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GOP Senate Leader Mark Johnson and DFL Sen. Judy Seeberger were on Sunday Take to discuss the final days of the 2025 legislative session. LISTEN: https://fluence-media.co/42RrXkj
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WORKGROUPS: There’s a new agreement to use workgroups of conference committee members to finalize bills by 5PM tomorrow. The agreement:
SENIORS: via news release this morning from the Long Term Care Imperative, VERBATIM: “As the 2025 legislative session comes to a close, long-term care leaders are sounding the alarm: lawmakers have failed to reach a budget agreement that protects the wellbeing of Minnesota’s rapidly aging population..The Governor’s Office and Senate are proposing deep funding cuts to nursing homes that are already operating under extreme financial pressure, jeopardizing seniors’ access to essential care across the state. At the same time, long-term care settings are being asked to absorb an additional $200 million in new mandates from the Nursing Home Workforce Standards Board (NHWSB)—with no plan or state funding to back them up. THURLOW: “The Minnesota Senate and Governor’s Office are playing politics with the lives of real people—seniors, families, and caregivers across the state,” said Kari Thurlow, President and CEO of LeadingAge Minnesota. “Unless lawmakers act now, our state will have more nursing home closures, fewer available beds, worse staffing shortages and families left scrambling to find care.”… In contrast, senior care leaders commend the Minnesota House proposal for avoiding cuts to nursing homes and funding the NHWSB mandates. The House has taken meaningful steps to prioritize the urgent needs of older adults and strengthen the caregiving workforce they rely on….PEARSON: “These aren’t just budget lines. These decisions affect our parents, our grandparents, our neighbors, who risk losing access to essential care” said Toby Pearson, President and CEO of Care Providers of Minnesota. “Especially in rural areas, the Senate and Governor’s proposed cuts may force seniors to travel long distances in search of care, ripped from the communities they’ve always called home.”
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BONDING: via LIUNA Minnesota, Joel Smith, President and Business Manager of LIUNA Minnesota and North Dakota VERBATIM: “Four of the last five years, the Legislature has left Minnesota's infrastructure crumbling and thousands of construction workers without the jobs they are proud of. ..This isn't just disappointing – it's a failure that will be felt in every community across our state where roads continue to deteriorate, lead pipes remain in service, and working families struggle to make ends meet…Delayed maintenance only leads to higher costs and greater risks. Each passing day means worsening conditions, lost economic opportunities, and Minnesota falling further behind.”
SPECIAL SESSION: Speaking to reporters last night, Gov. Tim Walz said he will call a special session “when the work’s done — whenever that is, whenever we’re ready.” Walz reiterated that he’s still hoping for a one-day special session this year. However, House DFL Leader Melissa Hortman told WCCO-TV yesterday that she now thinks a special session could last three days. READ/WATCH: https://fluence-media.co/3FoSY5z WALZ: https://fluence-media.co/45huyWd
HORTMAN: via statement from Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman, VERBATIM: ““Democrats and Republicans have starkly different visions for the future of our state, and that dynamic has been on display throughout the 2025 legislative session…Despite our different visions and values, we managed to reach a bipartisan budget deal in which both sides compromised and did not get everything they wanted. If we were in charge, the budget deal would look a lot different, and it would do a lot more to lower the cost of living for hardworking Minnesotans. However, in times of divided government, people expect their elected leaders to work together, and that’s exactly what we’ve done…I remain optimistic that the Legislature and Governor Walz can conclude our work in a timely manner during a short special session in the coming days, but that will only happen if we leave ideological battles to the side and focus on enacting a two-year state budget.”
LEFT: via the Star Tribune, big issues still on the table:
· Healthcare for undocumented adults.
· Bonding package
· Tax changes
· Transportation bill
· Paid family leave
Read more: https://fluence-media.co/4jXN7Dm
STALLED: via Star Tribune, VERBATIM: “As the Minnesota state Senate gaveled in on what was supposed to be its final day of work in 2025…[it] recessed just 10 minutes later, with a frustrated Senate Majority Leader Erin Murphy, DFL-St. Paul, telling the body that logjams in the House meant they had no work left to do. … Murphy told reporters that her ‘mouth is full of cuss words’ and blamed House Republicans for slowing work by trying to add new language to budget bills after leaders of both parties [announced] a budget agreement last week. … House Speaker Lisa Demuth, R-Cold Spring, said the 23-day boycott staged by Democrats at the start of the session ‘wasn’t helpful’ [and] Republicans ‘are absolutely not holding a single thing up.’ … Leaders of both parties have said for days that a special session will be necessary, but had hoped it would be short. Now, it’s becoming more likely that an extra session could stretch on for longer.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/3S82soK
MORE: via MPR News, VERBATIM: “Republican Sen. Jim Abeler [tried] to get a vote on a bill to provide continuing funding to agencies that don’t get funded by June 30, which would head off any possible shutdown, [but] withdrew his motion before a vote. … [Erin Murphy] said GOP members want to reopen a jobs and economy bill to alter a provision around earned sick and safe time and paid family and medical leave benefits. They also want a say on picking University of Minnesota regents during the upcoming special session. Right now, [Gov. Tim] Walz would get to choose those nominees since it didn't happen in the regular legislative session. … Walz [said] he would call a special legislative session when they’d buttoned up details of outstanding budget proposals and asked that [legislators] expedite the work.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/3SagMwU
NEGOTIATIONS: via Minnesota Reformer, VERBATIM: “While the governor and legislative leaders announced a global budget agreement last week, what exactly it entailed now seems to be up for debate. The governor and legislative leaders only released a single page with budget targets for state agencies, but no written record of their agreements on policy. Leaders said paid family leave would remain unchanged except for a 0.1% reduction in the cap on payroll taxes. Now, deeper cuts are back on the table. … [Melissa] Hortman said on Monday that the agreement included no additional changes to paid family leave and expects [Lisa] Demuth ‘to honor her word.’ … With so much left to do and the Legislature no longer officially in session as of midnight, the negotiations will happen mostly outside of the public’s eye.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4j87mwY
MORE: House DFL Floor Leader Jamie Long was asked by reporters if specific details from the budget deals agreed to last week by Gov. Tim Walz, Speaker Lisa Demuth and Rep. Melissa Hortman were put in writing. Long responded that “there’s nothing we have available to give to press.” TWEET: https://fluence-media.co/3YRbavi
FALL: via MPR, VERBATIM: “Once lawmakers do conclude [the session], some expect they’ll be called back for another special session this summer or fall. They’re anticipating fallout from federal actions around Medicaid and other spending that could poke holes in the state’s newly enacted budget. There could be conditions placed on federal aid for the health programs that don’t match up to state law, or there could be outright spending cuts. But Congress hasn’t shown it’s close to wrapping up work on its budget plans either…as conservative holdouts are demanding quicker cuts to Medicaid and green energy programs before giving their full support.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/43ASLp7
MEDICAID SUPPORTS HEALTH CARE FOR ALL OF US: Medicaid keeps Minnesota’s hospitals strong and ensures communities across the state have access to care. Policymakers must protect Medicaid so every Minnesotan — regardless of income or health status — can get the care they need, when they need it. LEARN MORE: https://fluence-media.co/3FtrCuH (SPONSORED: Minnesota Hospital Association)
PRISON: via KSTP, VERBATIM: “The Minnesota House and Senate passed a Judiciary and Public Safety bill that includes the phased closure of the Stillwater prison over the next four years. … Sen. Warren Limmer, the lead Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, told 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS the closing of the prison was done hastily and needed more planning. … Limmer said he still wants a task force created immediately to address these concerns, as well as what happens to the estimated 500 employees at the Stillwater prison. … The phased-out closing of the prison is expected to start sometime this year.” LIMMER: “[We need] to understand the impact of closing a prison like Stillwater versus the cost of repairing Stillwater and the cost of moving families around.” READ/WATCH: https://fluence-media.co/4dp3cQ1
POT: via WCCO-TV, VERBATIM: “Before the first retail sales even begin, cannabis flower and edibles could see a tax hike under a bipartisan deal approved by legislative leaders. The 2023 law greenlit recreational marijuana with a gross receipts tax of 10% on sales at licensed businesses. The budget agreement announced Thursday would raise it to 15%. … Advocates and businesses fear a 15% surcharge would make legal cannabis too expensive and therefore allow the illicit market to thrive.” READ/WATCH: https://fluence-media.co/3FfFM2Z
MORE: An email from cannabis advocates at Blunt Strategies seems to suggest that Gov. Tim Walz is planning a compromise to make the legislature’s proposed 15% cannabis tax hike temporary, only lasting a few years. However, Blunt Strategies is still opposed to the tax increase regardless. EXCERPT: “The governor is preparing to make a renewed push for the cannabis tax increase during the special session — this time with a ‘sunset’ in 2027 or 2028. Let’s be clear: that is not a compromise or a fix.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4jcUO7s
MORE: Yesterday, a coalition of groups sent a letter to Tax committee chairs in opposition of the tax increase. SEE: https://fluence-media.co/3SbjmTl
AGRICULTURE: via Minnesota Reformer, VERBATIM: “When the Trump Administration cut funding for a program that gave food banks money to buy and distribute food from local farmers, Minnesota lawmakers decided to continue the program at the state level. The two-year, $115 million state agriculture budget…sets up a modest state program to replace the one cut by the federal government. But Second Harvest Heartland, the biggest hunger relief organization in the state, says the budget still partially defunds the Farm to Food Shelf program, which allowed Second Harvest to purchase excess produce from Minnesota farmers at a steep discount.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4mppxRs
HUMAN SERVICES: via House Session Daily, VERBATIM: “The right to a designated support person for nursing home residents, prohibiting county boards from charging for emergency services provided to clients experiencing emotional crisis or mental illness, and expanding the Health Care Bill of Rights are all in the omnibus human services policy bill. A conference committee report on HF2115 was passed 124-10 by the House on Monday. Pending Senate approval, the bill will go to the governor’s desk.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/43DagVV
RAIL LINE: via Star Tribune, VERBATIM: “Where will Minnesota lawmakers get the money to help pay for unemployment insurance for hourly school-year workers? From the proposed train to Duluth. … Two years ago, lawmakers set aside nearly $200 million to go toward a long-sought train between the Twin Cities and Duluth, [but] legislators are planning to divert $77 million of that money to help pay for the unemployment insurance. … Rep. Erin Koegel, DFL-Spring Lake Park, who co-chairs the Transportation Conference Committee, said she wasn't keen to divert the dollars. But the remaining balance in the account — about $118 million — still will be enough for that purpose, she said. … [However], her Transportation co-chair Rep. Jon Koznick, R-Lakeville, said the diversion means the Northern Lights Express is ‘effectively dead.’” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4kl0bT6
MINERS: via House Session Daily, VERBATIM: “In the final few hours of regular session, the House provided what supporters called a lifeline for workers on the Iron Range. A bill that would extend the availability of uninsurance benefits for approximately 640 miners passed the House on a 132-0 vote. Sponsored by Rep. Pete Johnson (DFL-Duluth), HF3023 would ensure workers laid off between March 15 and June 16 would be eligible for an additional 26 weeks of unemployment benefits.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4k1awnk
Governor Walz Wants to Double Tax Minnesota Consumers & Businesses: Governor Walz’s Minnesota Insurance Coverage Tax would double tax Minnesota families, seniors, businesses and consumers, raising the cost of non-medical insurance products including dental, vision, private paid family leave, long-term care, and wage replacement insurance. His plan not only forces Minnesotans buying one type of insurance to subsidize another, but it also gives the Department of Commerce unchecked power to set and raise the tax with no legislative oversight. Learn More: ProtectOurCoverage.com (SPONSORED: Minnesota Insurance and Financial Services Council)
TRUMP: Gov. Tim Walz was interviewed by The Independent to discuss his thoughts on the first few months of Pres. Donald Trump’s second term. WALZ: “Democrats’ issues that we care about are things that people do care about — improving their lives — they just don't see them get done. … What Donald Trump has done is…moving so fast and on so many fronts. We need to think that same way about the things that improve people's lives, of making sure that we're doing that.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4dlZoiu
ICE: via The Hill, VERBATIM: “Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) compared federal law enforcement agents carrying out President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown to a World War II-era Nazi police force during a commencement speech over the weekend. ‘Donald Trump’s modern-day Gestapo is scooping folks up off the streets,’ Walz [said]. ‘They’re in unmarked vans, wearing masks, being shipped off to foreign torture dungeons.’ … The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which oversees ICE, responded with a statement. … ‘It is absolutely sickening to compare ICE law enforcement agents to the Gestapo,’ it read. ‘Attacks and demonization of ICE and our partners is wrong. ICE officers are now facing a 413% increase in assaults.’” READ: https://fluence-media.co/43sTiIN
BIDEN: via New York Times, VERBATIM: “Former President Joe Biden’s announcement that he has aggressive prostate cancer has [Democrats] wrestling with a complicated mix of sympathy and unsettling new questions about his health. … Former Representative Dean Phillips of Minnesota, who ran a long-shot bid challenging Mr. Biden for the Democratic nomination last year, suggested that the former president had timed the announcement of his diagnosis to deflect the growing wave of criticism from within the party.” PHILLIPS: “I don’t think it’s coincidental that this was announced this week. It’s hard to comport otherwise. … Donald Trump isn’t shy about his corruption. What’s so troubling is that what the people around Joe Biden clearly were doing was in some ways more egregious.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/44F3G2e
SIGNED: via Office of the Governor, VERBATIM: “Governor Tim Walz today signed four bipartisan bills into law. … Senate File 908 modifies provisions related to requirements governing the certification of underground telecommunications installers. … Senate File 2200 creates a privilege for communications that take place within restorative justice programs. The privileges exist to encourage people to share honest information with other parties without fear that the information could be used against them. … House File 1090 renames the library construction grant program at the Minnesota Department of Education in honor of former state legislator Mary Murphy. … Senate File 3446 appropriates funding for the settlement of certain claims against the state.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/3GZFduA
BETTING POLL: Support is surging among Minnesotans who want legal wagering on sporting events. New polling by the Sports Betting Alliance of Minnesota indicates 60% of voters in the state support the legalization of sports betting. The survey of 1,000 Minnesota voters also revealed overwhelming support for legal wagering among 18–29-year-olds, with 75% of females and 73% of males in favor of allowing sports betting in Minnesota — something that is available in 39 states. LEARN MORE: https://fluence-media.co/49uj4OF (SPONSORED: Sports Betting Alliance)
CHAUVIN: via FOX 9, VERBATIM: “Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara said Monday there is ‘no credible information’ that President Donald Trump will pardon Derek Chauvin in the Memorial Day 2020 death of George Floyd. Tuesday marks five years since the incident. … [Chauvin] would still have to serve time in the state case for murder, meaning he would just be moved from a federal facility to a state prison in Minnesota.” READ/WATCH: https://fluence-media.co/4jeuLNg
CHARTERS: via Star Tribune, VERBATIM: “A charter school in Minneapolis is defying instructions from its state-approved regulator to inform parents that the school will be shutting down at the end of the current school year. … Skyline Math and Science Academy (SMSA) was supposed to inform parents by May 7 that the elementary school would be closing when its current contract runs out at the end of June, according to a timetable laid out by its authorizer, the Minnesota Guild of Public Charter Schools. … School leaders balked at the deadline, insisting that they be allowed to withhold the news until the last day of school on June 6.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/432TYpc
CRYPTO: via Axios Twin Cities, VERBATIM: “Several Minnesota cities are considering crackdowns on cryptocurrency ATMs, saying they've become preferred tools for scammers. … City officials say regulations are necessary to spare police resources from the difficult task of solving these crimes. The digital transactions are hard to trace, and victims rarely get full refunds. Stillwater leaders banned the kiosks last month, and the St. Paul City Council met to discuss its own possible regulations last week. Forest Lake has enacted an ordinance. … Officials in Hastings, Cottage Grove and Woodbury have also considered their own rules.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4koPuie
DEEPFAKES: via a Sen. Amy Klobuchar press release, VERBATIM: “Today, U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Ted Cruz (R-TX) announced that their bipartisan TAKE IT DOWN Act was signed into law. The TAKE IT DOWN Act criminalizes the publication of non-consensual intimate imagery (NCII), including AI-generated NCII, and requires social media and similar websites to have in place procedures to remove such content within 48 hours of notice from a victim.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/3SKB9B0
VOTING: via MPR News, VERBATIM: “Thousands of newly eligible voters in Minnesota cast ballots in the 2024 election, following the law change allowing formerly incarcerated people to vote. About 20 percent of people who were previously barred from voting went to the polls — a number that was higher than some advocates expected. … About 6,000 newly eligible voters cast ballots in the 2024 election, according to Restore the Vote advocates. … DFL Attorney General Keith Ellison [said] the new law is off to a good start, but there is more to do to spread awareness of the new law. … Advocates said they’re planning focus groups to try to learn why so many newly eligible voters chose not to go to the polls in 2024.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/3S9WFPB
IT’S POSSIBLE TO SIMULTANEOUSLY UPHOLD ENVIRONMENTAL INTEGRITY AND GROW OUR ECONOMY: Minnesota’s lengthy and uncertain permitting process has frustrated businesses for decades. A recent report found that air permitting in Minnesota can take up to six times longer than comparable states. A coalition of business and labor groups are advocating for reform that will shorten timelines and increase certainty while maintaining our strong environmental standards. Contact your legislators and tell them to support streamlining the permitting process. CONTACT: https://fluence-media.co/3Ea5Tbe (SPONSORED: Minnesota Chamber of Commerce)
WILDFIRES: via Bring Me The News, VERBATIM: “The latest update on the wildfires still burning in northern Minnesota says that ‘great progress’ is being made on containment, but that risks are still present given gusty conditions early this week. The Jenkins Creek Fire, the largest at over 16,000 acres, is partially contained for the first time since it broke out a week ago, with the Monday update from the Eastern Area Incident Management Team putting the fire at 6% contained. The nearby Camp House Fire, which now covers an area of 12,277 acres, is considered 40% contained, up from 31% on Sunday.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/44LWem2
MORE: via KSTP, VERBATIM: “Late Monday morning, authorities declared a state of local emergency and disaster for St. Louis County, roughly a week after three separate wildfires began burning across the region. So far, the county said more than 30,000 acres of land and more than 150 buildings have been destroyed by the flames. … Annia Harala, Chair of the St. Louis County Board, made the declaration, which is valid for up to three days until the County Board can get together and then vote on a declaration. Board members are scheduled to have an emergency meeting at 9 a.m. [today] in Duluth.” READ/WATCH: https://fluence-media.co/3Fhtas8
SUPPORT SF 2929 AND HF 2677: Third-party lawsuit funding (TPLF) — or “lawsuit lending” — is a growing and extremely concerning trend in courts across the state and throughout the country that encourages frivolous lawsuits and threatens to drive up the costs of products, services, and insurance for Minnesota consumers. Fortunately, lawmakers are considering legislation — the Consumers in Crisis Protection Act (SF 2929 & HF 2677) — to increase transparency around this highly secretive practice and reasonably regulate third-party lawsuit funders to protect consumers and help keep premiums low. MORE INFO: https://fluence-media.co/4jivOfT (SPONSORED: ASPCIA)
MENTAL HEALTH: via MinnPost, VERBATIM: “Amid concerns about the rising rate of suicides among young people in Minnesota’s African immigrant and refugee community, staff at Restoration for All, a St. Paul-based African-led nonprofit, announced the coming launch of Calming Path, an app designed to support the specific mental health needs of young members of the community. Tolulope Ola, Restoration for All’s founder and executive director, said that last year in Minnesota there were 26 documented suicides by young people from Black African immigrant and refugee communities. This statistic is alarming, she said, and she and her nonprofit colleagues felt an urgent need to respond.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4kuJgh6
HOUSING: via Pioneer Press, VERBATIM: “CommonBond Communities, a nonprofit provider of affordable and supportive housing throughout the Midwest, will lay off 117 positions from its St. Paul headquarters, cutting its central workforce by more than half. … Officials with CommonBond said they had decided to outsource their property management department and ‘tangential positions’ from 1080 Montreal Ave. to ‘other companies within the area.’ The layoffs are scheduled to begin July 18 and continue through Jan. 31.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/3SxwPVX
MPD: via MPR News, VERBATIM: “Chief Brian O'Hara has named two civilians to key leadership posts in the Minneapolis Police Department. Ganesha Martin, who held senior roles at the Baltimore Police Department, is leading the Constitutional Policing Bureau, and attorney Ayodele Famodu is the first non-officer to head the Internal Affairs Bureau. … Martin’s main task is to implement MPD’s court-ordered settlement agreement with the Minnesota Department of Human Rights. … While not sworn officers, O’Hara said that both women have the same authority as deputy chiefs.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/3SL9z6E
SPPD: via Pioneer Press, VERBATIM: “After law enforcement agencies across the state joined together in April to target distracted drivers, more than 6,000 citations were given, according to the state Department of Public Safety’s Office of Traffic Safety. The St. Paul Police Department gave out 1,326 of those, far more than the agency with the next highest number, the Minnesota State Patrol’s west metro district, which gave out 329.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/3FiyX0u
PUSH BACK AGAINST TAX BREAKS FOR BIG TECH DATA CENTERS: Our tax money should be going to essential services for Minnesotans, like education, health care, and infrastructure — not subsidies for billionaire owned data centers. The current tax credit has already cost our state an estimated $5 million a year since 2011. In 2025 it will be over $100 million. It’s time to stop these skyrocketing numbers. Tell your legislators, ‘No big tax breaks for Big Tech.’ LEARN MORE: https://fluence-media.co/3ErmQh8 (SPONSORED: Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy)
TRIBES: via MPR News, VERBATIM: “The Department of Housing and Urban Development announced that nearly $29 million will be awarded to tribes in Minnesota for funding affordable housing in Native communities. … All 11 federally recognized tribes in the state have been awarded [funding]. … Minnesota tribes are receiving almost one-third of funds allocated to Midwestern states, which also include tribes located in Michigan and Wisconsin.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/3SHpGlF
FREE AND LOW-COST FAMILY FUN: The beloved Flint Hills Family Festival is celebrating 25 years in downtown Saint Paul, May 30-31. This year’s festival, presented by the Ordway and Flint Hills Resources, welcomes outstanding headliners, including Grammy winners Lucky Diaz and the Family Jam Band and Ada Twist, Scientist, as well as the returning NOOMA, an Opera for Babies. Bring kids of all ages to enjoy free outdoor entertainment and activities, visit food trucks and take in an indoor show where tickets start at just $8. GET TICKETS: https://fluence-media.co/FHFestival (SPONSORED: Flint Hills Resources)
ROCHESTER: via Rochester Post Bulletin, VERBATIM: “A fire service contract with four townships surrounding Rochester has been approved following months of give and take. … The 10-year agreement extends Rochester Fire Department Services to Rochester, Marion, Cascade and Haverhill townships through 2035. With the agreement signed by representatives of the four township boards, Monday’s City Council’s approval, which was unanimous without comment, was the last needed.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/43so7NG
DULUTH: via Duluth News Tribune, VERBATIM: “David Clanaugh intends to challenge incumbent 4th District City Councilor Tara Swenson in this year's municipal election. He issued a news release Monday announcing plans for a Tuesday noon announcement. … Clanaugh's entry will set up a three-way race, as Swenson previously announced her plans to seek a second term and Brandon Parker announced his bid for the same seat earlier this month.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4j8pEOA
TODAY: Governor Tim Walz will interview candidates for vacancies in the Fourth Judicial District.
TODAY: via Council of Nonprofits, VERBATIM: “In a virtual press conference…Minnesotans from across Minnesota will share impacts of proposed [federal] cuts to Medicaid and other programs while urging Minnesota’s Congressional delegation to reject harmful cuts and policy changes.” The event is at 11:00 a.m.
THURSDAY: via Indivisible Twin Cities, VERBATIM: “Indivisible Twin Cities members and supporters, along with members of Veterans for Peace Chapter 27, will gather outside the MN Veterans Services Building…for a Defend America’s Essentials rally. We are standing up to defend veterans.” The event is at 4:00 p.m.
MAY 31: Gov. Tim Walz will speak at state Democratic Party conventions in South Carolina and California on Saturday, May 31.
JUNE 13: The MN DFL announced its annual Humphrey-Mondale Dinner will be held on Friday, June 13 with Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker as the keynote speaker. DETAILS: https://fluence-media.co/4iiEa5R
JULY 12: Gov. Tim Walz will be the keynote speaker at the South Dakota Democratic Party’s annual McGovern Day dinner on July 12 in Sioux Falls, SD.
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