Daily Digest for July 30, 2020 Posted at 6:45 a.m. by Cody Nelson |
Good morning and happy Thursday. Here’s your Capitol View.
Today is the day: Gov. Tim Walz is unveiling his plan for the upcoming school year. No, we don’t know what to expect. But schools have been told to brace for anything and the governor has indicated there won’t be a uniform order for all schools and that there will be some local control. Minneapolis school officials have already said they’re planning on remote learning for fall. Follow along with us for the latest coverage.
Minnesota political parties and allies have raise millions for legislative campaigns. David Montgomery reports : “Data released Tuesday shows the hundreds of registered candidates for the state House and Senate have around $7.2 million in the bank for advertising, staff, voter outreach and more. Some of that will be spent in the weeks before the Aug. 11 primary election chooses party nominees. Around 75 candidates running in 40 different primary elections have more than $1 million in the bank, led by nearly $120,000 from Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka for his primary against Richard Dahl. Dahl’s campaign finance report was not available on the Minnesota Campaign Finance Board’s website Tuesday, one day after the deadline for candidates to file reports or face fines. Overall, the incumbent majority parties in both the DFL-controlled House and Republican-controlled Senate had more money in the bank than the minority party challengers. But House DFL candidates had nearly 50 percent more money on hand than the House Republican candidates, while Senate Republican candidates combined for just 9 percent more money than their DFL challengers.”
The GOP’s jobless benefit proposal could mean delays in getting folks their money. AP reports : “A Republican proposal to slash the $600 weekly benefit boost for those left jobless because of the coronavirus shutdown could result in weeks or even months of delayed payments in some states. Older computer systems that took weeks to set up for the initial federal unemployment enhancement would need to be reprogrammed again twice under the GOP plan. In Florida, state Rep. Anna Eskamani, a Democrat from Orlando, said the state has not even gotten the original supplemental benefit to everyone entitled to it. ‘So the idea of changing the current process that has taken us months to put into place, that is still not even perfect, is a scary thought,’ she said. ‘These changes, whatever they end up being, are going to create more bureaucratic layers for people to get the relief they need. Meanwhile we have bills to pay, we have to put food on the table, we have medical expenses and a lot of people are suffering.’” |
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