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When a student at a St. Paul grade school last week asked Gov. Tim Walz why he wanted to be governor, he quickly said: “For this day. For THIS
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In the wake of Gov. Joe Lombardo’s State of the State speech, Democrats — who still control both legislative chambers — were quick to criticize
Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo is proposing an $11 billion budget — the largest two-year general fund budget in state history — that includes
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In his first State of the State address, Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo laid out plans for aggressively saving for a potential economic downturn,
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It’s known as the State of the State — a biennial address the governor delivers to the Legislature to highlight policy priorities and discuss the
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A special panel charged with recommending people for appointment to the University of Minnesota Board of Regents rebuffed three high-profile
State legislative auditors found health, safety and welfare issues — including clogged toilets and children self-administering psychotropic
The appointment of former Republican state Sen. James Settelmeyer as director of the state’s Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo signed an executive order Thursday requiring all executive branch entities to review existing state regulations and
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When Cisco Aguilar took his oath of office Jan. 2, he became Nevada’s first Latino secretary of state. The son of an International Brotherhood of
Las Vegas attorney Kirk Hendrick, who headed the attorney general’s gaming division in the late 1990s and spent nearly a decade as an executive and
As one governor exits Carson City and another arrives, among the first order of business is the changing of the guard — and swapping top-level
As one governor exits Carson City and another arrives, among the first order of business is the changing of the guard — and swapping top-level
Top officials in Gov. Joe Lombardo’s administration said the governor and his staff are preparing a state budget that will make “unprecedented