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GOVERNOR WALZ SIGNS EXECUTIVE ORDER EXEMPTING COVID-19 RELIEF FUNDS FROM DEBT GARNISHMENT

Governor Tim Walz today signed Executive Order 20-50, exempting federal, tribal, state, and local COVID-19 relief funds from being automatically intercepted by creditors and debt collectors. “COVID-19 presents an unprecedented challenge for our state. This Order will help alleviate the financial burden Minnesotans are facing, allowing them to pay rent and put food on the […]

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GOV. WALZ OUTLINES NEXT STEPS IN BATTLING COVID-19 INCLUDING CONTINUING DISTANCE LEARNING

A day after announcing a statewide strategy for widespread testing, Governor Tim Walz today outlined next steps for the COVID-19 response in Minnesota. The Governor extended distance learning through the end of the school year, announced a plan for up to 100,000 workers to safely return to their jobs, and explained the different factors determining

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GOVERNOR WALZ ANNOUNCES STATE HEALTH PLANS AGREE TO WAIVE COST-SHARING OF COVID-19 TREATMENT

Governor Tim Walz today announced that Minnesota’s health plans have agreed to waive cost-sharing for the treatment of COVID-19. This move comes in response to the Governor’s Commissioners of Health and Commerce sending a letter on March 13 urging the health plans to remove barriers to coverage during the COVID-19 pandemic. Minnesotans with commercial insurance—including

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GOV. WALZ ORDERS POSTPONEMENT OF ELECTIVE SURGERY AND PROCEDURES TO PRIORITIZE COVID-19 RESPONSE

Governor Tim Walz today signed Executive Order 20-09, ordering health care providers to postpone elective surgeries and procedures, including non-emergent elective dental procedures, to focus health care capacity and equipment on responding to COVID-19 cases and other emergencies.  This order complies with guidance issued on March 17, 2020, from the Centers on Disease Control and

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ANITA OLSON OF FERTILE AMONG THOSE APPOINTED TO VARIOUS STATE BOARDS AND COUNCILS

Governor Tim Walz and Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan today announced the following appointments to the Board of Dietetics and Nutrition Practice, the Minnesota Forest Resources Council, the Minnesota Rural Finance Authority, the State Advisory Council on Mental Health, the Statewide Independent Living Council, and the Minnesota Zoological Board. Anita Olson – Fertile, MN Statewide Independent

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