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Reports: Walz to allow limited capacity inside bars, restaurants; more changes Walz will formalize guidance at a 2 p.m. press conference. Author: Credit: Office of the Governor via YouTube Gov. Tim Walz is expected to announce a series of changes to COVID-19 restrictions on bars, restaurants, and entertainment businesses in his 2 p.m. briefing Wednesday.  With the governor briefing legislative and business leaders Wednesday morning, details have started to emerge about what Walz will announce ahead of the current ban on dine-in service coming to an end at 11:59 p.m. Jan. 10. Based on reports...

Created: January 06, 2021 10:08 AM Gov. Tim Walz announced plans to relax certain restrictions in Minnesota amid the COVID-19 pandemic.  "The situation in Minnesota is undeniably better than it was last month," Walz said in a statement. "We have reasons to be optimistic, and Minnesotans' sacrifice and commitment to their communities helped change the pandemic’s trajectory and saved lives. But we need to protect the progress we’ve made." The rollback will affect bars, restaurants, movie theaters, bowling alleys and other establishments. Sources told KSTP's Tom Hauser the relaxe...

Coronavirus in one state (143) Governor Walz convened yet another press briefing yesterday afternoon. I have posted the audio below. I certainly have overdosed on these events, but I have found them useful in tracking the mix of politics and public health issues that has usurped our freedoms since this past March. Through the lens of the briefings and my own ordeal with the Minnesota Department of Health we can also throw the performance of the circle-of-love media into the mix. As the epidemic has waxed and waned, Minnesota officials have inflicted enormous damage on the lives of citizens an...

Coronavirus in one state (140) Yesterday Governor Walz rolled out E.O. 20-103 — that’s the 103rd executive order of 2020 — to give citizens their marching orders for the immediate future. If you seek to enjoy a beer outdoors here in the coldest months of the year, as of Saturday you’re golden. If you seek to celebrate Christmas with your family, not so much. The whole thing reeks of the madness of the Central American dictator Esposito in Woody Allen’s Bananas (below). Silence! Walz rolled out his order early yesterday afternoon with a Power Point presentation (video below). The il...

Charlie Wiese & Rebecca Omastiak Created: December 15, 2020 09:09 PM UPDATE: Gov. Tim Walz announced his plan to loosen some COVID-19 restrictions, which would include a prioritization of in-person learning at elementary schools, allowing limited capacity outdoor dining at bars and restaurants, limited capacity at fitness centers and limited holiday gatherings. "We're going to support students and families, we're going to continue the effort to slow the risk of spread and we're going to protect our hospitals," Walz said while addressing the media Wednesday. "That is what ...