ST. PAUL, Minnesota, April 12 -- Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release on April 11, 2025: * * * Governor Walz, Lieutenant Governor Flanagan Announce Appointments [ST. PAUL, MN] - Governor Tim Walz and Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan today announced the following appointments to the Board of Firefighter Training and Education; Executive Board of Direct Care and Treatment; Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources; Minnesota Nursing Home Workforce Standard  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, April 12 -- The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission issued the following news release on April 11, 2025: * * * Minnesota PUC approves Xcel Energy's Minnesota Energy Connection Transmission Project St. Paul, Minn. - The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (Commission) approved Xcel Energy's Minnesota Energy Connection Project (MNEC Project). The project includes the construction of a new approximately 174-mile 345-kilovolt double-circuit high-voltage transmission line   more