Minnesota case marks 1st detection of Brazil variant in US
Officials say a new Brazilian variant of the coronavirus has made its first known appearance in the United States in a person who recently traveled from Brazil to Minnesota. State health officials announced Monday that the Brazil P.1 variant was [...]
Klobuchar Gives Update on Senate Work
U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar says as the Senate moves forward with the Trump impeachment, other things need to be addressed immediately including the production of more coronavirus vaccinations: "I'm so glad that Joe Biden invoked the Defense Production Act, so [...]
Walz state budget plan will include upper bracket income tax increase
Governor Walz is expected to unveil his state budget proposal today (Tues). Carleton College political scientist says there will be plenty of wrangling between Republicans and Democrats... "So the question is where and how can you cut spending and where [...]
MDH continues to press for federal help on COVID vaccines
Amid growing demand for COVID vaccines and supply shortages, officials announced Monday there will be updates made to the state's community vaccination efforts. State Health Commissioner Jan Malcolm says local officials are pressing the federal government for more guidance... "And [...]
Republicans say Walz K-12 school plan is short on substance
"Platitudes... but not any substance" says a key House Republican about Governor Tim Walz's "Due North" plan for schools that he rolled out the day before today's (Tues) announcement on his state budget proposal. Walz wants school funding reform... more [...]
Walz state budget plan will include upper bracket income tax increase
An income tax increase on big corporations and the wealthy... tax relief for struggling small businesses... help for working families hit by COVID -- all expected features of the state budget proposal Governor Tim Walz rolls out today (noon). The [...]
Second round of COVID vaccinations for 65+ will be in random drawing
Between 5 a-m today (Tues) and 5 a-m tomorrow (Wed), Minnesotans age 65 and over can put their names in a pool, from which state officials will randomly draw who receives a limited number of COVID vaccinations currently available. Minnesota [...]
Tourism industry feeling ripple effects of COVID-19
A recent Minnesota tourism and hospitality industry survey addressing late 2020 business impact shows nearly two-thirds of all respondents reported the business to be significantly lower compared to 2019. "So really there's a very negative response in terms of what's [...]
Sports betting bill being introduced Tuesday
A bill is being introduced this week to legalize sports betting in Minnesota. Democrat Karla Bigham will author the bill in the Senate and Republican Pat Garofalo will carry the bill in the House. Political Insider Blois Olson says it's [...]
