economy in Minnesota
