Minnesota Governor Tim Walz is expected to release his supplemental budget Monday.
The governor earlier said his request to add more projects to the budget that passed last year may be under $100 million.
It was revealed last month that the state has a $3.7 billion budget surplus, which could allow passage of some of those proposals that didn't make the cut a year ago.
WCCO political analyst Blois Olson says there are a number of groups looking for money that missed out during last year's session.
"We know school districts, because of some of the mandates that were put on them and because of labor agreements, have some shortfalls," says Olson on the WCCO Morning News with Vineeta Sawkar. "So, they have requested money. We know that higher education has requested money. We know that hospitals and nursing homes have requested more money. Not a lot but in general, those are the considerations that the governor will make."
Minnesota is in the middle of a two-year budget cycle. The $72 million spending plan was passed last year during the session and is the state's largest ever budget.
Olson adds he thinks the number put out by Walz Monday will be more conservative than what Minnesota's saw in 2023.
"My sources from the governor's office say that it's going to be a 'very conservative supplemental budget', and that's part of the ongoing discussion," Olson says. "We may have a surplus now, but we may have a shortfall in the next, you know, three to four years. What does that mean? And how do we do that? I think that's what the governor will lay out today."
The governor is expected to reveal his plans Monday afternoon around 1:00 p.m.