ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Gov. Mark Dayton is turning his focus to employment, hoping to build a legacy as Minnesota's jobs governor and get beyond the state government shutdown that put 22,000 state employees out of work for nearly three weeks.
Dayton (right) will start a statewide tour next week aiming to gather ideas aimed at sparking hiring and attracting new employers.
The first-term Democrat — who vowed as a candidate to "go anywhere in the state, nation or even world to bring a job to Minnesota" — said in an interview this week that he aims to make job creation his main goal for the rest of his term, which runs through 2014.
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