Governor Tim Walz
Walz, Flanagan Announce Statewide School Tour To ‘Celebrate Historic Investments In Education,’ CBS Minnesota
Minnesota Legislature
New Minnesota law requires sprinklers in public high-rise apartments by 2033, Star Tribune
Minnesota legislators made these last-minute additions to the state budget, Star Tribune
Minnesota News
Minnesota phasing out most state-run mass vaccination sites, KARE 11
Air quality warning issued for Northeastern Minnesota, Duluth News Tribune
With thousands of Minnesota tenants behind on rent, a new state law sets the rules for assistance, Star Tribune
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris News
Biden to join push for congressional action on voting rights, MSNBC
Biden’s clean energy plan would cut emissions and save 317,000 lives, The Guardian
Republican Party News
First It Was Sex Ed. Now It’s Critical Race Theory., FiveThirtyEight
Kinzinger urges Republican leaders to call out ‘garbage politicians’ who play on vaccine fears, The Hill
Why Are Republican Governors Sending National Guard to the Border?, Politico
After Marathon Hearings, Texas Republicans Advance Voting Measure, New York Times
CPAC Agenda Shows Trump Still Controls the Republican Party, U.S. News & World Report
U.S. News
Top US general in Afghanistan stepping down as US military withdrawal from the country nears completion, CNN
More Power Lines or Rooftop Solar Panels: The Fight Over Energy’s Future, New York Times
Haitian-born Florida resident arrested as latest suspect in president’s assassination, ABC
U.S. Representative Angie Craig (CD2, D)
Reps. Craig, Omar sign on to effort to decriminalize cannabis at the federal level, Southern Minn
U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar (CD5, D)
House Democrats call for release of trans & HIV positive detainees from ICE facilities, LGBTQ Nation
U.S. Representative Jim Hagedorn (CD1, R)
Critics want Hagedorn to change position on some issues, WIZM News
U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar
Why There’s Even More Pressure Now On Congress To Pass A Voting Rights Bill, Center for Public Integrity
Upcoming Events:
You can find non-DFL Party events on our Action Alert post.
- July 14
- 6:00 to 8:00 PM — SD48 DFL Meet Up, Lone Lake Park, 5624 Shady Oak Rd, Hopkins, MN 55343. More information and RSVP here.
- July 17, 12:00 to 3:00 PM — SD49 DFL Picnic, Rosland Park Shelter, 4300 W 66th St, Edina, MN 55435. Join them for a great opportunity to meet statewide, legislative officials as well as local office holders and candidates in Bloomington and Minnetonka
- July 21, 7:00 to 9:00 PM — CD3 DFL Virtual Central Committee Meeting, more information as it becomes available
- July 28, 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD47 DFL Virtual Central Committee Meeting, more information as it becomes available
- July 31, 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM — DFL Day of Action — Knock in Your Neighborhood! More information and RSVP here.
- August 3, 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD37 DFL Virtual Central Committee Meeting, contact them for more information
- August 4
- 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
- August 7 — State DFL Central Committee Meeting, more information as it becomes available.
- August 9
- 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
- August 12
- 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD36 DFL Virtual Central Committee Meeting, contact them for more information
- 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD48 DFL Virtual Central Committee Meeting, contact them for more information
- August 18, 7:00 to 9:00 PM — CD3 DFL Virtual Central Committee Meeting, more information as it becomes available
- August 26 through September 6 — Minnesota State Fair
- August 28 — DFL Volunteer Day at Minnesota State Fair, more information to come
- 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD47 DFL Virtual Central Committee Meeting, contact them for more information