Protesters Gather At Governor's Residence As More COVID Restrictions Go Into Effect
The four-week order began Saturday. Bars and restaurants will be takeout only, gyms are closed and youth sports are on pause.
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The four-week order began Saturday. Bars and restaurants will be takeout only, gyms are closed and youth sports are on pause.
At midnight, youth sports and parties, like wedding receptions, are officially paused for four weeks. Gatherings are limited to members of one household.
With each round of COVID-19 restrictions comes many people questioning Minnesota's strategy to stop the spread.
Minnesota's COVID-19 situation is as bad as it was in New York in the spring. Gov. Tim Walz says he will be announcing major dial-backs on youth fall and winter sports Wednesday.
Minnesota health officials are pointing the finger at neighboring states for making the pandemic worse here.
Enbridge says replacing it will allow it to move oil more safely while creating thousands of jobs.
Earlier in the week, Gov. Tim Walz announced bars and restaurants would have to start shutting down their dine-in services every day at 10 p.m.
Republicans say they do agree with the governor that the situation is serious, but they still don't agree with his use of the powers.
Walz plans to unveil at least some of his restrictions at 2 p.m. Tuesday, hinting they would be more "surgically, much more aggressively" targeted.
Gov. Tim Walz said Monday that he plans to announce new restrictions that target active spreaders of COVID-19 in an effort to bring the coronavirus under control as cases have surged to dangerous levels in recent weeks.
State data shows high case numbers in younger people have led to a larger proportion of deaths in people ages 70 and up.
Gov. Tim Walz has promoted Robert Doty to be the next commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Revenue, the governor's office announced Friday.
"I'm hopeful that now we can do something in the middle, not a full and complete lockdown, but we can't keep doing what we're doing," Dr. David Hilden said.
On Thursday, Joe Biden's campaign announced the Democratic presidential candidate and former vice president will travel to St. Paul for a drive-in event.
"The four of us don't agree on everything. But we do agree on this: The 2020 election is too important to sit out."
Fellow journalists, professional athletes and sports teams, politicians and other public figures are bidding farewell to Sid Hartman.
The report also blames Democrats for identifying with the causes promoted by the demonstrators, causing them to lose sight of their responsibility to protect the public from criminal acts committed during the riots.
Democrats held metro-wide campaign events Saturday morning, and a Republican rally was scheduled in Rush City Saturday evening.
Walz announced he's going to extend Minnesota's peacetime emergency another 30 days. Each time Walz declares or extends an emergency, lawmakers have the chance to vote on it.
Following a visit to Minnesota, President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump both tested positive for COVID-19.
For the first time since declaring a state of emergency in March over the COVID-19 pandemic, Gov. Tim Walz outlined this week what he believes is needed to end the peacetime emergency.
This is all happening over the backdrop of new data that shows, from Aug. 21 to Sept. 4, 73 high school athletes who tested positive and 735 students who came into close contact with a positive case.
The Republican-controlled Senate Transportation and Public Safety Committee says a Minneapolis police commander sent a detailed request on May 27, after the first night of violent protests.
Gov. Tim Walz announced Thursday funding for two major road construction projects.
A group called Free Minnesota Small Business Coalition argued the governor is usurping the powers of the Legislature.
