Governor Mark Dayton

"Jacob's Law" now awaits Governor Mark Dayton's signature to become law. It requires both parents to be told if their child was possibly sexually abused outside their home.

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Gov. Mark Dayton is proposing that Minnesota charities that operate pull-tab gambling get a bigger chunk of tax receipts from an expansion of those games at the expense of using the money to help build a Minnesota Vikings stadium.

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Gov. Mark Dayton has vetoed a bill that would have expanded the cases in which people could use deadly force to defend their dwellings.

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Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton says he'll push his plan to raise income taxes on the richest Minnesotans regardless of the state's budget situation next year.

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Gov. Mark Dayton has proclaimed this coming week, March 4-10, as Minnesota Agriculture Week.

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St. Cloud Mayor Dave Kleis is in St. Paul today attending the first of several meetings for a new Tax Reform Advisory Group appointed by Governor Mark Dayton.

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Gov. Mark Dayton is suggesting he will veto a bill that would let schools lay off teachers by factors other than seniority alone. The legislation would let districts consider teacher evaluations when making layoffs. It's likely to reach Dayton's desk soon.

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Gov. Mark Dayton has signed a bill to close a loophole in state sex offender law in response to the upcoming release of a convicted child molester into a halfway house.

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A new state law requires new teachers to pass a skills test, before they get their teaching license. St. Cloud Education Association President Mary Broderick says this will affect just a handful of young teachers.

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Gov. Mark Dayton has signed a bill that requires teachers to pass a skills test in order to get a Minnesota license. The Democratic governor signed the bill Wednesday.

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