Former newsie in Washington state and Minnesota.
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MN Gov. Tim Walz says there could be competition for dry ice between shipping vaccines and shipping cheese curds in Minnesota and Wisconsin. I did NOT see that one coming.
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State DPS Commissioner John Harrington just announced the the officer responsible for death of George Floyd was arrested by Bureau of Criminal Apprehension this morning. No word on what charges were used for arrest. The other three officers fired not arrested.
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First thing I noticed when going to vote in Minneapolis today was how young the poll workers were. They really stepped up.
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MN Gov. Tim Walz said today he'll call for universal school lunch.
This is what that's about
minnpost.com/state-governmen…
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MN Gov. Tim Walz asks his political opponents to "wear and mask and stay healthy if only so you can vote against me in two years."
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Posted this four weeks ago and you all laughed
minnpost.com/national/2024/0…
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Oddly, the viral moment in last night's MN governor debate was Scott Jensen saying Tim Walz "has a wonderful smile."
Asked about it afterward, Walz said he got a text from his wife Gwen who said, "Never in my life have I heard anyone say you have a nice smile.... (1/2)
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Minnesota senators are now debating a rule change that would let them drink water on the floor during sessions, as long as they are in clear bottles.
This is apparently controversial.
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MN Gov Tim Walz said the violent rhetoric at last week's Storm the Capitol rally in St. Paul led State Patrol to take his son out of mansion to a safe place. Said his son was in tears, looking for his dog. Was first evac of mansion.
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Minneapolis DFL chair Devin Hogan on the burning of the police precinct following murder of George Floyd ... (1/2)
"Like it or not, setting the Third Precinct on fire was a genuine revolutionary moment. An act of pure righteousness to open new worlds of understanding...."
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The MN Senate Judiciary Committee just defeated an amendment that would have ordered police standards board to deny or remove licenses from officers who are members of white supremacist groups. Was party line with GOP voting against, DFL yes.
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Some 25 Minnesota labor unions write a "to whom it may concern" letter endorsing Tim Walz to be VP choice of Kamala Harris.
"We urge you to choose Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate."
minnpost.com/wp-content/uplo…
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Hot mic in the MN House tonight:
"Bullshit balls. Shit, I got to go hook up my voter thing. Damn it, damn it, damn it."
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Minneapolis and St. Paul mayors announce that next week patrons of bars and restaurants and clubs must show vax status or negative PCR test. Jan 19 for non ticketed event, Jan 26 for ticketed events
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But after Johnson called himself a conservationist, Walz said "I called myself an astronaut when I was little. I wasn't one."
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Rebecca Otto pulls off the best stunt of day when she shows up in last hour of filing. Was she running? What for? Nope, she brought cookies for election office staff.
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"She said 'I love you but that is just how your face is shaped.'"
"I'm glad he likes it," Walz joked. "That's what I've been waiting for." (2/2)
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Of the three days of filibuster by MN House GOP, House Speaker Melissa Hortman said: "We gave them a full and fair opportunity to make idiots of themselves, which they took us up on."
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Minnesota Legislature adjourns a budget session on time for just the 8th time in 40 years.
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This is what it looks like when only one candidate shows up to a debate. Karin Housley vs non-Tina Smith
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MN State Rep John Thompson calls on Gov Tim Walz to “show some testicular fortitude” on police reform. “We don’t need a press conference with you governor, we need a leader”
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Peter is out there right now somewhere and I've got my eye out for headlines like "Peter is really scary and everyone should run away"
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A rare plain-spoken response to U.S. Sen. Tina Smith's decision not to run again, this from state Senate Maj Leader Erin Murphy...
"Well Shit."
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From Biden press pool...asked why he was going to Minnesota?
“No I’m not concerned. We’re gonna be in Iowa, we’re gonna be in Wisconsin, so I thought I’d stop in Minnesota. I don’t take anything for granted. we’re gonna work for every single vote up til the last minute.”
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Oh my. The MN House DFL needed six GOP votes to get 60 percent vote on bonding etc. bill. They got 25 (by my count). Bill passes 100-34 and heads to Senate tomorrow.
minnpo.st/2Ft6O8c
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MN House Chief Clerk Patrick Murphy is the unsung hero of the new-normal legislative session. Everything is done by oral roll call and he takes them all.
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OK, this is just sad. A restaurant space in the Minneapolis skyway has been replaced with a salad vending machine like they have at the airport.
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Yes, we are experiencing a level of non transparency at the Minnesota state capitol that I haven't witnessed in any statehouse. Bills are written in secret by lawmakers meeting in secret that are being released shortly before votes.
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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz just told WCCO radio that Joe Biden is the best president in his lifetime.
Thanks Obama.
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What is going on in Sherburne County, MN?
More votes found that boost incumbent DFL Rep. Dan Wolgamott's lead from 28 elex nite to 191 now.
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Something I learned ... MN Sec of State updates results only every 10 minutes. No matter how many times you hit refresh, that doesn't change. And this year, it is on the 0:08, 0:18 0:28 sequence.
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40 years ago today I was woken up on a Sunday by a Seattle AP editor calling me to work because something happened at Mt. Saint Helens. There'd been many false alarms and I was the cheapest overtime so I'd gotten these calls many times.
It wasn't a false alarm.
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From Minnesota Secretary of State
637,463 absentee ballots have been requested.
So far, 423,032 have been returned and accepted.
Compare that to total state vote in 2016 primary: 294,797
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Walz said he will leave Forum early because "I am hugely disappointed" with the rhetoric from GOP leaders on election/assault on U.S. Capitol.
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"... The people declared themselves ungovernable and unilaterally took their power back. The largest international human rights movement in modern history had begun. The youth of Minneapolis carried all of this. The cops started it."
southsidepride.com/2021/08/0…
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The e-bike purchase tax credit is in the Minnesota transportation budget. They even bumped the total devoted to the credits from $2 million to $4 million.
(on line 154 here senate.mn/conference_committ…)
bit.ly/41Ax9W4
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Either Gus is getting a dog or he's the next commissioner of the Department of Human Services.
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Pros like @gspphoto would never make such a rookie mistake like I did in not noticing the surroundings of a photo subject.
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MN Sec of State Steve Simon says he will file a legal action to ask Supreme Court to decide whether the House GOP's actions to reject his ruling on a quorum and move to organize the House was legal.
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One of the things we do to pass the time in MN Capitol Press Hall is to note all the different calculations produced by lawmakers on how many joints can be rolled from a pound.
The range is quite impressive.
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Hope springs eternal
The dam has broken
Water bottle amendment in Minnesota Senate passes 38-29.
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Asked about his legacy after 8 years in office, Gov Mark Dayton points to Erin Murphy and says “Here’s my legacy right here”. #mngov
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Here is your daily only-in-Minnesota bill.
HF 1716 would require that all Zambonis sold after Jan. 1, 2025 must be electric.
revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.ph…
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I want to start calling the Top of the Ticket in Minnesota politics "Top of the Tater" instead.
Would that be OK?
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This is new. Gov Walz has said he d sign rec marijuana if passed but he hasn’t proposed it before.
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MN Sec of State Simon sends letter to House saying he reads constitution and laws to say that 68 votes are needed to conduct business in House. That means if all 67 DFLers boycott opening day, the 67 GOPers won't be able to elect a speaker and perhaps deny Rep. Tabke his seat.
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The MN Senate 45th special appears to be a DFL hold. This preserves the 34-33 DFL Senate majority.
Still waiting on whether House DFL holds the trifecta
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MN Gov Tim Walz announces that he wants Attorney General Keith Ellison to take over the prosecution of officers involved in the death of George Floyd.
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Flew into MSP for first time in 19 months and saw lots of signs touting it as No. 1 airport four years in a row but no signs telling me how to get to baggage claim.
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I think this meant something different when M Health Fairview ordered up this stationary but I got it in the mail this month.
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I'm just gonna come right out and say it ... Minnesota has too many counties, too many legislators and WAY too many legislative committees.
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According to the pool report from Tim Walz' appearance in Macon, Georgia, some pro-Trump protestors chanted
"take your hotdish and shove it."
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Bill Draft (not filed yet) by MN Rep. Cedric Frazier, DFL-New Hope, that would ban from licensing any cop who is member of a white supremacist organization.
house.leg.state.mn.us/comm/d…
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This key phrase from CDC re indoor mask wearing is kinda getting glossed over - "fully vaccinated." That's about 35 percent of U.S.
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Minnesota Supreme Court rules in favor of DFL position on quorum needed to conduct business in MN House
mncourts.gov/mncourtsgov/med…
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One goal for distributing Pfizer vaccine - which needs ultra cold storage - is to Maintain the Cold Chain, said MN state public health.
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I can't believe that after 21 months of a campaign we still don't have MN results 18 minutes after polls closed.
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Minnesota House passes recreational marijuana bill House File 100 by a 71-69 vote - barely bipartisan.
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If the Minnesota Senate stays 35-32 GOP, as the numbers look like it will, it might be said that never has so much money been spent to less effect since the Bloomberg presidential campaign.
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Here is a link to the lawyer letter MinnPost and a coalition of Minnesota news media sent to the House DFL caucus about what we consider unconstitutional actions against me in February and after.
minnpost.com/inside-minnpost…
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Rep. Carlie Kotyza-Witthuhn testifying on a bill before MN House Commerce Committee: "Sorry, I'm being attacked by my 15-month old."
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I asked for dash cam video of a Minneapolis Police squad car crash I witnessed.
I finally got it, 28 months later.
bit.ly/3CaRCEW
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The average age of @MinnPost staff writers is 33.5 years. If I wasn't here it would be 27.8 years.
You are welcome.
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“The governor is not prepared to accept any formal communications from the House that is not constitutionally organized,” said Walz Deputy Chief of staff Leah Montgomery when GOP lawmakers visited today to inform the governor they were ready to do business
minnpost.com/state-governmen…
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I'm going to do a Minnesota State Fair food review and after each dish just say: "It's fine."
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Just asked Google Home who won the 1979 NBA championship. It said the Oklahoma Thunder. Google home is dead to me. @sonicsguy @GoogleHomeworld
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The Great Seal of Minnesota, which the same troubling imagery as the flag, produces many awkward moments, like when candidates pose in front of it after filing for office.
It will be replaced along with the flag by new commission.
bit.ly/3J27grw
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It seems there has been some crazy, four-abreast, left-side walking in the Minnesota capital tunnel system and they’re not gonna put up with it.
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“This is a big deal,” said Luke Breen, the owner of Perennial Cycle in south Minneapolis. “That would lure a ton of people to electric bikes.”
bit.ly/41Ax9W4
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OK, I'll say it ... MN results seems slower tonight. 9:38 and 9% of vote in with nearly two thirds of counties not reporting to SOS at all?
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So that meeting last night in Murdock on allowing the white supremacist church - the one where council members turned off cameras and voted anonymously? Pretty much illegal.
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A resident of Minneapolis wrote to Sen. David Osmek asking him not to support a bill preempting local ranked choice voting ordinances. His response:
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The "mommy run account" bill just passed the Minnesota Senate and goes to governor.
It bans making money on social media accounts featuring children 13 and younger. That is a first in the nation provision applying child labor laws to digital content.
minnpost.com/state-governmen…
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Not something you see on a governor's official schedule very often...
"Governor Walz and Education Commissioner Mary Cathryn Ricker will stop by Moorhead Dairy Queen for a one-of-a-kind, hand-dipped Dilly Bar"
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This story contains numerous links to Minnesota media reports that covered every allegation and complaint in the story. Even the links to OLA reports are on audits that received extensive news coverage.
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It makes me so happy that the section with our cannabis coverage is now titled "MinnPot"
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Near total lack of transparency in MN House and Senate to dump 20-plus omnibus bills yesterday and today with dozens and dozens of provisions inside. Today we find large transpo tax hikes.
They'll move out of committees this week and next. Good luck knowing what's being passed.
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Sometimes it is hard to notice when something doesn't happen but ....
The Minnesota state Senate did not remove any of Gov. Tim Walz's commissioners today.
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