By | | Forum News ServiceMinnesota Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka on Friday said that state lawmakers and Capitol employees should get access to a coronavirus vaccination after health care workers and elderly Minnesotans.The comment was met with swift opposition from Democrats who said they were content to wait their turn for a COVID-19 shot and criticized the lawmaker for suggesting legislators cut in line ahead of others.Gazelka during a panel discussion said legislators would return to St. Paul for a “hybrid” legislative session including in-person and virtual proceedings. And the...…By | | Forum News ServiceMinnesota Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka on Friday said that state lawmakers and Capitol employees should get access to a coronavirus vaccination after health care workers and elderly Minnesotans.The comment was met with swift opposition from Democrats who said they were content to wait their turn for a COVID-19 shot and criticized the lawmaker for suggesting legislators cut in line ahead of others.Gazelka during a panel discussion said legislators would return to St. Paul for a “hybrid” legislative session including in-person and virtual proceedings. And the...WW…

ADVERTISEMENTADVERTISEMENTST. PAUL — Former Vice President Joe Biden is set to make his first stop in Minnesota this campaign cycle, his campaign announced Thursday, Sept. 10.Biden is set to visit the state on Friday, Sept. 18, his campaign announced in a news release. But no additional details about the stop were immediately available.His stop follows a Wednesday visit by his wifeand comes weeks after President Donald Trump stumped for his reelection bid in Mankato. Trump's campaign also announced Thursday that the president would visit Bemidji, Minn. on Sept. 18.The faceoff in Minnesota...…ADVERTISEMENTADVERTISEMENTST. PAUL — Former Vice President Joe Biden is set to make his first stop in Minnesota this campaign cycle, his campaign announced Thursday, Sept. 10.Biden is set to visit the state on Friday, Sept. 18, his campaign announced in a news release. But no additional details about the stop were immediately available.His stop follows a Wednesday visit by his wifeand comes weeks after President Donald Trump stumped for his reelection bid in Mankato. Trump's campaign also announced Thursday that the president would visit Bemidji, Minn. on Sept. 18.The faceoff in Minnesota...WW…

By | | Forum News ServiceThe Minnesota House of Representatives on Monday approved salary increases for state employees on a 74-60 vote.Governor Tim Walz’s administration and 11 labor unions representing state employees struck a deal on the contracts last year that included a 2.25 percent increase starting last summer and a 2.5 percent boost beginning in July.Democrats, along with the unions, said nearly 50,000 public employees set to see the salary bumps still merited those raises despite the COVID-19 pandemic and the economic hardship it had wrought. But the raises faced an uncertain fate...…By | | Forum News ServiceThe Minnesota House of Representatives on Monday approved salary increases for state employees on a 74-60 vote.Governor Tim Walz’s administration and 11 labor unions representing state employees struck a deal on the contracts last year that included a 2.25 percent increase starting last summer and a 2.5 percent boost beginning in July.Democrats, along with the unions, said nearly 50,000 public employees set to see the salary bumps still merited those raises despite the COVID-19 pandemic and the economic hardship it had wrought. But the raises faced an uncertain fate...WW…