Governor wants more money for University of Minnesota – Duluth
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In late January, Gov. Mark Dayton expressed "shock" over the size of the funding cut the University of Minnesota - Duluth received from the U system compared to the Twin Cities campus during the recession.
Now the Duluth News Tribune reports that Dayton, in announcing his new budget:
"… wants to increase the University of Minnesota budget by $5 million. While he and the Legislature cannot tell the university specifically how to spend the money, he said that he wants the money to go to the University of Minnesota Duluth."
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