The Brainerd Lakes Chamber of Commerce’s annual “Eggs and Issues” breakfast, an annual discussion with Brainerd lakes area legislators focused on business, jobs and the economy, took place Friday, March 25, at Madden's Resort.
The Brainerd Lakes Chamber of Commerce’s annual “Eggs and Issues” breakfast, an annual discussion with Brainerd lakes area legislators focused on business, jobs and the economy, took place Friday, March 25, at Madden's Resort.
Democrats seek aid for riot-ravaged businesses
DFL-controlled House looks to pass $300 million PROMISE Act again to help with uninsured losses in 2020 riots, but GOP-controlled Senate hasn t embraced the bill yet Author: John Croman Updated: 2:52 AM CST March 5, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS Nine months after riots rocked Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota s divided state legislature still hasn t agreed on the best way to help business owners with uninsured losses.
The DFL-controlled House passed an aid package known as the PROMISE Act last summer during a special session, but the bill never gained traction in the GOP-controlled Senate during a contentious election year.
House Democrats Thursday stood in front of a huge rubble pile near the intersection of Lake Street and Chicago Avenue in Minneapolis to renew their commitment to pass the Promise Act and challenge Senate Republicans to look at the business owners in those riot-ravaged corridors the s
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A Republican state senator has died from the coronavirus after being exposed to an outbreak at the State Capitol.
State Sen. Jerry Relph, of St. Cloud, died a month after testing positive for COVID-19 following a Republican caucus meeting Nov. 5 at the statehouse, reported WCCO-TV.
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The 76-year-old Relph narrowly lost re-election to Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party candidate Aric Putnam before testing positive for the deadly virus.
DFL members called for the resignation of Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka after the Nisswa Republican, Relph and state Sen. David Senjem (R-Rochester) all tested positive for the virus but did not notify Capitol staff or DFL members of the outbreak.