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In his State of the State speech last night, DFL Gov. Mark Dayton touted accomplishments of his first term so far, and called for even more state "investments" in transportation, education, health care and jobs. 


This morning, Dayton spoke with MPR's Morning Edition host Cathy Wurzer. Click the audio player above to hear their conversation. Below are highlights.

"We'll work with the surplus that we have. We have a growing economy right now and we want to keep that growing. We have 150,000 more people working in Minnesota today than when I took office. We've straightened out our fiscal house; we've re-payed the $2.8 billion owed to schools districts. We have a strong financial condition going forward. We need to be careful of that and spend within our means."

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"MNsure started out badly and has gotten better. I think it will continue to improve and will be able to demonstrate that. It's enabled 206,000 Minnesotans, many of whom did not have health coverage before, to find affordable, high-quality health coverage."

"I'm not willing to sign a bill that's going to distribute leaf marijuana all over the state to be smoked, which is, the last I looked, what the Senate bill permits. I'm willing to find a way that we can get 

 from marijuana into pill form to young people, children who have epilepsy and other diseases. There's strong evidence that some of them are helped by this. And that's something that I believe law enforcement supports."

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DFL Gov. Mark Dayton followed up his State of the State speech by talking with MPR's Morning Edition host Cathy Wurzer.

DFL Gov. Mark Dayton followed up his State of the State speech by talking with MPR's Morning Edition host Cathy Wurzer.  In his State of the State speech last night, the governor touted accomplishments of his first term so far, and called for even more state "investments" in transportation, education, health care and jobs. The speech and his interview on Morning Edition come as this year's election season ramps up, including Dayton's campaign for re-election.  It's also just a few weeks before the end of the 2014 legislative session.

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