By Tim Post, Minnesota Public Radio News

In an emotional announcement, Steve Sviggum told his fellow members of the University of Minnesota’s Board of Regents on Thursday that he would resign from the governing body.

At issue is a potential conflict of interest. Sviggum also serves as spokesman for the state Senate Republican Caucus. A board committee determined last week that Sviggum couldn’t hold both jobs without a conflict.

This wasn’t the first time Sviggum had dealt with conflict-of-interest accusations during his short tenure as a regent.

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