Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan
Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan Credit: Ron Sachs - CNP for NY Post/Sipa USA via Reuters Connect

We’ve added another name to the MinnPost Festival lineup: Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan. She’ll be interviewed one-on-one by MinnPost state government reporter Peter Callaghan.

Six years into serving as Minnesota’s 50th Lieutenant Governor and the country’s highest ranking Native woman elected to executive office, Flanagan will discuss this moment in Minnesota politics, Gov. Tim Walz’s nomination to be vice president and what she thinks Minnesota’s future should look like.

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Other MinnPost Festival speakers include

  • Laura Coates, CNN chief legal analyst
  • Keith Ellison, Minnesota Attorney General
  • Ben Jealous, Sierra Club national executive director
  • David Rohde, NBC News national security editor
  • Jacob Frey, Minneapolis mayor
  • Tonya Allen, McKnight Foundation president
  • Susan Brower, Minnesota State Demographer
  • Kenny Blumenfeld, Minnesota senior climatologist
  • And more!

See the full lineup here. And don’t miss out on the opportunity to see live, insightful conversations with national and local newsmakers all in one day.