Fairview Health Services have reached a 10-year partnership with University of Minnesota Physicians to fund the state’s medical school. State Attorney General Keith Ellison praised the deal — announced Wednesday — as a “strong step forward.”

The agreement appears to have frozen out university administration.

In a letter to Ellison’s office earlier this week, university administrators opposed the partnership, saying “The Minnesota Attorney General, Fairview and (University of Minnesota Physicians) have announced a proposed deal that would have a profoundly negative impact on the University of Minnesota Medical School and Minnesota.” They say the arrangement came without input from U administration or the Board of Regents.

“The University rejects this proposed agreement in its current for

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