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<title>Minnesota&#8217;s Buy Clean Grant Program Accelerates Transparent, Low-Carbon Construction Materials</title>
<pubDate>2025-08-01T15:34:03Z</pubDate>
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<link>https://mn.gov/admin/media/news/index.jsp?id=36-700464</link>
<description>The Minnesota Departments of Administration and Transportation announce grant awardees for the State of Minnesota&#8217;s Buy Clean EPD (Environmental Product Declaration) Grant Program. The grants will assist in the development of Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) for manufacturers of eligible materials utilized in Minnesota construction, such as concrete and asphalt.</description>
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<title>&#8220;Clinics at the Capitol&#8221; series continues in August at the Minnesota State Capitol Building</title>
<pubDate>2025-07-30T14:30:01Z</pubDate>
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<link>https://mn.gov/admin/media/news/index.jsp?id=36-700179</link>
<description>The State of Minnesota will host its next &#8220;Clinics at the Capitol&#8221; event on Wednesday, August 20 from 9:00 a.m. to noon focusing on state grant-making. The &#8220;Clinics at the Capitol&#8221; series are a cost-free opportunity for Minnesotans to connect with state and local leaders and receive hands-on help from experts at the state capitol.</description>
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<title>2025 Minnesota Joint Disparity Study</title>
<pubDate>2025-06-24T14:30:01Z</pubDate>
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<link>https://mn.gov/admin/media/news/index.jsp?id=36-694463</link>
<description>The State of Minnesota along with regional and local partners seek to ensure fairness in public contracting opportunities for minority- and woman-owned businesses and other historically disadvantaged businesses. On June 24, the State and 15 cities, counties and other public agencies released results of their joint draft study of business utilization in state and local government contracts and in the local marketplace.</description>
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<title>Minnesota Department of Administration Launches 'Buy Clean' Construction Materials Pilot Program</title>
<pubDate>2024-06-28T20:22:53Z</pubDate>
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<link>https://mn.gov/admin/media/news/index.jsp?id=36-630478</link>
<description>A pilot program is underway to measure the greenhouse gas emissions from materials used in state construction projects over the course of the product stage of their lifecycle. This &#8220;cradle-to-gate&#8221; lifecycle measurement seeks to calculate all the emissions associated with a product&#8217;s extraction, manufacturing, and transportation.</description>
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<title>Announcing the 2025 Minnesota Joint Disparity Study</title>
<pubDate>2024-06-12T14:49:55Z</pubDate>
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<link>https://mn.gov/admin/media/news/index.jsp?id=36-627373</link>
<description>The State of Minnesota and 15 cities, counties and other public agencies announced a study to analyze whether there are disparities in the utilization of minority- and woman-owned businesses and other diverse firms in state and local government contracts and in the local marketplace.</description>
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<title>State Surplus Property Auction in Arden Hills </title>
<pubDate>2023-04-19T19:20:10Z</pubDate>
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<link>https://mn.gov/admin/media/news/index.jsp?id=36-574107</link>
<description>Saturday's auction starts at 9:30 a.m. and includes about 75 motor vehicles, loader, ATV&#8217;s, riding mowers, boat/motor/trailer packages and much more.</description>
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<title>Free Workshops for Minnesota&#8217;s Small and Disadvantaged Businesses </title>
<pubDate>2023-04-18T18:43:04Z</pubDate>
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<link>https://mn.gov/admin/media/news/index.jsp?id=36-573953</link>
<description>Free Event in Brooklyn Center on April 20 aims to assist with government contracting.</description>
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<title>Senate confirms Alice Roberts-Davis as Commissioner of Administration</title>
<pubDate>2023-02-08T17:57:51Z</pubDate>
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<link>https://mn.gov/admin/media/news/index.jsp?id=36-563487</link>
<description>The Minnesota Senate today confirmed the appointment of Alice Roberts-Davis as Commissioner of Department of Administration (Admin). Roberts-Davis has led the agency as Commissioner since Governor Walz appointed her in January 2019.</description>
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<title>18th Annual Procurement Fair for Minnesota Small Businesses</title>
<pubDate>2022-10-24T16:04:59Z</pubDate>
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<link>https://mn.gov/admin/media/news/index.jsp?id=36-544978</link>
<description>The Minnesota Department of Administration's (Admin) Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC), along with the Small and Disadvantaged Business Opportunities Council (SADBOC), will host the state's 18th Annual Procurement Fair for Minnesota small businesses on Tuesday, October 25 at Grand Casino Mille Lacs in Onamia, Minnesota.</description>
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<title>Last State Surplus Property Live Auction for 2022 This Weekend in Arden Hills </title>
<pubDate>2022-10-19T17:06:56Z</pubDate>
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<link>https://mn.gov/admin/media/news/index.jsp?id=36-544304</link>
<description>Saturday's auction begins at 9:30 a.m. and includes motor vehicles, plow and dump trucks, ATV&#8217;s, snowmobile, boat/motor/trailer packages and more.</description>
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