Soon, they might only directly affect a few hundred.
Work-from-home orders, business and school closures, indoor mask mandates all made every resident of the state aware that Walz had extraordinary powers â and was using them in ways that touched their lives. Month after month Walz extended his declaration by 30 days, an act that allowed him to create more than 100 executive orders, ranging from the licensing of truck drivers and medical staff to the hurried purchasing of medical supplies.
Courts in the state and elsewhere consistently ruled that a state of emergency meant executives could act as one-person legislatures to enact measures to respond to the pandemic. But emergency powers also became one of the most divisive issues in American politics.
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Mike Law works at his rural home office south of Kasson, Monday, March 1, 2021. Law has benefitted from funding to increase the reach of rural broadband. (Ken Klotzbach / kklotzbach@postbulletin.com)
DODGE COUNTY When Mike Law moved to his house 10 years ago, there was one negative aspect to the 1920s-era farmhouse located between Kasson and Hayfield.
Aside from a new roof and a few other fix-it items, the property was served by slow internet service.
How slow? Try 3 megabits per second.
For someone who works for Minnesota IT Services, the central IT organization for the State of Minnesota, that s slow.