Dayton taps Jesson, Smith for Court of Appeals
Gov. Mark Dayton named his human services commissioner to a spot on the Minnesota Court of Appeals on Friday, leaving a vacancy at the top of the state’s largest agency.
Minnesota budget forecast brings $1.9B in good news
The economic forecast produced by the Department of Minnesota Management and Budget details state government finances while estimating the amount of money lawmakers will have at their disposal in the Legislature’s election-year session.
Dayton on pace to appoint more than half the judges in the state
The demographic transformation of Minnesota’s judiciary during the Dayton administration is striking.
Dayton plans to convene statewide water quality summit
The summit will include water quality experts, farmers, legislators, regulators, the business community, members of the public, local leaders and others.
Dayton decries ‘showmanship’ over Syrian refugees
The two-term Democrat lashed out at calls by roughly half of the nation’s governors to halt migration of Syrian refugees to the United States.
Feds will consider extension for Real ID law compliance
Gov. Mark Dayton asked the federal government for more time to comply with new standards for driver's licenses on Friday, aiming to ensure Minnesota residents aren't turned away when stronger requirements are imposed for domestic flights.
Bruce Dayton, governor’s father and Target champion, dies
Bruce Dayton, the father of Minnesota’s governor and a key figure in building his family’s company into the retailing business that became Target Corp., has died. Dayton was 97.
Supplier diversity in vogue, but businesses falling short
Too many of them apparently follow frameworks that shortchange minority- and women-owned businesses.
Judge on MSOP: State is ‘burying head in the sand’
U.S. District Judge Donvan Frank laid out a series of remedial fixes aimed at giving civilly committed sex offenders a chance at life outside the concertina wire of the Minnesota Sex Offender Program.
Mine tours precede Dayton’s PolyMet decision
Gov. Mark Dayton has appointed Lucinda E. Jesson, the commissioner of the Department of Human Services, and Tracy M. Smith, the deputy general counsel for the University of Minnesota, to the Minnesota Court of Appeals. Jesson fills the vacancy created after Dayton named Appeals Court Judge Natalie Hudson to the Supreme Court. Smith will replace ...
Former lawmaker and union leader Sandra Peterson dies
Former State Rep. Sandra Peterson, who helped guide the merger of Minnesota’s two largest teachers unions, has died. She was 79.
MNsure debate draws interest at federal level
State oversight panel focuses on rising costs
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