St. Paul — Minnesota charities and community and statewide organizations today spoke out against a provision slipped into the Minnesota House Omnibus Commerce Bill that would substantially and negatively change
What you need to know about Minnesota s new limits on bars, restaurants, gatherings that start Friday, Nov. 13
Bars and restaurants can no longer serve alcohol and food to in-person customers after 10 p.m., but they will be allowed to sell to-go orders.
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Patrons sit socially distanced at the newly resurfaced bar at Whistle Binkies Old World Pub in northeast Rochester, Minn., in June. Gov. Tim Walz announced an effort Tuesday, Nov. 10, to impose new statewide restrictions on bars, restaurants and social gatherings. Forum News Service file photo
MINNEAPOLIS It has been a difficult few weeks in Minnesota, as COVID-19 continues its rampant spread across the state, leaving record-smashing case numbers and a devastating toll of hospitalizations and deaths.
Local View: Charities pull-tab proceeds under attack in St. Paul
From the column: (A proposed) bill would mean e-gaming in its current form would be illegal across the entire state of Minnesota.
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Spent pull tabs litter the bar at Foster s Sports Bar and Grill in Hermantown in March 2009. Pull-tab sales help support charitable efforts in Duluth and around Minnesota. (2009 News Tribune file photo)
Minnesota’s charities, bars, and restaurants are under attack.
Sen. Tom Bakk, I-Cook, is leading a charge at the state Capitol this session to eliminate electronic pull tabs and the essential funding their sales provide to our state’s local charities, bars, and restaurants. Local veterans’ groups and youth sports now rely on proceeds from electronic pull tabs (or e-tabs) and linked bingo to fulfill their missions.