A good portion of Walz’s address focused on federal issues, such as potentially massive cuts to Medicaid under GOP-backed proposals in Congress.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has pledged to do everything in his power to protect Minnesotans from the chaos that he says President Donald Trump has unleashed on the country and world

Tim Walz used his seventh State of the State speech to take swings at President Trump while calling on state lawmakers to work together to show that "there's a better way to govern." The big picture: Last night's address to the politically divided Legislature was one of the DFL governor's highest profile speeches since losing his vice presidential bid.