MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Thousands of state workers have opened their mailboxes Saturday to find letters they didn’t want but knew were coming.

The state mailed out 36,000 layoff notices to state employees and another 6,000 notices to state university and college employees on Thursday. The vast notice is set to be one of the largest layoffs in state history.

Most of those state workers would stop working July 1 if a new two-year

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