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It's Minnesota's budgeting year. Officials had projected a $1.5 billion surplus, but some measures of national economic growth have been slowing. The new numbers released Thursday are key to lawmakers' efforts to build a two-year budget. Here's how the governor and legislators set the new state budget. https://www.mprnews.org/story/2019/02/28/minnesota-budget-surplus-falls-to-one-billion | MPR News