A. Congress
1. Republican leaders
urged their House Democrat counterparts to hold a joint hearing
regarding the undercounting of COVID-19 deaths in New York nursing
homes. The letter was signed by Energy and Commerce Ranking Member
Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Energy and Commerce
Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Brett Guthrie (R-KY),
Republican Whip and Select
Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Ranking
Member Steve Scalise (R-LA), Ways and Means
Ranking Member Kevin Brady (R-TX), Ways and Means Health
Subcommittee Ranking Member Devin Nunes (R-CA), Rep. Tom Reed
(R-NY), and Oversight and Reform Committee Ranking Member James
Comer (R-KY).
2. On March 10, the House Small Business Committee held a
Attorney General Keith Ellison may be tied up with a certain high-profile murder trial at the moment, but that hasn’t stopped his office from taking care of other business.
Case in point: On March 8 and March 10, the AG’s office announced settlements with two businesses that it took to court for violating the governor’s COVID-19 emergency executive orders.
The first of them was reached with the Plainview Wellness Center and its parent company, House of Iron, L.L.C.
The gym, which was the subject of a Dec. 2 temporary injunction, has agreed to pay a $5,000 fine and comply with any of Gov. Tim Walz’s current or future executive orders that apply to fitness centers.
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The Minnesota Attorney General s Office said Monday that it has reached a settlement with a Wabasha County gym that violated Gov. Tim Walz s orders to close to slow the spread of the coronavirus.
Plainview Wellness Center has agreed to pay a $5,000 fine and to comply with executive orders pertaining to gyms, according to a news release from the office. If the terms of the agreement are violated, the southeast Minnesota gym would be subject to a $25,000 civil penalty.