Six ways VP candidate Tim Walz helped make Minnesota a climate leader

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Tim Walz giving a speech at the state fair in 2022 Source: Wikimedia: Office of Governor Tim Walz and Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan
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Tim Walz giving a speech at the state fair in 2022 Source: Wikimedia: Office of Governor Tim Walz and Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan

Aided by a Democratic legislature, the Minnesota governor and newly named vice presidential pick won approval for a handful of key progressive policies in recent years

Seemingly overnight, Tim Walz has gone from the folksy, relatively unknown two-term Minnesota governor to an effective Democratic attack dog, and now to the party's presidential ticket. Since the Minnesota...

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