DFL Party News
Biden 100 days in / DFL Chairman’s View: America already getting back on track, Duluth News Tribune
Governor Tim Walz and Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan
Walz, DFL Pressure Republicans To Pass Legislation Reining In Cops, Patch.com
Governor, mobile vaccination unit visit Richfield, Sun Current
Minnesota Legislature
Report Suggests Minnesota Budget Surplus Continues to Grow, KROC
Yea Or Nay On Legal Weed? Bill Advances In Minnesota House, KRFO
EPA identifies 30 Minnesota wild rice waters exceeding sulfate standards, Duluth News Tribune
Minnesota News
High Census Response Rate Helped Minnesota Keep Its Eighth Congressional Seat, KNSI
Another movie shoot coming to Minnesota’s North Shore, Star Tribune
How College Law Enforcement Programs In Minnesota Are Changing, WCCO
Latest on COVID-19 in MN: Officials preach vigilance, vaccination, MPR
National News
Biden calls for sweeping ‘once-in-a-generation investment’ to reshape the nation, Arizona Mirror
Here’s how U.S. infrastructure compares to the rest of the world, The Washington Post
Pfizer begins to export US-made COVID shots: Report, Al Jazeera
Covid vaccinations are slowing in the U.S. as supply outstrips demand. How states are targeting who’s left, CNBC
Republican Party News
‘A lot of confusion’: Virginia Republicans stumble over their own voter ID requirement, NBC
Republicans Can Govern Without Winning A Majority. That Threatens Our Entire Democracy., FiveThirtyEight
Florida Legislature approves controversial restrictions on voting, Politico
U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar (CD5, D)
Ilhan Omar and immigrant groups call for more green jobs in Minneapolis, Sahan Journal
D.C. Memo: Take that, New York, MinnPost
U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar
How the Senate’s antitrust chair would take on monopolies, Washington Post
U.S. Senator Tina Smith
Smith supports President Biden’s Education Push, KTOE
Upcoming Events:
You can find non-DFL events on our Action Alert post.
- May 2 — Orthodox Easter
- May 5 — Cinco de Mayo
- 5:00 to 6:00 PM — State DFL Virtual Weekly Party Leader Call, contact the State DFL for more information.
- 6:30 to 9:00 PM — SD50 DFL Virtual Central Committee Meeting, contact them for more information
- 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD33 DFL Virtual Central Committee Meeting, contact them for more information
- May 6, 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD46 DFL Virtual Central Committee Meeting, contact them for more information
- May 9 — Mother’s Day
- May 10
- 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD44 DFL Virtual Central Committee Meeting, contact them for more information
- 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD49 DFL Virtual Central Committee Meeting, contact them for more information
- May 12 to 13 — Eid al-Fitr
- 5:00 to 6:00 PM — State DFL Virtual Weekly Party Leadership Call, contact them for more information at www.dfl.org
- May 13
- 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD36 DFL Central Committee Meeting, contact them for more information
- 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD48 DFL Central Committee Meeting, contact them for more information
- May 16 through 18 — Shavout
- May 19
- 5:00 to 6:00 PM — State DFL Virtual Weekly Party Leadership Call, contact them for more information at www.dfl.org
- 7:00 to 9:00 PM — CD3 DFL Central Committee Meeting, more information as it becomes available
- May 22, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM — State DFL Virtual Central Committee Meeting, more information as it becomes available
- May 26, 5:00 to 6:00 PM — State DFL Virtual Weekly Party Leadership Call, contact them for more information at www.dfl.org
- May 28, 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD47 DFL Virtual Central Committee Meeting, contact them for more information
- May 31 — Memorial Day