Wolves host Golden State tomorrow.
Twins won.
Eden Prairie High School English teacher Linda Wallenberg is the 2025 Minnesota Teacher of the Year. STRIB: https://fluence-media.co/4jWi7TY
Pres. Donald Trump said he doesn’t expect to use military force to annex Canada, but “something could happen with Greenland.” POLITICO: https://fluence-media.co/44GVdM7
Michael Brodkorb’s Break Down podcast hosted me to discuss political discourse, social media, Minnesota civics and more. LISTEN: https://fluence-media.co/3Z2GjMa
Sunday Take discussed what schools need from the legislature with Kirk Schneidewind (Minnesota Association of School Boards) and Scott Croonquist (Association of Metropolitan School Districts). LISTEN: https://fluence-media.co/3Yt4Gm9
Have a happy Cinco de Mayo!
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MINING: via Bring Me The News, VERBATIM: “The Trump Administration has selected a proposed open pit copper-nickel mine in northern Minnesota for a fast-tracked permitting process. … [The] administration announced a list of new mining projects that have been identified for an expedited permitting process laid out in March executive order. That list includes the NorthMet mine in Babbitt. … The NorthMet mine is the only project [on the list] in Minnesota. According to a federal permitting dashboard, an updated timeline for the project’s permitting process is expected by May 16. The open pit mine was first proposed by PolyMet. It’s now owned by NewRange.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/3Z0MVuA
RESPONSE: via a Rep. Pete Stauber statement, STAUBER: “NewRange’s NorthMet deposit represents a significant opportunity to produce the critical minerals necessary to secure our nation’s economic and security needs. … I call on the Walz Administration to follow the science and the law, while recognizing the need for good paying jobs and the demand for these incredible resources.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4d5Dsbt
FRAUD: via MPR News, VERBATIM: “Coming into the 2025 legislative session, reckoning with fraud and adding layers of protection against it were central to legislative wishlists for DFL and GOP lawmakers alike…On the heels of dozens of arrests and convictions tied to the Feeding Our Future nutrition aid scandal, Minnesota officials said the state needed to shore up defenses against future efforts to funnel government funds for unauthorized uses… Lawmakers in both chambers want to create a new Office of the Inspector General that could probe state spending and root out potential fraud. The proposal was the first bill filed in the House and it’s the subject of ongoing, bipartisan deliberations in the Senate…Some state agencies have an office or position like this now, but supporters have said it’s important to have an inspector general keeping track of all state spending and authorized to track state dollars that move through private entities.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4k3twBd
OVERSIGHT: via a DHS press release, VERBATIM: “Minnesota is taking steps to supervise autism services providers and some housing services providers more closely. Starting June 1, the Minnesota Department of Human Services will tighten screening requirements for providers who bill Medicaid for autism services and some housing services. This includes Housing Stabilization Services, which helps older adults and people with disabilities with housing, as well as Early Intensive Developmental and Behavioral Intervention autism services. The state will re-categorize both types of services as ‘high risk.’” READ: https://fluence-media.co/3Gzg2iv
DOJ: via Star Tribune, VERBATIM: “The Justice Department has opened a civil rights investigation into the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office, according to a social media post shared Saturday by U.S. Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon. The announcement comes less than a week after a new policy was instituted by Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty that asks prosecutors to consider racial identity in plea deals and charging decisions. … [Dhillon] says the investigation will seek to determine if the county attorney‘s office ‘is engaged in a pattern or practice of depriving persons of rights, privileges, or immunities’ that are protected by the Constitution.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/44H3WOn
IMMIGRATION: via Office of the Atty. General, VERBATIM: “Today, the Minnesota Attorney General’s Office released guidance for organizations that manage sensitive locations [like hospitals and churches] on their rights and responsibilities with respect to recent changes in federal immigration enforcement. … It addresses who does and does not enforce federal immigration law, the rules that apply to immigration enforcement in public and non-public spaces at sensitive locations, the difference between judicial and administrative warrants, protocols an organization may establish for interacting with ICE, and an organization’s rights and responsibilities if ICE is conducting immigration enforcement.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/3YtMvwO GUIDANCE: https://fluence-media.co/3GTkFnp
MORE: Attorney General Keith Ellison was interviewed by KSTP to discuss his new immigration guidance, among other topics. VERBATIM: “Ellison says the guidance is aimed at churches, hospitals, courts, schools and other so-called ‘sensitive locations’ where ICE agents might try to detain people accessing public services. … The attorney general’s guidance also notes there are limits to the ways that ICE agents can be defied, [and] Ellison says his guidance is not intended to instruct people on how to break the law.” ELLISON: “Comply with the law. Honor all lawful search warrants. Do what you’re supposed to do to comply. … [But] staff are not required to answer an ICE agent’s questions.” READ/WATCH: https://fluence-media.co/3ES5uua
PARADE: via FOX 9, VERBATIM: “Amid ongoing federal efforts to crack down on illegal immigration this year, Chicago and Philadelphia canceled their Cinco de Mayo parades. But leaders in St. Paul made the decision to move ahead with plans in the capital city. ‘I think this is one of the years that it’s most important to have this event,’ St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter told FOX 9. … Before this year’s event, organizers told FOX 9 that at least 30 non-food vendors had backed out of the parade, citing concerns that fewer people would show up because of [ICE]. … But parade attendees told FOX 9 Saturday’s crowd rivaled the size of crowds in previous years.” READ/WATCH: https://fluence-media.co/4mjcYYf
WALZ: Vanity Fair published an interview with Gov. Tim Walz this weekend discussing the future of the Democratic Party and why he wants to listen to voters more closely. READ: https://fluence-media.co/3GRQdKl
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)
SENATE RACE: via FOX 9, VERBATIM: “Rep. Angie Craig officially kicked off her bid for the United States Senate on Saturday at an event in Minneapolis. … She was introduced by her wife Cheryl Greene and Dave Wellstone, the son of the late Sen. Paul Wellstone. … Craig talked about her humble roots, growing up in a trailer park with her single mother and working her way up as a local news reporter and in the business world for St. Jude's Medical. … Craig was blunt during her roughly 25-minute-long speech, saying they have to fight to ‘get s**t done’.” CRAIG: “We deserve better than a Republican Party hell-bent on cutting our hard-earned Social Security and health care just to give tax breaks to billionaires like Elon Musk.” READ/WATCH: https://fluence-media.co/3Z0zQRW
PENSIONS: via MinnPost, VERBATIM: “As owners of 401(k) plans and Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs) worry about the impact of President Donald Trump’s tariff policies on their retirement money, Minnesota’s state workers are fretting about their pensions. Jill Schurtz, the chief investment officer for the Minnesota State Board of Investment, [said] the state’s pension fund is ‘large enough to bear the brunt of a market crisis.’ She also says the fund’s diversity has shielded it from sharp downturns. … [However], the fund, which has averaged returns of about 8% a year over the last decade, was flat [in] the first three months of this year. … Mark Haveman, executive director for the Minnesota Center for Fiscal Excellence, [said] at least one of the state’s pension plans — the one for teachers — is underfunded and that a downturn in the market will only make things worse.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4iO8l5q
MEDIA: via Patch News, VERBATIM: “National Public Radio and PBS television stations in Minnesota [could] no longer receive federal funding under an executive order signed late Thursday by President Donald Trump [that] instructs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and other federal agencies ‘to cease federal funding for NPR and PBS.’ … In a statement, Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) said federal cuts would have a ‘devastating impact’ on stations nationwide. … Minnesota has 15 radio and television stations affiliated with the Corporation, including MPR News, Classical MPR, The Current, and Twin Cities PBS (TPT).” READ: https://fluence-media.co/44n6mS3
MORE: via Star Tribune, VERBATIM: “The Lakeland [PBS] station, headquartered in Bemidji, relies on federal funding for 37% of its budget. That’s fairly typical in smaller markets that largely serve rural residents. … Current, a nonprofit news organization that covers public media, [has] estimated the average for station reliance on federal funding in Minnesota was 15% in 2023. Federal money contributed to 6% of Minnesota Public Radio’s $120 million budget last year.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4cYGUV4
ASSISTANCE: via Star Tribune, VERBATIM: “Twenty-two voicemails. That’s how many Vickie Schaefer left during a five-day stretch, trying to get someone at Hennepin County to help her renew the financial assistance her 92-year-old mother relies on. … County officials acknowledge the system is stretched thin — and it’s not alone. Short-staffed counties across Minnesota are struggling to meet the growing demand. Thousands of seniors receive financial assistance through Minnesota’s Medicaid program, called Medical Assistance, to offset costs of long-term care.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/3SiGwXY
DISABILITIES: via MPR News, VERBATIM: “Disability rights advocates rallied at the Minnesota Capitol on Saturday to protest cuts to programs and services. … ‘This is an attack on human rights,’ said Rep. Kim Hicks, a DFLer from Rochester. … The rally was organized by Arc Minnesota, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The group worries budget cuts could impact or eliminate the Governor’s Council on Developmental Disabilities, the Minnesota Disability Law Center, the Institute on Community Integration at the University of Minnesota, and Head Start.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/3RQKYNs
MINNESOTA INSURANCE COVERAGE TAX WILL COST FAMILIES, SMALL BUSINESSES AND SENIORS MORE: Governor Walz and the Department of Commerce want to create a new tax that will, at a minimum, double the tax rate paid on supplemental non-medical insurance coverage including dental, vision, private paid family medical leave, long-term care, and wage replacement insurance products to fund reinsurance. This tax hike will make these critically important products more expensive for consumers, force more seniors onto Medicaid and public programs, make Minnesota-based insurers less competitive nationally, and make it more difficult for employers to provide competitive benefits. These products provide Minnesota families with peace of mind and everyday security, and we should not ask them to pay more to subsidize other insurance products. LEARN MORE: https://fluence-media.co/4lNcE3n (SPONSORED: Minnesota Insurance and Financial Services Council)
BUDGET: via Pioneer Press, VERBATIM: “A stream of budget bills continues to move through the Senate and House, though human services and education — the biggest spending areas in the current two-year state budget of a bit over $70 million — remain the biggest snags for lawmakers. … There will be cuts this year, though just how big they’ll be and where they’ll happen is up for discussion as the clock continues to tick. … The regular session ends on May 19, and lawmakers have to pass a two-year budget by the end of June 30 or the state government shuts down. In the last decade, there’s been a special session every time control of government is split between the parties.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/44oWwPE
UNEMPLOYMENT: via Minnesota Reformer, VERBATIM: “Unemployment benefits for bus drivers, teachers’ aides and other hourly school employees is becoming a major sticking point in budget negotiations at the state Capitol. … But [previously], the Senate passed a bill extending unemployment benefits for more than 600 steelworkers at two northern mines from 26 weeks to 52 weeks. The proposal sailed through the narrowly divided Senate with support from Republicans. … That raises the possibility that miners…could receive a full year of unemployment benefits, while hourly school workers…would be stripped of all benefits. … ‘We are not going to pit workers against each other. We believe everyone should have the economic security of unemployment insurance,’ said Emma Greenman, DFL-Minneapolis, who authored the bill in 2023 extending unemployment to hourly school workers.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4jGs5Ju
MORE: via Pioneer Press, VERBATIM: “Democratic-Farmer-Labor and Republican House members…haven’t given up on an [unemployment] deal. On Thursday, the Rules Committee moved to place the education finance bill on the calendar for a House floor vote on Monday, pending a new deal on education. A compromise hadn’t been publicly approved as of Friday evening.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/44oWwPE
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)
VETERANS: via a Rep. Tom Emmer press release, VERBATIM: “Today, Congressman Tom Emmer sent a letter to Chairman John Carter and Ranking Member Debbie Wasserman Schultz of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies (MilConVA) urging language to support veteran families to be included in the Fiscal Year 2026 MilConVA Appropriations bill. Emmer’s report language requires the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to prepare a report offering solutions to ensure veteran families receive their deceased veteran’s death certificate in a timely fashion. … The letter comes as the signing of death certificates for Minnesota veterans who have died of natural causes has been delayed for up to eight weeks in some cases.” LETTER: https://fluence-media.co/44SXBPE
COSTS: via a Rep. Kelly Morrison press release, VERBATIM: “Today, U.S. Representative Kelly Morrison (MN-03) joined more than 30 freshman House Democrats in calling on Speaker Mike Johnson to prioritize bringing forward legislation to the House floor that lowers costs for working families, creates good-paying jobs, and improves the quality of life for all Americans.” MORRISON: “The Republican majority in Congress needs to do their job and actually help support families and lower costs.” LETTER: https://fluence-media.co/4jxQalw
911: via a Sen. Amy Klobuchar press release, VERBATIM: “U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) announced that their bipartisan Enhancing First Response Act — which would make important updates to our 9-1-1 emergency reporting system to ensure Americans can reach help when they dial 9-1-1 during natural disasters and improve implementation of Kari’s law — has advanced out of the Commerce Committee. The legislation will also ensure 9-1-1 dispatchers are recognized as protective service workers.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4iQspDX
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)
HEATING: via a Sen. Tina Smith press release, VERBATIM: “Following news that the Trump Administration responded to her bipartisan push to release $12 million in frozen emergency heating assistance for thousands of eligible Minnesotans, U.S. Senator Tina Smith (D-MN) released the following statement.” SMITH: “I’m glad [Donald] Trump and DOGE have reversed course on this decision, but I want to be clear that LIHEAP is still threatened. The Administration has fired all the workers who administer the program, and come this winter, I worry about how this funding will get to families needing to stay warm.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/44iJd33
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)
MSU: via KEYC-TV, VERBATIM: “Minnesota State University Mankato will reduce the number of academic programs following a review that started in August 2024. In a letter to the campus community, University President Dr. Edward Inch said the university currently offers 306 degree programs and certificates, which is more than MSU’s peer institutions and extends beyond available resources. … The new academic portfolio will consist of 216 programs and certificates, 12 of which are new. Meanwhile, 86 programs and certificates have been suspended, which Inch says impacts about 1.6% of the current student population for degrees and 0.8% for certificates. … [Downsizing] program offerings from 306 to 216 [is] a nearly 30% cut.” READ/WATCH: https://fluence-media.co/3ROxiTa
BIPARTISANSHIP: via MinnPost, VERBATIM: “Braver Angels Minnesota [has] continued its work building bridges across the political divide. From April 24-May 3, some of its leaders hit the road in Greater Minnesota with a ‘Reduce the Rancor’ bus tour, visiting Worthington, Willmar, Kerkhoven, Fergus Falls, Moorhead, Bemidji and Brainerd. The group’s website states [it] ‘brings together conservatives, liberals, independents and others to restore trust, respect and goodwill in American politics.’ A variety of local civic and educational groups sponsored the local bus tour stops.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/44pkzOe
REAL ID: via KSTP, VERBATIM: “Starting Wednesday, if you don’t have a Real ID or a passport, you won’t be able to fly within the U.S. or enter certain federal buildings. The Department of Public Safety says only about 40% of Minnesotans currently have a Real ID — a state-issued license with a star in the corner created to meet post-9/11 security rules. … [There] are jam-packed license bureaus and long waits [statewide]. … Experts say if you don’t have an urgent need to fly or have a passport, it might be a good idea to wait until after the Wednesday deadline, when lines will likely be much shorter.” READ/WATCH: https://fluence-media.co/43bztqh
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)
MPLS: via KARE 11, VERBATIM: “Groups called violence interrupters, which Minneapolis leaders approved to help prevent crime, are still not getting paid to be out on the streets. The incoming Director of Neighborhood Safety, Amanda Harrington, [said] ‘Negotiating the contracts definitely took longer than we expected. Our vendors couldn’t take the steps they needed to prepare.’ … Some of the contracts the city awarded are as much as $708,000 and have a combined total of $3.4 million. … Some of the groups are even threatening to walk away, while others, like T.O.U.C.H Outreach, are working voluntarily for now.” READ/WATCH: https://fluence-media.co/4m75k34
ST PAUL: via KSTP, VERBATIM: “Amid a continued sizable backlog of repair requests for copper-robbed streetlights, St. Paul Public Works confirmed it did not renew a request to the city council in 2024 that gave the department an extra half-million dollars to deal with the years-long outage surge. … Between January and April 27 this year, public works cited 332 complaints so far, marking a roughly 60% reduction from the 834 complaints made as of the same time last year.” READ/WATCH: https://fluence-media.co/44TUneM
UPTOWN: via KSTP, VERBATIM: “Approximately 35 students at the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management did four months of research on revitalizing Minneapolis’ Uptown neighborhood and presented their findings [last week] to residents, business leaders and developers. … The students [said] their research discovered Uptown needs more scheduled events to draw people to the area and the city needs to offer more incentives to help bring investors back into the neighborhood.” READ/WATCH: https://fluence-media.co/3SjAPJh
FRESH15: The latest season of Fresh15 includes interviews with new Minnesota House members. So far, five new members have shared their goals, background and fun facts before they take office in a historic session this January.
Rep. Kari Rehrauer
Rep. Wayne Johnson
Rep. Julie Greene
Rep. Keith Allen
Rep. Peter Johnson
Follow on your favorite podcast platform, or at www.TheDailyAgenda.com/Podcasts. (SPONSORED: Minnesota Telecom Alliance)
BEMIDJI: via MPR News, VERBATIM: “The Bemidji school board is making steep cuts to the district’s budget for next year, voting unanimously last week to reduce spending by more than $1.5 million. School officials acknowledge that the spending cuts will be felt in Bemidji’s classrooms, affecting students, faculty and the kinds of programs the district offers. [However], Superintendent Jeremy Olson said he and the school board tried to minimize the impact on classroom learning. … Olson said that if state aid had kept up with inflation, the district would have received 18.7% more funding this school year, [and] if that had happened, ‘we would not be having these discussions.’” READ: https://fluence-media.co/3Z56JNt
BYRON: via Rochester Post Bulletin, VERBATIM: “Despite the challenges facing the district, Nate Walbruch is confident he can help Byron Public Schools regain its footing as he gets ready to take the helm as the incoming superintendent — a role he plans to hold for the foreseeable future. Walbruch accepted the position in April and will officially step into the role in July. He will have to hit the ground running as the district prepares to hold another referendum to ask residents to increase their tax contribution with an operating levy, while also helping to rebuild trust between the district and the community it serves.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/43hu6Ws
BURNSVILLE: via KARE 11, VERBATIM: “The Burnsville Fire Department [was] in Maryland this weekend to honor Adam Finseth. Finseth’s name will be added to the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial along with 69 other firefighters from around the country who died in the line of duty last year. … Finseth, along with two Burnsville police officers, Paul Elmstrand and Matt Ruge, were murdered by a suspect. … Governor Tim Walz proclaimed May 3 – 4 as Fallen Firefighters Memorial weekend [with] flags at state buildings to be flown at half-staff.” READ/WATCH: https://fluence-media.co/3Yterkh
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From Friday’s Fluence newsletters:
MNLEG: via Star Tribune, VERBATIM: “Minnesota legislators are debating whether to roll back or revise some signature laws passed by Democrats two years ago as they race to reach a budget deal in the final weeks of their session. The proposed policy pullbacks have opened a glaring partisan divide in the tied Minnesota House, imperiling budget negotiations. Republicans are pushing to repeal laws that provide summer unemployment insurance to hourly school workers and health care to undocumented immigrants, among other changes, while Democrats are defending the programs they created when the state had a massive budget surplus in 2023.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4d3hGVC
MAY DAY: via MPR News, VERBATIM: “Hundreds gathered at the Minnesota State Capitol for International Workers’ Day. The annual May Day rally brought together immigrant rights advocates, union leaders and community members to demand better protections for workers and immigrants.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/3YXEUXi
IMMIGRATION: via Sahan Journal, VERBATIM: “An immigration judge on Thursday denied a lawyer’s request to terminate the immigration case against her client, but gave her more time to file new arguments for why the former international student should remain in the United States. Attorney Sarah Gad, who is representing Aditya Harsono, argued in immigration court that his arrest and visa revocation were ‘unlawful,’ and asked immigration Judge Sarah Mazzie to review the legality of his case and terminate it. Mazzie said she does not have legal authority to review the Department of Homeland Security’s decision to revoke his visa, and denied the request.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4k1GijY
SESSION: House floor session at 11:00 a.m. Senate floor session at 11:00 a.m. HOUSE: Fraud Prevention & State Agency Oversight hears bills for grant management training and establishing the crime of illegal remunerations. SENATE: The Subcommittee on Ethical Conduct will hold a hearing on Sen. Bobby Joe Champion. CALENDAR: https://fluence-media.co/3GRnCF2
TODAY: Governor Tim Walz will have meetings with Minnesota Business Partnership leadership and legislative leaders.
TOMORROW: via City of Minneapolis, VERBATIM: “On Tuesday, May 6, Mayor Jacob Frey will give his 2025 State of the City address at 11:30 a.m. in Minneapolis. … The address will be hosted in person and will be live streamed on the City’s YouTube page.”
MAY 12: The MN GOP announced its annual Lincoln Reagan Dinner will be held on Monday, May 12 with former Rep. Doug Collins as the keynote speaker. DETAILS: https://fluence-media.co/4cTG9Nc
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.
BDAYS: American Experiment’s Bill Walsh, retired MSP exec Gary Johnson
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