Mark Dayton

Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton is demanding Wisconsin pay $58 million to settle a tax reciprocity program that's been canceled. Officials say Dayton is drafting a letter asking Wisconsin to send the tax collections immediately.

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Gov. Mark Dayton has confirmed that Rep. Tony Sertich will be the new Iron Range Resources & Rehabilitation Board commissioner. Dayton disclosed his pick during an interview in St. Paul on Monday afternoon. The Senate must confirm the nomination.

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Gov. Mark Dayton is directing his staff and asking top lawmakers to review security measures at the Minnesota Capitol in the wake of Saturday's mass shooting at a public official's event in Arizona.

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Minnesota's new education commissioner wants an adopt-a-school concept her boss laid out to be a two-way street between districts and local businesses.

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Gov. Mark Dayton caps his first week in office with an inaugural ball in Minneapolis featuring a flexible dress code and popular State Fair cookies.

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It's Friday, which for many of the last 12 years has meant an hour of statewide radio hosted by Minnesota's governor. New Gov. Mark Dayton hasn't worked out an arrangement yet to carry on the radio show tradition started by Jesse Ventura in 1999.

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Gov. Mark Dayton isn't shying from his push for higher taxes, taking it before a leading Minnesota business group that opposes him on the issue. Dayton addressed 1,500 members of the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce with a won't-back-down message on taxes Thursday night.

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Gov. Mark Dayton has lost a canine companion to cancer. Dayton wrote on his Facebook page Wednesday night that his 8-year-old German shepherd, Dakota, has died after battling cancer for three months.

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Gov. Mark Dayton is heading before a skeptical audience of business leaders, some of whom tried to keep the Minnesota Democrat from office.

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Gov. Mark Dayton is deepening Minnesota's participation in the federal health care overhaul. The Democratic governor is set to sign an executive order on Wednesday that will expand the Medicaid program for vulnerable adults.

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