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Gov. Tim Walz on Minnesota's future: 'The clock is ticking'

Gov. Tim Walz spoke with the Star Tribune's Patricia Lopez on the challenges facing Minnesota.

By Patricia Lopez

September 5, 2020 at 7:45PM

Gov. Tim Walz. (Marci Schmitt — Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

(Jamie Hutt/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

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Patricia Lopez

Editorial Writer

Patricia Lopez joined the editorial board in 2016 and writes about national and state politics, including Congress, tax policy, budgets, immigration, guns, criminal justice, trade, elections and other issues.