Office of the Governor, Mark Dayton and Yvonne Prettner Solon, Lt. Governor

April 2011

• Peterson: We have a Governor that understands agriculture and understands family farms
  
  April 15, 2011 - Doug Peterson, President of the Minnesota Farmers Union, on Governor Dayton signing the bipartisan agriculture budget bill.
• Dayton: It's about real Minnesotans and real lives
  
  April 13, 2011 - Governor Dayton hears about the impact of proposed cuts directly from students, faculty, and administrators as part of a roundtable discussion on higher education.
• U of M President Bob Bruininks: This is a recipe to cut economic growth
  
  April 13, 2011 - Governor Dayton hears about the impact of proposed cuts directly from students, faculty, and administrators as part of a roundtable discussion on higher education.
• U of M President Bob Bruininks: The gravity of these cuts are simply too deep
  
  April 13, 2011 - Governor Dayton hears about the impact of proposed cuts directly from students, faculty, and administrators as part of a roundtable discussion on higher education.
• Dayton: This will create an estimated 3,000 jobs
  
  April 08, 2011 - Dayton signs Executive Orders that create comprehensive energy savings plan for state government
• Dayton: This is also a jobs bill
  
  April 08, 2011 - Dayton signs Executive Orders that create comprehensive energy savings plan for state government
• Dayton: The best form of alternative renewable energy is energy conservation
  
  April 08, 2011 - Dayton signs Executive Orders that create comprehensive energy savings plan for state government
• Prettner Solon: These executive orders save taxpayers real dollars, creates jobs and reduces carbon footprint
  
  April 08, 2011 - Dayton signs Executive Orders that create comprehensive energy savings plan for state government
• Bill Grant: This is a great example of public-private partnership
  
  April 08, 2011 - Bill Grant, Deputy Commerce Commissioner and head of the newly renamed Division of Energy Resources, on Dayton's executive orders that create a comprehensive energy savings plan for state government.
• Commissioner Rothman: We're not waiting for solutions, we're creating them
  
  April 08, 2011 - Dayton signs Executive Orders that create comprehensive energy savings plan for state government