Environmental News
What a Biden Administration Could Mean For Environmental Issues In the Midwest, WTTW
Here’s How Scientists Want Biden to Take on Climate Change, Scientific America
Sustainable transformation: why climate change and the digital agenda are more closely linked than ever, Information Age
Donald Trump
Trump meets with top election advisors as Biden’s lead endures, CNBC
Trump’s willing accomplices, The Week
Trump lawyers suffer embarrassing rebukes from judges over voter fraud claims, Washington Post
Governor Tim Walz
Gov. Tim Walz Announces Major Milestone In Finding Homes For Veterans, WCCO
Minnesota governor criticizes South Dakota governor over coronavirus response, The Hill
Immigration News
US Immigration Policy Changes Expected Under Biden, VOA News
Biden plans sweeping reversal of Trump’s immigration agenda, from deportations to asylum policy, CBS
Dreamers laud Biden’s win but remain vigilant on his DACA, immigration promises, NBC
Labor News
As California wildfires raged, incarcerated exploited for labor, USA Today
Weekly jobless claims fall again in another sign of labor market improvement, CNBC
Minnesota Legislature
Minnesota Legislature majorities narrow; control still split, KTOE
In record sixth special session, Senate GOP considering electing new president, sides with Walz on pandemic, MN Reformer
Minnesota News
Northern Minnesota on defense as virus rages unabated, Star Tribune
Minnesota reports 56 new COVID-19 deaths, a new single-day record, MN Reformer
More Minnesota schools halt in-person classes as COVID-19 cases rise, MPR
Anoka-Hennepin elementary schools to close due to COVID-19, Associated Press
Latest on COVID-19 in MN: Bracing for more bad days, broken records, MPR
President-Elect Joe Biden
State Department is preventing Biden from accessing messages from foreign leaders, CNN
Biden names Ron Klain as his White House chief of staff, CNN
Republicans
USPS ‘Whistleblower’ Told Agents Project Veritas Penned His Ballot-Tampering Claim, Daily Beast
Ohio’s GOP Gov. Mike DeWine: ‘Joe Biden is the president-elect’, USA Today
Republican Sen. James Lankford: I’ll Step in if Trump Keeps Freezing Biden Transition Team Out, Daily Beast
Secretary of State Steve Simon
Report: Election officials find no evidence of widespread voter fraud, Vox
Senator Amy Klobuchar
Sen. Amy Klobuchar joins small business owners in calling for more relief, Fox 9
Sen. Klobuchar says GOP has stopped legislation on minimum wage, pandemic, climate change, Yahoo
U.S. News
Virus surge breaking infection records across the US, Associated Press
Amid Pentagon upheaval, military officers face a fraught few months, Washington Post
6 Americans among 8 peacekeepers killed in Sinai helicopter crash, ABC
At dinner parties and game nights, casual American life is fueling the coronavirus surge, Washington Post
World News
Sweden to ban sale of alcohol after 10 pm to slow spread of coronavirus, Reuters
Pro-democracy lawmakers resign in Hong Kong’s ‘darkest day … so far’, ABC
‘Our time is far from over’: Without Donald Trump, what happens to global populism?, USA Today
Upcoming Events:
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- November 12
- 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD36 DFL Virtual Central Committee Meeting, contact them for meeting specifics.
- 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD48 DFL Virtual Central Committee Meeting, contact them for meeting specifics.
- November 16, 7:00 to 9:00 PM — Anoka County DFL Meeting, contact them for meeting specifics.
- November 18, 7:00 to 9:00 PM — No CD3 DFL Virtual Central Committee Meeting, look for more information
- November 26 — Thanksgiving Day
- December 3, 7:00 PM — SD47 DFL Virtual Central Committee Meeting, contact them for meeting specifics.
- December 7 — Pearl Harbor Day
- December 10 through 18 — Chanukah
- December 10
- 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD36 DFL Virtual Central Committee Meeting, contact them for meeting specifics.
- 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD48 DFL Virtual Central Committee Meeting, contact them for meeting specifics.
- December 14
- 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD44 DFL Virtual Central Committee Meeting, contact them for meeting specifics.
- 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD49 DFL Virtual Central Committee Meeting, contact them for meeting specifics.
- December 16, 7:00 PM — CD3 DFL Virtual Holiday Party, more information as it becomes available (date subject to change, more information as soon as possible)
- December 21 — Winter Solstice
- 7:00 to 9:00 PM — Anoka County DFL Virtual Meeting, contact them for meeting specifics.
- December 24 — Christmas Eve
- December 25 — Christmas Day
- December 31 — New Years Eve
- January 1 — New Years Day
- January 2 — 116th U.S. Congress ends
- January 3 — 117th U.S. Congress begins
- January 5 — 92nd Minnesota Legislative Session Convenes