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Walz names new budget chief with state facing $4.7B deficit

| August 12, 2020 11:03 AM

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Gov. Tim Walz named Jim Schowalter as his new commissioner of management and budget Wednesday to replace Myron Frans, who left his administration for a senior post at the University of Minnesota.

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