Jun. 23—Following heavy rainfall across Southern Minnesota, Gov. Tim Walz on Saturday declared a peacetime emergency, authorizing the Minnesota National Guard to be available to provide support for emergency flood operations as areas across the state experience extreme flood conditions. The Minnesota National Guard is in close communication with the Minnesota Department of Public Safety […]
Star Tribune publisher Steve Grove kept some ties with Gov. Tim Walz’s administration after he stepped down as the economic development commissioner for the newspaper’s top job, according to texts first obtained and reported by the Minnesota Reformer. Grove took over at the Star Tribune on April 17, 2023, after four years leading the state’s […]
Gov. Tim Walz signed a law prohibiting training for licensed police officers on “excited delirium,” making Minnesota at least the third state to ban a diagnosis that national medical associations have rejected as pseudoscience. Excited delirium usually refers to a person possessed by a potentially deadly form of agitation, sometimes abetted by drug abuse, and […]
A day after Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty announced she would drop murder and manslaughter charges against a Minnesota state trooper, Gov. Tim Walz, who has publicly criticized Moriarty’s handling of the case, revealed he planned to use his legal authority to remove her from the prosecution. “Yes, we would have done that,” Walz said […]
May 17—ST. PAUL — Ahead of former President Donald Trump‘s visit to St. Paul to headline the Minnesota GOP’s Lincoln Reagan dinner, DFL leaders touted incumbent President Joe Biden‘s record. Gov. Tim Walz and Sen. Tina Smith held a press conference Friday, May 17, 2024, at the Minnesota State Capitol. Walz said he had hoped […]
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) on Friday shared his reaction to a new report saying that a symbol associated with the anti-democratic “Stop the Steal” campaign flew at Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s house following the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. The New York Times on Thursday reported that an inverted American […]
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has appointed two women to fill judge vacancies in the Second Judicial District, which covers Ramsey County. On Friday, the governor announced that Veena Iyer and Jennifer Verdeja would fill those roles. The two will fill the vacancies created when JaPaul Harris moved up to the Minnesota Court of Appeals and […]
Incumbent Jeremy Walz defeated Brittany Wohlfeil, owner of a small bakery, in the April 2 race for Menomonee Falls village president. According to unofficial results, Walz received 5,931 votes and 56.4% of the ballots, while Wohlfeil received 4,565 and 43.4 % of the ballots. Jeremy Walz Walz will serve a three-year term. Walz was approved […]
Welcome back to Capitol Notebook, your weekly round-up on the happenings in the Minnesota statehouse. The legislature hopped into recess early as the Easter holiday approaches. The three-day work week was marked by budget talks, bill advancements, and addressing the state… on the state. Sign up for Your Vote: Text USA TODAY reporters and the […]
Mar. 27—Getting your Trinity Audio player ready… Gov. Tim Walz took center stage in a southern Minnesota high school auditorium Tuesday night to highlight what he viewed as policy wins from the DFL trifecta — universal school meals, guaranteed access to reproductive care and new regulations on firearms — and ask for a few more […]
OWATONNA, Minn. — Gov. Tim Walz took a victory lap Tuesday in his State of the State speech, recalling the DFL’s transformative 2023 legislative session and vowing a renewed push for tougher gun-safety laws and investments in the state’s deteriorating infrastructure. The second-term governor, a former Mankato teacher, spoke from the auditorium of the impressive, […]
Gov. Tim Walz will deliver his sixth State of the State address at the new Owatonna High School on Tuesday night, a location chosen to highlight a commitment to education funding, innovation and the power of community. Walz, a former teacher, can be expected to take Minnesotans on a victory tour of DFL legislation from […]