GOVERNOR WALZ IS STICKING TO HIS PLAN TO TRY TO GET DIRECT PAYMENT CHECKS TO MANY MINNESOTANS, USING THE STATE’S HISTORIC SURPLUS TO PROVIDE ECONOMIC RELIEF IN THIS TIME OF HIGH INFLATION AND RECORD GAS PRICES. HIS PLAN WOULD PROVIDE MANY WITH $1000 FOR INDIVIDUALS AND $2000 FOR MARRIED COUPLES FILING JOINTLY. MANY REPUBLICANS CONTINUE TO CALL THIS AN ELECTION YEAR GIMMICK, AND WARN THAT THE PLAN WOULD ONLY DRIVE INFLATION HIGHER.
WALZ’S OPPONENT, SCOTT JENSEN AND HIS RUNNING MATE MATT BIRK ARE SET TO DISCUSS THEIR PLAN TODAY IN WHAT THEY CALL THE “HEAL MINNESOTA AGENDA”.
THE DFL PARTY LEADERS TODAY ARE PRESENTING THEIR ARGUMENTS AS TO WHY THEY FEEL MINNESOTA SHOULD BECOME AN EARLY PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY STATE. IF CHANGES ARE MADE, IT WOULD BE EFFECTIVE FOR THE 2024 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CYCLE.
NORTH DAKOTA SENATOR KEVIN CRAMER MAY LOSE HIS PINKIE FINGER TO AMPUTATION AFTER HIS HAND WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED OVER THE WEEKEND DOING YARD WORK AT HIS HOME. A LARGE ROCK ROLLED ONTO HIS HAND, RIPPING OF THE TIP OF HIS PINKIE FINGER, WHICH WAS LATER REATTACHED BY DOCTORS. THE RISK OF INFECTION REMAINS HIGH, WHICH WOULD MEAN AMPUTATION.
CASES OF THE AVIAN FLU HAVE MOSTLY SUBSIDED IN MINNESOTA, AND THE STATE IS LIFTING IT’S BAN ON POULTRY EXHIBITIONS. THAT ANNOUNCEMENT COMES JUST AS FAIR SEASON IS ABOUT TO BEGIN. THE END OF THAT BAN WILL GO INTO EFFECT ON JULY 1. THE FLU HIT 80 SITES IN MINNESOTA AND AFFECTED OVER 3 MILLION BIRDS.
THE HIGHWAY 71 BAND PERFORMS A FREE CONCERT TONIGHT AT 7 PM AT LEGION PARK IN GREENBUSH. THAT EVENT IS ORGANIZED BY THE GREENBUSH WOMEN OF TODAY.
Last modified: 06/23/2022
