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Dennis Anderson: Walz, DNR propose to tap state surplus for $118 million to fix hatcheries, water accesses

A Department of Natural Resources gathering Friday in Bloomington with key stakeholders and Sarah Strommen, the agency's commissioner, detailed an ambitious $118 million onetime request Gov. Tim Walz is seeking from the state's surplus to repair and replace aging boat accesses, fish hatcheries and other outdoor-recreation infrastructure.

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Dennis Anderson: DNR leader says funding needed, source to be determined

Appointed Department of Natural Resources commissioner in 2019 by Gov. Tim Walz, Sarah Strommen is the first woman to lead the conservation agency. In the interview below Strommen, now reappointed by Walz, looks back at recent conservation successes and also at challenges that lie ahead. The interview has been edited…

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Minnesota elections chief seeks to make voting even easier

Minnesota’s chief elections officer is calling on state lawmakers to make it easier for residents to vote while protecting elections officials from threats and intimidation

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Walz vows to make Minnesota ‘best state in country for kids’

Gov. Tim Walz vowed Monday to put children and classrooms at the forefront in his second term, seizing on a "historic opportunity" with a massive budget surplus to make the largest investments in education in state history.

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Gov. Walz pledges to strengthen education as begins 2nd term

Democratic Gov. Tim Walz is pledging to make the largest investments in public education in Minnesota history as he begins his second term

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Biden faces international climate-aid challenge in fiscal 2024

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Minn. governor proposes plan to fight fraud in wake of pandemic food-aid scheme

MINNEAPOLIS — Gov. Tim Walz has proposed adding an inspector general to the Minnesota Department of Education and spending more money on grant oversight, audits and fraud investigation in the aftermath of the Feeding Our Future scandal.

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States banking big bucks as Fed attempts to fight inflation

States across the U.S. built big budget surpluses as inflation helped drive up their revenues from income and sales taxes

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330-mile horse ride to remember mass execution of Dakota people arrives in Mankato

MINNEAPOLIS — Prayers and grit kept a team of Dakota riders going through two snowstorms and long, frigid days on horses this month, through South Dakota and southern Minnesota to reach Mankato on Dec. 26 — to mark the 160th anniversary of the largest mass execution in American history, and…

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Police arrest 5 people in fatal Mall of America shooting

MINNEAPOLIS — Police arrested five people Saturday in connection with a fatal shooting the night before at the Mall of America, and Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges said all would face murder charges.

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Cannabis News Week: Diddy Puts the 'Puff' Back in His Name

Cresco Labs' acquisition of Columbia Care is pending, but that didn't stop Sean 'Diddy' Combs from spending nine figures on the whole company.

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DFL Gov. Tim Walz wins second term for Minnesota governor over Republican Scott Jensen

MINNEAPOLIS — Tim Walz won a second term as Minnesota governor on Tuesday night, defeating Republican opponent Scott Jensen and cementing Democratic control of the executive branch for the longest consecutive period in state history.

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Minnesota's Walz seeks 2nd term against vax skeptic Jensen

Democrat Tim Walz is seeking a second term against Republican Scott Jensen, a family physician who first grabbed attention with his vaccine skepticism before hammering Walz on economic and crime issues during the fall campaign

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Governors could derail climate plans

Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin have clean energy plans. Fossil-fuel-friendly candidates could undermine them

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Could Minnesota officials have stopped Feeding our Future fraud sooner?

MINNEAPOLIS — Why did it take almost two years for government officials to shut down Feeding Our Future and cut off payments to individuals now accused of orchestrating the nation's largest pandemic fraud?

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Minnesota Gov. Walz, Jensen come out swinging in last debate

Democratic Gov. Tim Walz and Republican challenger Scott Jensen came out swinging in their final debate as they gave voters a last chance to make head-to-head comparisons on how the candidates would lead Minnesota

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Former Minnesota Gov. Ventura endorses Gov. Walz, citing strong leadership, COVID protections

Former Gov. Jesse Ventura took what he called the "unprecedented" step of endorsing the reelection bid of DFL Gov. Tim Walz in a video released Thursday.

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Minnesota has become an island of abortion access

MOORHEAD, Minn. — The move, as the crow flies, was about two miles — just across the Red River into Minnesota. But for North Dakota’s last abortion provider, it was a world apart.

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Timeline of events since George Floyd's arrest and murder

George Floyd’s killing by Minneapolis police officers in May 2020 sparked widespread anger after millions of people saw video of his arrest

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Vice President Kamala Harris issues call to action on abortion during Minnesota visit

MINNEAPOLIS — Vice President Kamala Harris touched down Saturday in the Twin Cities two weeks before the midterm election to issue a call to action on abortion, imploring an auditorium full of students and state leaders to "pick up the movement" for reproductive rights that started more than five decades…

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Walz, Jensen clash in first and only TV debate in Minnesota governor's race

MINNEAPOLIS — Democratic Gov. Tim Walz and GOP challenger Scott Jensen tore into each other's records and plans for Minnesota during their first and only televised debate Tuesday night.

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Minnesota gubernatorial candidates to face off in 2nd debate

The only televised debate between Minnesota's Democratic Gov. Tim Walz and Republican challenger Scott Jensen is taking place in Rochester

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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, opponent Scott Jensen once found common ground on some key issues

MINNEAPOLIS — Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and GOP nominee Scott Jensen have framed themselves as political polar opposites who agree on few, if any, issues.

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Dennis Anderson: In southwest Minn., where Gov. Walz will hunt, pheasants benefit from passion

In Minnesota's pheasant hunting heyday, WCCO radio would broadcast live from the state's hinterlands on opening day, reveling in an event — in effect a state holiday — that was as much about community spirit as it was about the splendor, and magic, of roosters flushing into cobalt skies on…

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