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Valley News Live
March 25, 2018
“I'm no George Washington, but he was right: Two terms is enough in the executive branch,” said Dayton, who is 71 and has faced health problems ... He was the first Democrat elected as Minnesota's governor in nearly three decades — first in a narrow victory after a monthslong recount in 2010, then in hisÃâà...
CBS Minnesota / WCCO
March 25, 2018
“I'm no George Washington, but he was right: Two terms is enough in the executive branch,” quipped Dayton, who is now 71 and has faced health ... Few Minnesota Democrats have been more successful in elections overall than Dayton: He was elected state auditor in 1990 and won one term as a U.S.Ãâà...
StateScoop
March 16, 2018
Paul Torkelson, who is chair of the transportation finance committee, would appropriate funding for MNLARS repairs by requiring other executive branch agencies to reduce general fund spending by $10 million. The bill would fulfill a request by Minnesota IT Services made in January for $43 million toÃâà...
Minnesota Public Radio News (blog)
March 12, 2018
Mark Dayton's administration to cut an equal amount from executive branch budgets. Dayton opposes the House bill. Minnesota IT Services and the Department of Public Safety are seeking a total of $43 million for MNLARS this session. That's on top of the more that $93 million already spent on the troubledÃâà...
Minnesota Public Radio News
March 7, 2018
Mark Dayton's administration to cut an equal amount of spending from executive branch budgets. Dayton opposes the House approach. Minnesota IT Services, the state agency that helped rollout and works on MNLARS' operation, is working with several outside contractors to fix it. Though just recentlyÃâà...
Minneapolis Star Tribune
March 2, 2018
Then legislators and the executive branch should seek to understand why, for the second time in recent years, a major new state IT system was released for public use before it had been proven to be bug-free. The problems first with MNsure in 2013-14 and now with MNLARS are similar enough to point toÃâà...
MinnPost
February 28, 2018
Instead, he's proposing a $10 million allocation that would require the administration to cut an equal amount from executive branch budgets.” That'll show 'em. Here's a twist. Says Dee DePass of the Strib, covering the Starkey Hearing Aid trial, “A federal judge ruled Tuesday that Starkey Laboratories ownerÃâà...
Minneapolis Star Tribune
February 26, 2018
That nearly concludes a chapter in legislative-executive branch relations we hope Minnesotans won't see repeated. Never again should one branch of state government attempt to paralyze another through defunding. That goes both for governors and the Legislature, which provoked Dayton last year byÃâà...
Daily Globe
December 31, 1999
Minnesota's new licensing and registration system, MNLARS, has been a statewide nightmare despite nearly 10 years of preparation and $100 ... give the governor authority to make reductions in the executive branch budget as determined by the Commissioner of Minnesota Management and Budget inÃâà...
TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press
December 31, 1999
Dibble and fellow Democrats expressed concerns about having a legislative commission overseeing work of an executive branch agency. They were also worried about the lack of funding for customer services in the legislation. Dibble said the compromise wasn't “pretty,” but it was “workable.” A group ofÃâà...
