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Advocates for older Minnesotans said many had struggled to access a COVID-19 vaccine despite efforts to circulate the shots more broadly to those 65 and older. Gov. Tim Walz was set to announce next priority groups on Thursday.
Senator Tom O’Mara, ranking member of the Senate Investigations Committee and Senator Sue Serino, ranking member of the Senate Aging Committee today called on Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins to strip committee chair positions from legislators who refused to issue subpoenas and then were involved in a secret closed door meeting where a top aide to Governor Cuomo admitted to deliberately withholding information regarding nursing home deaths from the public, the Legislature, and the federal government.
Johnson Newspaper Corp. Gov. Andrew Cuomo and top aide Melissa DeRosa provide a coronavirus update from the Red Room at the state Capitol Monday, Feb. 8. (Provided photo â Mike Groll, governorâs office) ALBANY — The state Health Department’s sluggish release of COVID-19 nursing home data came to a head Thursday night after it was revealed that a top aide to the governor admitted to withholding the total number of virus deaths in state facilities. Lawmakers continue to be at odds after the department publishing additional death figures Wednesday night in response to a court order...
State Sen. John Mannion joined a chorus of lawmakers calling for Gov. Andrew Cuomo to be stripped of his emergency powers after a top administration official admitted that they didn't
From staff reports ST. PAULÂ — State Sen. Gary Dahms, R-Redwood Falls, expressed concern on Friday about the speed and effectiveness of the state’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout. His release follows testimony he heard from Minnesota residents during a Senate Aging and Long-Term Care Committee meeting this week citing concerns over the lack of communication to the public, nonexistent transparency regarding decisions being made about vaccination phases, the withholding of doses, and seniors not receiving a priority timeline. In his release, Dahms urged Gov. Tim Walz and the Minnesota Departm...