Despite plenty of sound and fury Monday, only 17 lawmakers voted against a bill to provide $216 million in COVID-19 relief to businesses impaired by the governor’s Nov. 20 executive order.
The bill, Senate File 31 passed during the seventh and final special session of 2020 also includes a 13-week extension to unemployment benefits for about 125,000 Minnesotans. Those benefits were set to expire by the day after Christmas. Gov. Tim Walz was expected to sign it Tuesday.
Much of Monday’s floor debate involved GOP lawmakers pinning blame for Minnesota’s COVID-19 miseries directly on Gov. Tim Walz. Rep. Steve Drazkowski, R-Mazeppa, charted the outermost extremes of that rhetoric.
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Here s what you need to know about Minnesota s $242M aid package for workers, businesses
Gov. Tim Walz on Tuesday, Dec. 15, said he would quickly sign the measure into law to get $242 million out to Minnesotans. 10:58 am, Dec. 15, 2020 ×
A sign, explaining the curbside pickup option, is already in place at The Local 218 Wednesday, Nov. 18, in Brainerd. Gyms, bars, restaurants and many other establishments faced a second round of restrictions on indoor services after an announcement by Gov. Tim Walz Wednesday, Nov. 18, in order to combat nationwide spikes of COVID-19. Local 218 owner P.J. Severson said the restaurant had been voluntarily implementing these kinds of restrictions for weeks prior to Wednesday. Kelly Humphrey / Brainerd Dispatch
USA Today Network ALBANY More than 1.2 million New Yorkers got their unemployment insurance through a federal program that is set to expire at year’s end, a crucial safety net for people out of work due to the coronavirus pandemic. Two critical unemployment programs that were part of the federal COVID bailout earlier this year are expiring Dec. 26, leaving about 12 million workers in the nation facing an uncertain future as Congress looks to negotiate a deal in the coming days. And few states have more on the line than New York. The 1.2 million New Yorkers got benefits last month from the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program, ranking second among states behind only California.