Minnesota’s first coronavirus vaccination lottery sees lots of interest
Minnesota's first coronavirus vaccination lottery sees lots of interest. The Star Tribune reports around 206-thousand people 65-years old and older signed up for the lottery Tuesday. The state will start randomly picking people to receive vaccines today, but only around [...]
Judge Rules Floyd’s Prior Arrests Can’t Be Used at Trial
A judge has ruled that information about George Floyd's prior arrests can't be used at the trials of the four former Minneapolis police officers charged in his death. However, Judge Peter Cahill also ruled in a decision made public Tuesday [...]
GOP reaction to Walz tax increase proposal
"No tax increases," say Republicans to Governor Tim Walz proposing an income tax increase on the wealthiest Minnesotans and the most profitable corporations. Walz responds: "Just so people out there are listening: If your family is making less than 20 [...]
GOP leaders say “no” to tax increases in Walz state budget proposal
Senate Republican Majority Leader Paul Gazelka says about the governor's budget proposal: "One of the things that we said and we will continue to say is, we're not going to raise taxes on anyone." Gazelka says Republicans are not going [...]
Klobuchar Comments 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 [...]
MDH offers more details on Brazilian COVID variant found in MN
The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) is confirming the first documented U-S case of the Brazilian variant of the coronavirus in the state. MDH's Dr. Ruth Lynfield says the patient is a Twin Cities resident with a recent travel history [...]
Walz in state budget proposes income tax increases for wealthiest, most profitable corporations
Governor Tim Walz as expected is proposing an income tax increase on the wealthiest Minnesotans -- households with incomes over a million dollars -- and on what he terms "large, profitable companies": "A million Minnesota families will see cuts to [...]
Scott McCreery’s Journey On American Idol
As the 2021 season of American Idol is approaching, country singer Scotty McCreery looks back at his American Idol journey. McCreery seemed like he was on the fast track of winning his season back in 2011. His first audition is [...]
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