歪歪漫画

$2 for 6 months SUBSCRIBE NOW
Read Today's Paper Friday, July 4

Sarah Mearhoff

Mearhoff is a Minnesota Capitol Correspondent for Forum News Service. You can reach her at smearhoff@forumcomm.com or 651-290-0707.

Missing women and girls file photo Sarah Mearhoff
Minnesota
Lawmakers, advocates push for permanent office to investigate missing, murdered Indigenous women cases in Minnesota
A state report released this year confirmed that nationwide trends of disproportionate rates of violence against Native people are consistent in Minnesota. While Native women and girls comprise roughly 1% of Minnesota's population, 8% of murdered women and girls in Minnesota between 2010 and 2018 were Native American.
Jun 25, 2021
 · 
By  Sarah Mearhoff
062421.MNBUDGET.JPG
Minnesota
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to end COVID peacetime emergency, executive powers on Aug. 1
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz told reporters Friday that he will cease his peacetime emergency executive powers on August 1. He first declared an emergency in March 2020 as the coronavirus pandemic began spreading through Minnesota.
Jun 25, 2021
 · 
By  Sarah Mearhoff
062421.MNBUDGET.JPG
Minnesota
Minnesota House OKs housing budget, eviction moratorium off-ramp
Part of the state's housing budget includes an off-ramp for Gov. Tim Walz's eviction moratorium: a major bargaining chip between legislative Democrats and Republicans.
Jun 24, 2021
 · 
By  Sarah Mearhoff
061821.N.FNS.MNBUDGET
Minnesota
With transportation budget on its way to Senate, Minnesota hopes to avoid pulling contracts
Gov. Tim Walz on Monday said that the Minnesota Department of Transportation budget needs to be complete by Thursday, or else the state will have to notify contractors that it will be unable to pay them.
Jun 23, 2021
 · 
By  Sarah Mearhoff
061521.N.FNS.MNSPECIAL.2
News
Minnesota lawmakers prepare to 'push it to the finish line,' move several budget bills
With a little more than a week left before a crucial deadline, lawmakers advanced several omnibus budget bills through the Capitol.
Jun 22, 2021
 · 
By  Dana Ferguson
061021-MN-State-Capitol-shutterstock.jpg
Minnesota
CALL OUT: How would you be impacted if Minnesota's state government shuts down?
As legislators' June 30 deadline to pass a state budget approaches, a potential state government shutdown is looming. We want to hear from readers about how that could impact you.
Jun 21, 2021
 · 
By  Sarah Mearhoff
061821.MUSICVENUES.JPG
Minnesota
Craig, Phillips question SBA on status of coronavirus relief for independent venues
At a Friday news conference at The Garage in Burnsville, U.S. Rep. Angie Craig, a Minnesota Democrat, lambasted the Small Business Administration for not rolling out quickly enough relief dollars for independent music and event venues.
Jun 18, 2021
 · 
By  Sarah Mearhoff
061821.N.FNS.MNBUDGET
News
Minnesota lawmakers spar over budget bills, transparency as deadline nears
Lawmakers have a June 30 deadline to finish a state budget or risk a full or partial state government shutdown.
Jun 17, 2021
 · 
By  Dana Ferguson
061221.N.FNS.MNLEG
News
Minnesota to remain under emergency powers; lawmakers return to St. Paul for special session
Lawmakers returned to St. Paul to weigh the extension and to pass a $52 billion state budget during a special legislative session.
Jun 14, 2021
 · 
By  Dana Ferguson
060121.FENCE4.JPG
Minnesota
One year later, Minnesota begins to remove fence around state Capitol
After a year of wire and cement barricades, Minnesota officials are taking down the non-scalable fence that has surrounded the state Capitol in St. Paul since last summer's civil unrest.
Jun 1, 2021
 · 
By  Sarah Mearhoff
Load More