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Feb 4, 2021 8:20 AM
ST.PAUL, MINN. –Â A bill repealing the governor’s emergency order and allowing all Minnesota businesses with COVID safety plans to re-open is moving forward in the Republican-led state Senate, over objections of the Walz administration.
Assistant Health Commissioner Dan Huff told senators, “what happens in one sector of our state, be it in a gym, a bar, a restaurant or other businesses spills over to the rest of our community, including those who are most vulnerable.”
Republican Jason Rarick responds reopening essential businesses didn’t cause a spike in COVIDÂ and other businesses should have that same option.
Constituents argued that future legislators could reverse 2017 change protecting MNsure enrollees from recovery of funds 6:30 pm, Jan. 26, 2021 ×
ROCHESTER, Minn. The Minnesota state Senate on Tuesday, Jan. 26, took up the question of whether to expunge records showing the financial value of Medicaid coverage provided to potentially thousands of Minnesotans between 2014 and 2016, a move meant to protect the recipients from future attempts to place a lien on their estate and recover those expenditures.
The bill, sponsored by Sen. Jason Rarick, R-Pine City, is in response to lingering constituent complaints regarding a 2017 Rarick-authored repair to the state s first rollout of the health insurance marketplace. Critics say that repair left them vulnerable to receiving an estate tax, should future lawmakers revisit the 2017 legislation.
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Minnesota high school students celebrated their eligibility for pandemic-related unemployment assistance on Monday as Gov. Tim Walz encouraged more to apply for the benefits. I was super happy, I jumped out of my bed like, Ma, look, we got these benefits, said Rahma Farah, 17, who has worked since age 14 to help her mother with bills but had no recourse when the COVID-19 pandemic hit and she lost her job. She was excited with me. We were all super grateful, said Farah, a student at Minneapolis South High School.
On Dec. 1, the Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled in favor of youth equity nonprofit Youthprise s lawsuit, finding that an unemployment law judge incorrectly determined that high school students were ineligible to receive Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA).
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Many Minnesota high school students who were denied unemployment benefits after being laid off from jobs during the pandemic are now eligible for retroactive benefits, but they have to act fast. The deadline to apply is Dec. 26. I believe it s critical that government step up in a moment like this where everybody is suffering catastrophe economically and from a health standpoint and that includes high school students, says Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison.
He filed a brief in support of a lawsuit filed on behalf of high school students denied benefits under an 81-year old state law that prohibits them from collecting unemployment.