In the Know: July 8, 2021

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Attorney General Keith Ellison
Minnesota AG: Gas utilities overbilled customers by $380M, KEYC

Governor Tim Walz
Walz to visit Rochester Thursday, KTTC

Minnesota Legislature 
Minnesota Legislature: Special session fizzles to a close, Pioneer Press
Minnesota Senate adjourns special session without further action on Walz’s cabinet, Star Tribune

Minnesota News
KARE 11 Investigates: New data shows Minnesota’s COVID restrictions saved lives, KARE 11
Teen who recorded Floyd’s arrest loses uncle in police crash, Associated Press
Fond du Lac Band submits plan to return elk to eastern Minnesota, Pioneer Press
Minnesota got $500 million for early childhood programs. Here’s where it’s going., Minnesota Reformer

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris News
Biden meets with top cyber officials after the latest attack, likely by Russians., New York Times
Biden visits Illinois to sell voters on families agenda, Associated Press
Biden seeks to strengthen options for workers with new order, Associated Press

Republican Party News
Trump sues tech firms for blocking him, and fund-raises off it, The New York Times
Trump-allied GOP chairs turn on fellow Republicans, The Hill
National Republican groups RNC and NRSC join Georgia to fight Biden DOJ’s suit against new voting law, CNBC
Republicans preview months ahead filled with obstruction and extremism, CNN
McCarthy expected to appoint Republicans to Jan. 6 select committee, NBC

Republican Party in Minnesota News
GOP senators cite ‘clean cars junk,’ manure rules in targeting of former MPCA commissioner Laura Bishop, Bring Me The News

U.S. News
States and Cities Scramble to Spend $350 Billion Windfall, New York Times
Study: Northwest heat wave impossible without climate change, Associated Press
An Engineer Working To Find A Cause For Condo Collapse Says It Will Be A Long Process, NPR

U.S. Representative Angie Craig (CD2, D)
Keep an eye out for these 12 developments and projects in Shakopee this year, SW News Media
U.S. 169 Interchange in Jordan Listed in INVEST in America Act Passed by U.S. House, Belle Plaine Herald

U.S. Representative Jim Hagedorn (CD1, R)
U.S. Rep. Jim Hagedorn says cancer has returned, Star Tribune

U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar
Klobuchar, Lee Announce Hearing: “A Prescription for Change: Cracking Down on Anticompetitive Conduct in Prescription Drug Markets”, Sen. Amy Klobuchar Press Release
Klobuchar, Smith Announce Sign-Up Period for Conservation Reserve Program ApplicationsSen. Amy Klobuchar Press Release

Upcoming Events:

You can find non-DFL events on our Action Alert post.

  • July 8
    • 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD36 DFL Central Committee Meeting, contact them for more information
    • 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD48 DFL Central Committee Meeting, contact them for more information
  • July 12
    • 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD44 DFL Virtual Central Committee Meeting, contact them for more information
    • 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD49 DFL Virtual Central Committee Meeting, contact them for more information
  • July 14, 6:00 to 8:00 PM — SD48 DFL Electric Vehicle Event, more information as it becomes available
  • July 17, 12:00 to 3:00 PM — SD49 DFL Picnic, Rosland Park Shelter, 4300 W 66th St, Edina, MN 55435. Join them for a great opportunity to meet statewide, legislative officials as well as local office holders and candidates in Bloomington and Minnetonka
  • July 21, 7:00 to 9:00 PM — CD3 DFL Virtual Central Committee Meeting, more information as it becomes available
  • July 28, 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD47 DFL Virtual Central Committee Meeting, more information as it becomes available
  • July 31, 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM — DFL Day of Action — Knock in Your Neighborhood! More information and RSVP here.
  • August 3, 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD37 DFL Virtual Central Committee Meeting, contact them for more information
  • August 4
    • 6:30 to 9:00 PM — SD50 DFL Virtual Central Committee Meeting, contact them for more information
    • 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD33 DFL Virtual Central Committee Meeting, contact them for more information
  • August 7 — State DFL Central Committee Meeting, more information as it becomes available.
  • August 9
    • 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD44 DFL Virtual Central Committee Meeting, contact them for more information
    • 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD49 DFL Virtual Central Committee Meeting, contact them for more information
  • August 12
    • 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD36 DFL Virtual Central Committee Meeting, contact them for more information
    • 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD48 DFL Virtual Central Committee Meeting, contact them for more information
  • August 18, 7:00 to 9:00 PM — CD3 DFL Virtual Central Committee Meeting, more information as it becomes available
  • August 26 through September 6 — Minnesota State Fair
  • August 28 — DFL Volunteer Day at Minnesota State Fair, more information to come
    • 7:00 to 9:00 PM — SD47 DFL Virtual Central Committee Meeting, contact them for more information