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The peacetime emergency gives the governor power to issue executive orders and regulate businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic, without legislative approval. Walz says it gives him the ability to respond quickly to the rapidly changing COVID-19 pandemic, which is still very much a threat. [Read Transcript...]
At his September 3rd briefing update, Governor Tim Walz warned Minnesotans that we may be at a COVID-19 tipping point. When Dr. Deborah Birx, the White House’s coronavirus task force coordinator, visited our state at the end of August, she noted that what she’s seeing here is similar to what she saw in Arizona at … [Read Transcript...]
A promising COVID-19 vaccine, which was about to be tested on Minnesotans, is now being paused and investigated for potentially serious side effects. Just recently, Bloomington-based Healthpartners announced that Minnesotans could enroll in trials for a vaccine created by Oxford University. [Read Transcript...]
Red Lake Nation has received nearly $1.5 million to help prevent, prepare for and respond to COVID-19. The money comes from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and its Indian Community Development Block Grant – specifically its Imminent Threat Funding program. [Read Transcript...]
