Attorney General Keith Ellison
Attorney General Ellison selects advocates, researchers, legislators to serve on Women’s Economic Security Task Force, Red Lake Nation News
Minnesota Board of Pardons Grants First Full Pardon In 37 Years To Maria Elizondo, WCCO
Congress
Democrats reintroduce $15 minimum wage bill with unified control of Congress, White House, CNBC
Your next stimulus check: Congress tries to speed $1,400 payments along, Yahoo! Money
New Treasury Secretary Wants Congress To ‘Act Big’ With Pandemic Response, NPR
Sen. Patrick Leahy, set to preside over Trump impeachment, returns home after brief hospitalization,CNBC
Environment
Recycling in America Is a Mess. A New Bill Could Clean It Up., New York Times
Governor Tim Walz
Walz budget would hike taxes on highest earners, boost school spending, WCCO
Gov. Walz unveils budget plan for 2022-23 biennium, KARE 11
Gov. Tim Walz’s $52.4 billion budget raises taxes on wealthiest Minnesotans, Star Tribune
Health
COVID takes bite out of Minnesota health care labor market, Star Tribune
Aetna Agrees to Expand Coverage for Gender-Affirming Surgeries, New York Times
Labor
Minneapolis teachers union files unfair labor practice charge against school district, Star Tribune
Union density increases in Minnesota. Unionization rates Increase Nationally., Workday MN
Amazon seeks to block workers from voting by mail in landmark union drive, The Guardian
Minnesota Legislature
Lawmakers hear recommendations to end structural racism in Minnesota, MPR
UMN budget request lowest in 20 years, Minnesota Daily
‘We need to legalize it’: Sports betting gets another push in Minnesota legislature, Fox 9
Clean energy economy would benefit all, Mankato Free Press
Minnesota News
Minneapolis Neighborhood Endures ‘Mental Mayhem’ From Car Window Smasher, WCCO
More than 206,000 Minnesota seniors register for COVID-19 vaccine lottery, Star Tribune
Federal government upping Minnesota’s vaccine shipments, Bring Me The News
Minnesota’s forests, land offer chance to cut greenhouse gases, Quad City Times
Doped up on disinformation, MN Reformer
President Joe Biden
Biden administration seeks to buy 200 million more vaccine doses, to be delivered through the summer, The Washington Post
Biden signs executive actions on racial equity, NBC
Biden to sign executive actions on climate change, NBC
Biden administration unveils boost to state COVID-19 vaccine shipments, MN Reformer
Republican Party News
Abandon Trump? Deep in the G.O.P. Ranks, the MAGA Mind-Set Prevails, New York Times
A top MAGA gathering finds life complicated after Trump, Politico
YouTube suspends Giuliani from partner program, cutting access to ad revenue, NBC
GOP senators at Trump’s impeachment trial are dooming the party. They need to repudiate him., NBC
U.S. News
U.S. arrivals will now have to quarantine. But officials haven’t said how they plan to enforce it., The Washington Post
See Covid-19 risk in Your County and a Guide for Daily Life Near You, The New York Times
Russia says U.S. agreed to renew nuclear weapons pact “on our terms”, CBS
Ohio nearly purged 10,000 voters who ended up casting 2020 ballots, The Guardian
U.S. Representative Jim Hagedorn (CD1, R)
Letter: What was Hagedorn thinking?, Rochester Post Bulletin
Hagedorn’s constituents deserve better, Mankato Free Press
U.S. Representative Pete Stauber (CD8, R)
Reader’s View: GOP calls for unity seem disingenuous, Duluth News Tribune
Reader Opinion: What was missing in the photo?, Brainerd Dispatch
Rep. Pete Stauber, some GOP colleagues call on Biden to dump Interior nomination, Star Tribune
U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar
Democratic Congress Prepares to Take On Big Tech, New York Times
GOP senators balk at $1.9 trillion price tag for Biden’s COVID-19 bill, CBS News
Klobuchar Comments on Senate Work, KTOE
U.S. Senator Tina Smith
Klobuchar, Smith announce $375 million to combat COVID-19 in Minn., Brainerd Dispatch
World News
World Surpasses 100 Million Coronavirus Cases, Voice of America
India protest: Farmers breach Delhi’s Red Fort in huge tractor rally, BBC
‘Things are getting worse’: Tunisia protests rage on as latest victim named, The Guardian
Republican Party in Minnesota News
Pictures from Minnesota GOP’s South Dakota retreat show no masks, no distancing, Bring Me The News
Lindell says Twitter ban won’t stop his effort to claim election fraud, Star Tribune
Former President Donald Trump
Trump opens “Office of the Former President” in Florida, CBS
Upcoming Events:
You can find non-DFL events on our Action Alert post.
- January 27, 7:00 to 9:00 PM — CD3 Virtual DFL Central Committee Meeting with Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon for and election debrief, log in information has been sent to SCC, email us at info@dfl3cd.org if you need a resend.
- January 28, 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD47 Virtual DFL Central Committee Meeting, contact them for more information
- February 2 — Groundhog Day
- February 3
- 6:30 to 8:30 PM — SD50 Virtual DFL Central Committee Meeting, contact them for more information
- 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD33 Virtual DFL Central Committee Meeting, contact them for more information
- February 4, 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD46 Virtual DFL Central Committee Meeting, contact them for more information
- February 8
- 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD44 Virtual DFL Central Committee Meeting, contact them for more information
- 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD49 Virtual DFL Central Committee Meeting, contact them for more information
- February 11
- 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD36 Virtual DFL Central Committee Meeting, contact them for more information
- 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD48 Virtual DFL Central Committee Meeting, contact them for more information
- February 14 — Valentine’s Day
- February 15 — Presidents’ Day
- 7:00 to 9:00 PM — Virtual DFL Anoka County Meeting, contact them for more information
- February 16 — Mardi Gras
- February 17 — Ash Wednesday
- 7:00 to 9:00 PM — CD3 Virtual DFL Central Committee Meeting, more information as it becomes available
- February 25 to 26 — Purim
- February 28, 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD47 Virtual DFL Central Committee Meeting, contact them for more information