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Target drops mask mandate with an exception for local ordinances

Target has joined a growing number of retail stores that have eased mask mandates. The new policies, however, will not take effect in Minneapolis...

Malcolm ‘would have liked’ different set of rules for the unvaccinated 

Some state leaders "would have liked" to subject unvaccinated Minnesotans to stricter coronavirus mandates than their vaccinated neighbors. Gov. Tim Walz rescinded his mask mandate...

Commentary: When politics run pandemic policy

Thursday afternoon’s Rose Garden announcement that fully vaccinated Americans no longer need masks — unless in crowded indoor spaces, medical settings, or public transportation — caught some people...

Walz drops mask mandate following CDC guidance 

Minnesota’s mask mandate will come to an end Friday, a maskless Gov. Tim Walz announced at a Thursday night press conference. The polarizing mandate has...

Walz administration gave $100K in COVID-19 funds to group that provides...

Gov. Tim Walz’s administration gave nearly $100,000 in coronavirus relief funds to a Minnesota nonprofit that specializes in “abortion doula” services, according to state...

The ‘masks forever’ crowd is real. Here’s what they want

(Daily Caller News Foundation) — Public health officials have supported mask wearing well beyond mass vaccination, and some advocated integrating them into post-COVID-19 life. Most...

Teachers union gave nearly $20 million to Dems before influencing CDC...

(The Center Square) — The teachers union in the middle of a scandal for influencing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's official school...

Commentary: Corrupt unions — not COVID — locked kids out of...

(Daily Caller News Foundation) — Locking kids out of school for months (over a year and counting in some places) is likely to be...

Minnesota agrees to settle with churches for religious freedom violations 

Gov. Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison have agreed to settle a lawsuit brought against them by religious leaders who believe their First...

Republicans slam Walz for ‘holding Minnesota hostage’

Republicans said Gov. Tim Walz’s three-phase plan for lifting his COVID-19 mandates is “not good enough and not soon enough.” “The governor continues to lead...