Gov. Tim Walz plans to outline a short-term state response Tuesday to a partial government shutdown now in its fourth week.
“This is serious,” Walz said Monday at a Capitol briefing, referring to federal dollars that have been tied up and other fallout from the impasse in Washington.
Walz budget chief Myron Frans separately fielded questions from a House committee about the shutdown’s effect on the state.
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