Embattled Minnesota Rep John Thompson agrees to apologize to colleague for calling him racist duluthnewstribune.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from duluthnewstribune.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Embattled Minnesota lawmaker will apologize to colleague
July 30, 2021 GMT
FILE - This Aug. 21, 2016 file photo shows John Thompson, now a state representative, at a fundraiser at Central High School in St. Paul, Minn. Republican lawmakers prepared Monday, July 19, 2021, to file ethics charges against the Democratic representative, who has been a key voice on racial injustice issues. Rep. Thompson, who rose to prominence and won office after his friend Philando Castile was shot to death during a traffic stop, saw support within his own party evaporate over the weekend after revelations of old domestic abuse allegations. (Scott Takushi/Pioneer Press via AP, File)
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Panel weighs COVID bonuses for Minnesota s frontline workers
By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press July 28, 2021 4:47pm Text size Copy shortlink:
MINNEAPOLIS Health care, school and food workers who risked their lives at the height of the pandemic made pitches Wednesday for a piece of the $250 million in COVID-19 relief money that Minnesota plans to allocate as bonuses to essential frontline workers.
They told their stories of sacrifices as a bipartisan panel of nine state lawmakers began sorting out who should get the money and how much. The hearing made clear what difficult decisions the working group faces over the next six weeks to determine which groups of potentially hundreds of thousands o
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