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Yesterday, Governor Tim Walz announced Minnesota health care providers are ready to administer new COVID-19 booster shots that have been formulated to be more effective against the Omicron variants. The bivalent boosters—one from Pfizer and one from Moderna—were authorized by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Wednesday and recommended by the Centers for Disease […]
Governor Tim Walz today announced a $2.4 million investment to continue Minnesota’s free nursing assistant training program. The Next Generation Nursing Assistant initiative provides Minnesotans with free training, books, uniforms, and covers the cost of the certification exam. The initiative has so far recruited and trained 1,370 Minnesotans, strengthening the state’s health care workforce pipeline.
More Minnesota families struggling with grocery bills will soon be able to get help buying healthy food through SNAP, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. When the program’s gross income limit increases on September 1, an additional 1,400 households may become eligible for SNAP or continue receiving their existing SNAP assistance, even if their income goes
As students and families prepare to head back to school in the fall, Governor Tim Walz announced a new effort across state agencies to make school meals available to approximately 90,000 additional students. More than 200,000 students on Medicaid will be automatically enrolled or re-enrolled to receive free meals at school. This new expansion of
Today Governor Tim Walz announced he is prepared to immediately extradite the individuals suspected of committing the recent shooting at the Mall of America. The Governor, Attorney General Keith Ellison, and Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman will coordinate to ensure the swift extradition of the suspects, who were apprehended yesterday afternoon in Chicago, back to
Governor Tim Walz today renewed temporary relief for motor carriers and drivers transporting gasoline, diesel, and other fuels in Minnesota. By suspending regulations and allowing for efficient movement of fuels, the executive action will ease supply bottlenecks and make fuel more accessible and affordable across the state. Since Governor Walz initially provided this relief in
