Tag: Tim Walz
Walz tells Trump, Biden campaigns to keep events at maximum of...
Gov. Tim Walz sent a letter to the campaigns of Joe Biden and President Donald Trump ahead of their visits to Minnesota Friday, urging...
Senate testimony shows Minneapolis sent Walz ‘early’ and ‘detailed’ request for...
A written testimony provided to the Senate Public Safety Committee in August and released last week shows Minneapolis officials sent Gov. Tim Walz an...
Senate removes another Walz commissioner
The Republican-controlled Senate voted to remove Minnesota Department of Commerce Commissioner Steve Kelley Friday before the one-day special session concluded.
The Senate also voted to...
GOP senator suggests Walz admin has ‘political motive’ in budget cuts...
A Republican state senator said he suspects that the Walz administration’s recent budget cuts to programs in his district are politically motivated.
In a statement...
Walz announces first steps in potential reform of Met Council after...
Gov. Tim Walz recently announced the first steps in the long-awaited process of reforming the Metropolitan Council, an urban planning agency of 17 unelected...
White House COVID coordinator tells Minnesotans to wear masks in their...
Dr. Deborah Birx, a top official on the White House Coronavirus Task Force, advised Minnesotans to wear masks inside their homes during a recent...
Lawmakers say Walz ‘weaponizing’ state agencies by increasing COVID compliance checks
More than 50 Republican lawmakers have asked Gov. Tim Walz to reevaluate his “tone and approach” after his administration threatened the hospitality industry with...
Gazelka asks Walz to clarify when ‘excessive use of executive authority’...
Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka, R-East Gull Lake, sent a letter to Gov. Tim Walz on Friday asking him to end the state of...
Gov. Walz applies for FEMA $300 unemployment boost
Minnesota on Friday applied to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for the Lost Wages Assistance (LWA) program.
If approved, LWA will provide a temporary...
MDH commercial says ‘there is no return to normal’
“There is no return to normal,” states a television ad produced for the Minnesota Department of Health.
Videos of the commercial began circulating on social...