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ST. PAUL -- Lawmakers have revived the regent candidacy of Michael O'Keefe, whose re-election bid to the University of Minnesota board had drawn fire because of his day job in Gov. Jesse Ventura's...
...Services announced Wednesday that he would resign to become president of the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Michael O'Keefe will lead the state agency through June 1, which will allow him to serve through the end of the current legislative...
...percent tuition increase next year under a plan being discussed Thursday by the school's Board of Regents. Regent Michael O'Keefe described the regents' meeting as one to deal with "the hand we've been dealt by the Legislature." University...
...requirements in the Minnesota Family Investment Program, the state's welfare-to-work program. Commissioner Michael O'Keefe said Monday he wants to focus available resources on people who are hard to employ. ''The basic goal we're looking...
...bothers an influential senator. DFL Sen. Larry Pogemiller, whose district covers the university, questions why Michael O'Keefe should be reappointed as regent because he is also commissioner of the Department of Human Services. The 12-member...
...Minnesota doing in pursuit of that goal? "We're doing well but there's some real challenges in front of us," Michael O'Keefe, commissioner of Human Services, said Friday in his first visit to the Brainerd Regional Human Services Center...
...someone takes a risk and has a bad outcome -- there will be pressure (on the Legislature) to fix it,'' warned Michael O'Keefe, commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Human Services. Representatives of care providers, unions and advocates...
...with health insurance," Ventura said. "We're not quite there yet." Department of Human Services Commissioner Michael O'Keefe said two-thirds of the uninsured children are eligible for state aid but have not applied for help. The new effort...
...the former chairwoman who resigned in 1996 amid the tenure battle. Ventura's other picks were incumbent regent Michael O'Keefe, who is also the state commissioner of human services; Frank Berman, an Edina attorney; Richard "Pinky" McNamara...
...off. ''Minnesota's welfare program is clearly working as well as any welfare program in the country,'' said Michael O'Keefe, commissioner of the state Department of Human Services. Gov. Jesse Ventura said he was ''elated'' by the...