Tag: Karin Housley
Audit: Only 60% of recipients in $500 million COVID program confirmed...
State auditors could confirm eligibility for only 60% of Minnesotans who participated in a $500 million frontline worker bonus program, a new report says.
The...
DFL Sen. Nicole Mitchell pleads the Fifth at ethics hearing for...
Democratic Minnesota Sen. Nicole Mitchell didn’t speak once -- with the exception of saying “I do” when she was put under oath -- when...
Confusion surrounds Sen. Mitchell’s status in DFL caucus
Minnesota Senate Majority Leader Erin Murphy, DFL-St. Paul, sought to clarify Wednesday that Sen. Nicole Mitchell, DFL-Woodbury, remains a member of the DFL caucus...
Republican state senator no longer supports gun control bill
Minnesota Sen. Karin Housley, R-Stillwater, removed her name from a gun control bill brought forward by several Democrats in the Minnesota Legislature. Signing on...
Senator seeks to hold state cosmetology board accountable for past debacles
A Minnesota senator presented a bill Monday that would disband the Board of Cosmetology and transfer control over the industry to the Department of...
Bipartisan group demands Walz ‘immediately remove’ vaccine questionnaire requirements
A bipartisan group of senators sent a letter to Gov. Tim Walz Sunday asking for the immediate removal of personal questions on the COVID-19...
Republicans raise concerns about Department of Health ‘data grab’
After a tumultuous week of debate, Gov. Tim Walz said Thursday that his administration will vaccinate 70% of seniors before moving on to the...
Senator continues to sound alarm on ‘misallocation of vaccines’
While Minnesota has surpassed one million total COVID-19 vaccine doses administered, senior citizens account for only 28% of those fully vaccinated, according to a...
Democrats Launch Police Reform Ads Against Senate Republics
The Minnesota DFL has launched an ad campaign that attacks Republican senators over claims of them not passing “real police reform.”
The DFL has started...
Covid-19 Deaths Into Single Digits, Hospitalizations Drop
Minnesota’s reported Covid-19 deaths have fallen into single-digits since June 21st, with most of the deaths coming from care facilities such as nursing homes.
In...