Governor Tim Walz
As drought worsens, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz talks with affected farmers in Crookston, Duluth News Tribune
As Delta variant spreads, Walz discusses masking, emergencies, and back-to-school, Bring Me the News
Minnesota State Employee Unions, Walz Administration Reach New Contract Agreements, KNSI
Minnesota Legislature
Sen. Tomassoni on figuring out how to move forward with ALS, MPR News
Minnesota News
More Minnesota schools can continue online option, will make local choices on pandemic precautions, Star Tribune
Shelter from heat wave available in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Star Tribune
New effort aims to hold back water to slow ‘flashy’ Minn. rivers, MPR News
Church leaders and residents rally to ‘Replant Minnehaha Trees’, Pioneer Press
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris News
Biden, Harris tout $1.2 trillion infrastructure plan during meeting with union, business leaders, Fox Business
Kamala Harris looks to turn the page as she zeroes-in on voting rights, CNN
Republican Party News
What If Republicans Were Anti-Lockdown, Anti-Mask, and Pro-Vaxx?, Intelligencer
Republicans Won’t Help Democrats Raise Debt Limit, Intelligencer
Cheney say McCarthy has ‘taken every opportunity’ to block Jan. 6 investigation, Politico
House Freedom Caucus asks McCarthy to try to remove Pelosi as speaker, Politico
Why Jim Banks and Jim Jordan Were Blocked From the Capitol Riot Panel, New York Times
Not all Republicans are embracing McConnell’s vaccine push. Read what some had to say when asked this week, CNN
U.S. News
‘A Recipe for Catastrophic Fire’: How an Oregon Blaze Became the Nation’s Largest, New York Times
FBI says it got more than 4,500 tips on Kavanaugh, providing ‘relevant’ ones to Trump White House, CNN
Mississippi asks Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade in upcoming case, Washington Post
U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar
Klobuchar bill targets vaccine misinformation spread by digital platforms, Pioneer Press
U.S. Senator Tina Smith
Collins, Smith Announce $200 Million Now Available to Help Loggers, Timber Haulers Facing COVID-19 Economic Crisis, Sen. Tina Smith Press Release
Upcoming Events:
You can find non-DFL Party events on our Action Alert post.
- July 27, 4:00 to 7:00 PM — DFL Day of Action Door Knock for Brooklyn Park Mayoral Candidate Hollies Winston, 6700 W Broadway Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55428. More information and RSVP here.
- 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 5, 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD46 DFL Central Committee Meeting, St. Louis Park City Hall, 5005 Minnetonka Blvd, St. Louis Park, MN 55416
- 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