Days to the November Election: 235
Last night, the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party’s Executive Committee met and approved a slate of emergency measures designed to combat the spread of COVID-19. These measures include the postponement of all conventions and DFL sponsored events scheduled from March 14th – May 1st are postponed. To read the full list of changes, visit dfl.org/COVID-19
2020 Election
Russian election meddling is back — via Ghana and Nigeria — and in your feeds, CNN
Agriculture
IN A WINK TO CONGRESS, PERDUE CONCEDES ON CROP INSURANCE, Successful Agriculture
Congress
Democratic Senators introduce bill to provide free coronavirus testing, The Hill
Donald Trump
Trump vs. Pence: The administration contradicts itself on coronavirus, Politico
Trump condemns CDC for lack of coronavirus testing, blames Obama, NBC News
Trump administration blocks states from using Medicaid to respond to coronavirus crisis, Los Angeles Times
Trump grows more irate as his attempts to contain coronavirus fallout fail, CNN
Economy
Stock market news live: Stocks surge, Dow adds 700+ points a day after posting biggest percentage decline since 1987, Yahoo News
New York Federal Reserve injects $1.5 trillion into markets amid coronavirus chaos for stocks, USA Today
Market crash has reached the ‘panic’ stage, and ‘demoralization’ is still to come, Wall Street strategist says, Marketwatch
Coronavirus has cost global stock markets $16 trillion in less than a month, CBS News
Environment
More than 50 invasive carp pulled from Mississippi River, KARE11
Senate Democrats unveil $20B bill to battle ‘forever chemical’ contamination, The Hill
Governor Tim Walz
What are the governor’s emergency powers? Can he really tell us not to gather?, MN Reformer
Walz proposes slim budget as coronavirus situation worsens, MPR
Gov. Tim Walz proposes scaled-back supplemental budget, reserving money to respond to virus, Star Tribune
Health
How Minnesotans in Congress are responding to the COVID-19 outbreak, Minn Post
Slow virus testing is a ‘failing,’ U.S. health official says, PBS
Immigration
‘Courts must be safe spaces’: Ice arrests undo long-held migrant protections, lawyers warn, The Guardian
Jason Lewis
Jason Lewis: Coronavirus could be ‘big buying opportunity on Wall Street,’ City Pages
Labor
New US bill could ban imported Chinese goods from Xinjiang amid forced labor concerns, CNN
Weekly claims for jobless benefits drop, suggesting coronavirus hasn’t yet hit labor market,CNBC
Minnesota Legislature
State Capitol leaders mull ‘continuity of services’ amid coronavirus spread, Star Tribune
Minnesota weighs unemployment insurance for those quarantined due to coronavirus, Duluth News Tribune
‘This Is A Statewide Problem’: Current, Former State Fire Marshals Testify At Capitol About High-Rise Sprinklers, WCCO
Minnesota legislators weigh plastic bag fee, plastic straw bill, Duluth News Tribune
Minnesota News
Coronavirus quarantines raise worries for Minnesota hourly workers, StarTrib
St. Paul teachers strike over; tentative agreement reached, WCCO
Daily life in Minnesota shutting down, going remote, Star Tribune
Robbinsdale Area Schools closed Friday, KARE11
Representative Angie Craig (CD2)
ANGIE CRAIG: Stay calm — Focus on community preparedness and science, Southern Minn
Senator Amy Klobuchar
Sen. Klobuchar Introduces Bill to Overhaul Antitrust Enforcement, Law Street
U.S. News
This is the coronavirus math that has experts so worried: Running out of ventilators, hospital beds, Washington Post
‘Fear is not productive’: what the US is getting right – and wrong – on coronavirus, The Guardian
These states have been hit the hardest by coronavirus. Here’s what they’re doing to fight the spread, CNN
NY attorney general orders InfoWars’ Alex Jones to stop selling coronavirus ‘treatment’ products, CNBC
World News
Satellite images show Iran has built mass graves amid coronavirus outbreak, The Guardian
Wife Of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Tests Positive For Coronavirus, NPR
Australian official who met with Ivanka Trump and Barr last week tests positive for coronavirus, CNN
Travel Restrictions Spread As Coronavirus Pandemic Widens, NPR
Minnesota Values Podcast
Check out the House DFL’s new podcast, the Minnesota Values Podcast! New episodes weekly! This weeks episode features Rep. Jamie Long and Rep. Liz Olson sitting down with Majority Leader Ryan Winkler talking about important issues being worked on in the Capitol. Tune in using this link here!
Upcoming DFL Events
With the rapidly changing COVID-19 situation, the DFL has cancelled all events that would have 25 or more participants. Our conventions will be either virtual (information to come) or postponed.
We suggest you check with the hosting organization to see if meetings, etc. are being held.
We will post more information as we receive it.