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During a live, virtual conversation hosted by Forum News Service Wednesday, Minnesota policymakers said they'd prioritize funding to recruit more police officers in an effort to prevent violent crime.

Democrats defend health commissioner’s response to COVID-19 pandemic.

Some Senate Republicans want to fire health commissioner as soon as the next special session, but DFL Gov. Tim Walz assured reporters he wouldn't allow it..

We all need a timeout: Senate goes home without confirming more Walz commissioners ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) - The Minnesota Senate ended the special session Wednesday without confirming any more of Gov. Tim Walzs commissioners, bringing a sudden end to 18 straight months of legislating and heated political rhetoric at the state Capitol. Democrats moved to adjourn the session amid frustrations over the Republican-led Senates treatment of former Pollution Control Commissioner Laura Bishop, who res...

Commissioner Laura Bishop had pushed for Clean Car Rules that angered Republicans Posted David Colburn ST. PAUL – The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency’s Clean Car Rules may have survived a threatened budget freeze from Senate Republicans, but GOP leaders made it clear that the agency’s commissioner, Laura Bishop, won’t be around to see them implemented. Bishop is out, resigning on Tuesday after Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka informed Gov. Tim Walz that her appointment to the po...

Created: July 06, 2021 02:27 PM Laura Bishop, the commissioner of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, has submitted her resignation following an update from Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka stating the Republican-led Senate was planning to not confirm Bishops appointment.  According to a release from the governors office, throughout her tenure as commissioner, Bishop has worked with communities across the state to develop innovative, community-centered approaches that protec...

Laura Bishop, the commissioner of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, resigned today after the senate refused to confirm her appointment.  Republicans hold a majority of the senate in the state and party leaders have informed Gov. Tim Walz that Bishops appointment will not be confirmed.  "It has been an honor to serve Minnesotans in this role. However, I will not allow the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency to be politicized. The work is too important," Bishop said. "I look forward to...

pandemic, and now as vaccines become more widely available, we are reporting on how our local schools, businesses and communities are returning to a more "normal" future. Theres never been more of a need for the kind of local, independent and unbiased journalism that The Day produces. Please support our work by subscribing today. How companies rip off poor employees — and get away with it Ruth Palacios and Arturo Xelo, a married couple from Mexico, work at their fruit stand in the Corona n...

Peoples World Already battered by long shifts and high infection rates, essential workers struggling through the pandemic face another hazard of hard times: employers who steal their wages. When a recession hits, U.S. companies are more likely to stiff their lowest-wage workers. These businesses often pay less than the minimum wage, make employees work off the clock, or refuse to pay overtime rates. In the most egregious cases, bosses don’t pay their employees at all. Companies that hire chil...

Wage theft: How companies rip off poor employees — and get away with it Updated 9:38 AM; Today 9:38 AM Fidel Martinez stands for a portrait at one of his former worksites in Minneapolis on Sunday, April 18, 2021. Martinez worked for a demolition contractor in the fall of 2020, demolishing several Walgreens stores and other structures. Martinez said the contractor owed him and his co-workers more than $20,000. His boss kept telling him the money was coming, but he would get his paychecks wee...