In the Know: May 4, 2021

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Governor Tim Walz & Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan
Gov. Walz to update state-wide COVID restrictions, KARE 11 
Walz, Flanagan to call on lawmakers to pass summer learning plan, KSTP
Minnesota State Fair kicking off summer with Memorial Day weekend mini fair, Star Tribune

Minnesota Legislature
Bridging the Geographic Divide: Broadband, League of Women Voters
Police reform, emergency powers, and spending decisions jam Minnesota legislature budget in final two weeks, Grand Forks Herald Review 
Minnesota Senate GOP passes voter ID requirement, Star Tribune 
Minnesota Legislature struggles for compromise on policing, The Edwardsville Intelligencer 
GOP-led Minnesota Senate approves voter ID bill, but it’s unlikely to become law, KARE 11 
Tensions Rise As Minnesota Senate, House Hold Joint Conference Committee On Police Reform, WCCO 

Minnesota News
Minnesota State Fair kicking off summer with Memorial Day weekend mini fair, Star Tribune
Minnesota State Fairgrounds COVID vaccination site accepting walk-ups through Tuesday, KARE 11
Minnesota drug overdose deaths jumped in pandemic year, MPR

National News
FDA expected to OK Pfizer vaccine for teens within week, Associated Press
In Another Reversal, Biden Raises Limit on Number of Refugees Allowed Into the U.S., The New York Times
The coronavirus vaccine skeptics who changed their minds, Washington Post

U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar
Sen. Amy Klobuchar Talks the G7 Summit, PBS 

U.S. Senator Tina Smith
Tiny home emergency housing village seeing results in Minneapolis, FOX 9

U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar (CD5, D)
Rep. Ilhan Omar proposing new police accountability legislation, MSNBC 

Republican Party News
The single most damning quote about the state of the GOP, CNN
Meet the people deciding Trump’s fate on Facebook, Politico

Upcoming Events:

You can find non-DFL events on our Action Alert post.

  • 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
  • June 2
    • 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
  • June 5, 10:00 to 11:00 AM — Coffee with Hennepin County Commissioner LaTondresse, first Saturday of each month. Log in here.
  • June 10
    • 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD36 Virtual Central Committee Meeting, contact them for more information
    • 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD48 Virtual Central Committee Meeting, contact them for more information
  • June 14 — Flag Day
    • 7:00 to 9:00 PM – SD44 DFL Virtual Central Committee, contact them for more information
    • 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD49 DFL Virtual Central Committee, contact them for more information