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May 20 4 tweets 2 min read
“There is enough time,” House Speaker @melissahortman says about concerns that some of the largest bills, like health and human services, won’t get done by Sunday.

“Everybody has to get realistic,” Hortman says, and no one will get 75-80% of what they want. #mnleg
I asked which issue areas are in the worst shape.

Hortman says K-12, public safety, health and human services are “tied.”

That’s…a lot. #mnleg
Hortman says the tax bill will definitely have an expansion of the renter’s credit and an individual income tax cut.

That’s about all we know for certain. #mnleg
NEW: “I don’t think so,” Hortman says when asked if there’s a chance for sports betting legalization by the end of session. #mnleg

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May 21
Details of #mnleg's deal on taxes:

-Cuts individual income tax rate from 5.35% to 5.10%

-Makes all Social Security income exempt from state taxes

-Makes renter's tax credit refundable

house.leg.state.mn.us/comm/docs/1u-H…
There are several other smaller provisions, but those three together account for $3.4 billion of the $4 billion bill.
Conference committee due back within the hour to discuss (you know the drill on the timing, though).
Read 4 tweets
Apr 25
NEWS: St. Paul Police say DFL Rep. John Thompson showed up after officers pulled over his daughter Sunday afternoon, screamed and yelled at police, identified himself as a state lawmaker and handed out his business card during a "chaotic" scene.

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Officers say they stopped Thompson's adult daughter for erratic driving and expired registration. Cops smelled marijuana. As more officers arrived, so did Thompson.

To diffuse tensions, police say they decided to charge Thompson’s daughter out of custody and let them both go.
Police are asking the St. Paul city attorney to charge Thompson's daughter with 3rd degree DWI-test refusal, a gross misdemeanor.

Thompson does not face charges, though police say the case is open.
Read 7 tweets
Apr 24
Light #mnleg attendance for Gov. Tim Walz’s State of the State speech tonight given the Sunday evening timing.

I counted fewer than half of the 67 senators entering the House chamber.
Former Gov. Mark Dayton and his wife are in attendance. Though he used a cane, Dayton is moving much better than during his final days as governor.
Gov. Tim Walz urges #mnleg to pass rebate checks but says he's open to income tax cuts -- though excluding wealthy people.

"They don’t need a tax cut," Walz says.

Senate GOP tax bill doesn't have an income cap.
Read 5 tweets
Jan 12
NEWS: Minneapolis and St. Paul impose a vaccine-or-negative-test requirement to dine at restaurants in both cities.

The negative test would have to be within 72 hours.

The temporary policy takes effect on Jan. 19.
For ticketed events, the policy takes effect Jan. 26.

The negative test result has to be from a PCR test, St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter says during a news conference.

Watch:
The mandate includes arenas and stadiums if food or drink is consumed indoors, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey says.
Read 5 tweets
Jan 12
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is earmarking $40 million in federal COVID relief for hospital worker overtime pay as omicron surges.

Nurses under the program will work 60-hour weeks for the next two months.

mn.gov/mmb-stat/docum…
Another $5 million in federal money will expand temporary staff at decompression sites that take discharged hospital patients.

mn.gov/mmb-stat/docum…
At news conference outside Regions Hospital in St. Paul, Minnesota Health Commissioner Jan Malcolm says “These next few weeks will be something we’ve never seen before.”
Read 5 tweets
Aug 24, 2021
Tony Lazzaro’s detention hearing starts at 2 p.m. I’m inside the federal courtroom in St. Paul, where Lazzaro will appear in person.

He’s asking a federal judge to release him on ankle and video monitoring.

fox9.com/news/tony-lazz…
Lazzaro enters in an orange jail uniform.

He pleads not guilty on all charges when asked by Judge Hildy Bowbeer.
Bowbeer says Lazzaro’s alleged victims are listening to today’s hearing with their parents on a teleconference.
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