Gone were the camo hats and crisp blue suits of the vice presidential campaign trail. Instead of Midwestern dad energy, DFL Gov. Tim Walz’s vibes felt more like a financial planner, using charts and figures to roll out his two-year budget for Minnesota and demonstrate “long-term drivers” hiking up costs.

MOORHEAD, Minn. (Valley News Live) - Minnesota Governor Tim Walz recently released his proposed budget, which contains $600 million in cuts to disability waiver rates over four years. According to CCRI, those cuts include dollars already promised for caregiver wages.

The image is altered. Footage taken at a Pennsylvania rally shows Walz raising his hand to wave at the audience. He didn't perform a Nazi salute.

Minnesota agencies, lawmakers and groups seek out answers on how a freeze in federal funding will play out with billions of dollars potentially on the line.

The governor's office said the freeze threatens $1.8 billion in federal funds usually allocated to the state each month.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz presented his two-year budget proposal on Thursday amid an ongoing power struggle at the Capitol.

Gov. Tim Walz on Thursday pitched a tighter two-year budget, complete with spending pullbacks and other measures to keep a potential deficit at bay. He also proposed a lower state sales tax rate but called for extending the tax’s reach to financial services.

Governor Tim Walz, Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan, and Attorney General Keith Ellison visited a YMCA and their child program while responding to President Donald Trump’s implementation of a federal spending freeze.

Minnesota has joined other Democratic states in suit to halt Trump's federal funding action that threatens social programs.

Prominent state leaders in Minnesota, including Gov. Tim Walz, will address President Trump's federal funding freeze set for Tuesday afternoon.

A federal judge has temporarily blocked a Trump administration freeze on federal grants and loans that could total trillions. But it didn’t stop Minnesota and 21 other states from filing suit against the White House calling the move unconstitutional.