Good morning and welcome to your Friday Capitol View as the special session begins winding down amid ongoing discussions about reconstructing policing in the wake of George Floyd's killing.
Klobuchar withdraws from VP consideration, says Biden should pick a woman of color Via MPR News report Brian Bakst: “I think this is a moment to put a woman of color on that ticket,"Sen. Amy Klobuchar said on MSNBC. “If you want to heal this nation right now — my party, yes, but our nation — this is sure a hell of a way to do it.”
Biden praised Klobuchar in a tweet Thursday, citing her “grit and determination” and saying, "With your help, we’re going to beat Donald Trump.
Klobuchar said it was time to focus on helping the nation heal from the George Floyd killing in Minneapolis.
“This is a historic moment and America must seize on this moment,” she said.
State officials have offered guidance for schools ahead of the upcoming academic year. They're asking them to prepare for three scenarios:
All children return to school buildings and in-person classes.
No children return to school buildings for in-person classes. Instead, all students will engage in distance learning.
Employ a hybrid of these two options with both in-person classes and distance learning.
Twin Cities area mayors want to change state law for disciplined or fired for unreasonable use of force and other “egregious” behaviors can be restored to the force by an arbitrator. The push to change the law and keep those firing decisions exclusively in the hands of the city police chief comes in the wake of the Memorial Day killing of George Floyd while in Minneapolis police custody. Four officers were immediately fired and now face charges. The head of the Minneapolis police union, however, says the officers didn’t receive due process in their firings, indicating in a letter that the union would fight to get them reinstated.
Minnesota unemployment was nearly 10 percent last month as pandemic job losses appear to be stabilizing slightly. Nearly 303,000 Minnesotans were unemployed in the month, an increase of almost 35,000 from April . Minnesota’s stay-at-home order was first issued in mid-March, requiring nonessential businesses to close. The state began gradually reopening in May. The unemployment figures reflect what was happening in Minnesota’s economy prior to the reopening of outdoor dining at restaurants, more retail businesses and offices. The agency said there was some stabilization in job losses in May, and small steps toward recovery from job disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
Some 650,000 Dreamers are safe from deportation, for now. The U.S. Supreme Court extended the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, better known as DACA, while the Trump administration continues its bid to end the program allowing undocumented people brought to the U.S. as children to stay in the country to work and apply for college loans, if they meet certain requirements and pass a background check.
