ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX9) – Thousands of Minnesota state workers are receiving layoff notices Tuesday that warn of a July 1 state government shutdown if lawmakers are unable to strike a budget deal before then. Under its labor contracts and compensation plans, the state must issue the layoff notices one month before a potential shutdown. Gov. Tim Walz said he…
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Gov. Tim Walz says the state plans to offer up swag in an attempt to get more people vaccinated for the coronavirus. Walz is planning to announce incentives that include state park passes, fishing licenses and tickets to fairs and amusement parks. The first 100,000 people to get vaccinated between Memorial Day and the end of…
ST. PAUL, Minn. — This week, Minnesota hit 60% of its eligible population getting at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. That amounts to more than 2.6 million Minnesotans with at least one dose and 2.1 million who have completed their vaccine series. Among older populations, about 88% of people age 65 and older have received at least one…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (KVRR) – Gov. Tim Walz has announced a three-step timeline to end nearly all state COVID-19 restrictions by May 28, and end the statewide mask mandate when 70% of residents 16 years and older get their vaccine, or by July 1. “The pandemic is not over and we have work to do. But from the State…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) – Critics of Minnesota’s COVID-19 restrictions on youth and school sports are raising new concerns about last fall’s shutdown. The activist group Let Them Play Minnesota released a series of pandemic-related emails during a Senate Education committee hearing Monday. The emails show officials in Gov. Tim Walz’s administration tried to justify a sports shutdown by…
MINNEAPOLIS — Members of the National Guard were shot at early Sunday in Minneapolis. According to the Minnesota National Guard spokesperson, no one was seriously hurt. Guard members, along with a number of police, were providing neighborhood security when someone took shots at them from a light-colored SUV. Two guard members had minor injuries. One was taken to the hospital…
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Gov. Tim Walz is extending the peacetime emergency for another month in Minnesota. The federal government and 46 other states remain in a state of emergency. Walz says the state is continuing to work to outpace the spread of variants by getting the vaccine to all Minnesotans. He says he is not considering new restrictions. It’s…
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Minnesota House Democrats have unveiled legislation that calls for more spending on education and recovery for those most affected by the pandemic while increasing taxes on wealthy residents and large companies. The package of legislation follows the $52.5 billion budget targets released by House Democrats late last month, which is more than both Democratic Gov. Tim…
Former Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R) and Gov. Tim Walz (D) get the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 VaccineST. PAUL, Minn. — A milestone in Minnesota: one million Minnesotans have completed the vaccination process. It comes on the same day Gov. Tim Walz and former Gov. Tim Pawlenty each got the single-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine at the Vikings’ Twin Cities Orthopedics…
ST. PAUL, Minn. — All Minnesotans 16 and older will be eligible for COVID-19 vaccination starting Tuesday. The federal government has promised an increased supply of vaccine to the state by April. A spokesman for Gov. Tim Walz says he will release more details Friday when he addresses Minnesotans live at 11:30 a.m. This week Minnesota was ranked number one…
