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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 Walz's 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 Senate's treatment of former Pollution Control Commissioner Laura Bishop, who resigned Tuesday rather than be fired by the Senate. Senate goes home without confirming more Walz ...
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 position, made in January 2019, would not be confirmed, even though the confirmation hearing itself ha...