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Congressman about Johnson: Pants on fire

John VivianJune 24th, 2022|Categories: Governance, Politics|

WASHINGTON – Congressman Mike Kelly, R-Pennsylvania, denied being an intermediary for a fake list [...]

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Johnson update on source of courier text

John VivianJune 23rd, 2022|Categories: Governance, Politics|

MILWAUKEE, Wis.  – Senator Ron Johnson came clean about who asked him to hand-deliver [...]

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Senator complicit as Trump courier January 6

John VivianJune 21st, 2022|Categories: Governance, Politics|

WASHINGTON – The Trump White House looked to Senator Ron Johnson to deliver a [...]

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Mayor on conversion ban: Let them protest

John VivianJune 14th, 2022|Categories: Governance, Health|

LACROSSE, Wis. – Mayor Mitch Reynolds said he has put a new ordinance into [...]

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Mayor under pressure to kill conversion ban

John VivianJune 14th, 2022|Categories: Governance, Health|

LACROSSE, Wis. – Two former City Council members, Lorraine Decker and Tom Sweeney, called [...]

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State takes over struggling nursing home

John VivianJune 14th, 2022|Categories: Governance, Health|

PIINE ISLaND, Minn. – The state Health Department took control of the financially troubled [...]

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Mayor: Cities deserve more state aid

John VivianJune 11th, 2022|Categories: Governance|

WINONA, Minn. – Cash-strapped municipalities deserve a bigger share of the state’s $9 billion [...]

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Wisconsin Capitol flies new Pride colors

John VivianJune 11th, 2022|Categories: Governance|

MADISON, Wis. – To commemorate Pride Month, Governor Tiny Evers ordered a variation of [...]

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State grant to help Winona save ash trees

John VivianJune 10th, 2022|Categories: Governance|

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The state Natural Resources Department approved a $125,000 grant to [...]

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Governor sets up showdown abortion vote

John VivianJune 8th, 2022|Categories: Governance, Politics|

MADISON, Wis. – Governor Tony Evers said he will order a special session of [...]

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State invites bids for major new broadband

John VivianJune 3rd, 2022|Categories: Commerce, Governance|

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Following up on new funding from the Legislature, the state [...]

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County to Daleys: Let’s spell it out: N-O

John VivianMay 24th, 2022|Categories: Commerce, Governance|

WINONA, Minn. – The Winona County board voted 3-2 against reconsidering the county’s environmentally [...]

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Walz signs looser growler regulations

John VivianMay 22nd, 2022|Categories: Governance|

ST. PAUL, Wis. – As the Legislature was winding up its 2022 session, Governor [...]

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Land Stewards lobby for soil health funds

John VivianMay 17th, 2022|Categories: Commerce, Environment, Governance|

MINNEAPOLIS —The Land Stewraardship Project is collecting signagtures to encourage the Legislature fto approve [...]

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Feedlot opponents organizIng resistance

John VivianMay 16th, 2022|Categories: Commerce, Environment, Governance|

LEWISTON, Minn. – An organizational meeting has been called for Tuesday to rally opposition [...]

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State Patrol: Every trooper now with bodycam

John VivianMay 12th, 2022|Categories: Governance|

. PAUL, Minn. – All state troopers on Minnesota highways now are equipped with [...]

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How they voted: On abortion

John VivianMay 11th, 2022|Categories: Governance, Politics|

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Senate voted 51-49 against strengthening Roe v. Wade abortion protections. [...]

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Mega-feedlot ban again before County Board

John VivianMay 10th, 2022|Categories: Commerce, Environment, Governance, Health|

WINONA, Minn. – Two consistent supporters of the Daley Farm plan to triple the [...]

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Red ink threatens nursing homes’ future

John VivianMay 9th, 2022|Categories: Commerce, Governance, Health|

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Many Minnesota nursing homes and assisted -living facilities are in [...]

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Merchants on payroll tax relief: Great

John VivianMay 9th, 2022|Categories: Commerce, Governance|

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Minnesota Independent Business Federation scored a lobbying victory with [...]

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Massive K-12 funding bill on its way

John VivianMay 4th, 2022|Categories: Governance, Schools|

ST. PAUL, Minn. – A $5.3 billion education bill for K-12 schooling over [...]

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Walz adds voice for U.S. abortion law

John VivianMay 4th, 2022|Categories: Governance, Health|

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Governor Tim Walz joined governors of 17 other states calling [...]

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Flag update hangs limp in Minnesota Senate

John VivianMay 4th, 2022|Categories: Governance|

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Republican-controlled Minnesota Senate has expressed no interest in setting [...]

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Walz on abortion ban: “Not on my watch”

John VivianMay 3rd, 2022|Categories: Governance, Health|

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Governor Tim Walz pledged to resist any new attempts to [...]

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Senate health bill, as amended, clears House

John VivianMay 3rd, 2022|Categories: Governance, Health|

ST. PAUL, Minn. –The two-year $768 million health bill passed the Minnesota House 69-64 [...]

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Anti-abortion GOP moves fail in Minnesota House

John VivianMay 3rd, 2022|Categories: Governance, Health|

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The day after it was leaked that the U.S. Supreme [...]

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Police chief lays out bodycam plans

John VivianMay 2nd, 2022|Categories: Governance|

WINONA, Minn. – With one exception, all of the built-in activation triggers available in [...]

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City OKs repairs on ritzy streets

John VivianMay 2nd, 2022|Categories: Governance|

WINONA, Minn. –  The Winona City Council approved a $348,000 bid for resurfacing eight [...]

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Walz exhibits ambidexterity, signs relief bill

John VivianApril 29th, 2022|Categories: Governance|

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Governor Tim Walz stepped out of his son’s high school [...]

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$3.2 billion to frontline workers, businesses

John VivianApril 29th, 2022|Categories: Governance|

ST. PAUL, Minn. – House Democratic and Senate Republican leaders reached a deal to [...]

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DFL on Walz address: Close to sliced bread

John VivianApril 25th, 2022|Categories: Governance, Politics|

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman, D-Brooklyn Park, called Governor Tim [...]

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Republicans: Walz address on wrong course

John VivianApril 25th, 2022|Categories: Governance, News, Politics|

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Minnesota House minority leader, Kurt Daudt, R-Crown, called Governor [...]

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Walz: Let’s do right things with budget surplus

John VivianApril 24th, 2022|Categories: Governance, Politics|

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Governor Walz pressed the Legislature in his annual State of [...]

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Second thoughts on small business CoVid aid

John VivianApril 20th, 2022|Categories: Commerce, Governance|

WASHINGTON – Further federal CoVid relief grants for small businesses, such as distributed by [...]

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Mississippi River threats: Pollution, habitat loss

John VivianApril 19th, 2022|Categories: Environment, Governance, Health, Tribal|

WASHINGTON – The Mississippi River is the sixth most endangered river in the United [...]

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City Council to prioritize federal aid projects

John VivianApril 18th, 2022|Categories: Governance|

WINONA, Minn. – City Manager Chad Ubl listed projects for which $2.8 million in [...]

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Minnesota legislators gone wild

John VivianApril 17th, 2022|Categories: Governance, News|

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The 134 members of the Minnesota House have introduced almost [...]

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There will be no Meteor frac-sand mine

John VivianApril 13th, 2022|Categories: Commerce, Environment, Governance, Tribal|

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Supreme Court declined to consider a Georgia company’s plan [...]

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County rolls dice on Pickwick fire safety

John VivianApril 12th, 2022|Categories: Governance|

WINONA, Minn. – The Winona County Board voted unanimously to revise plans for a [...]

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Right-wingers: Don’t mess with us

John VivianApril 11th, 2022|Categories: Governance, Politics|

ROCHESTER, Minn. – A right-leaning Golden Valley-based activist organization, the Center of the American [...]

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Legislature OK’s $1 million against bird flu

John VivianApril 8th, 2022|Categories: Commerce, Governance|

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Minnesota Senate and House rushed $1 million in emergency [...]

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Slur “squaw” being erased on federal maps

John VivianApril 7th, 2022|Categories: Governance|

WASHINGTON – The U.S Interior Department is seeking suggestions for new names for places [...]

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Inside-the-vest body cams for Winona cops

John VivianApril 4th, 2022|Categories: Governance|

WINONA, Minn. -- The City Council approved $330,000 to buy police bodycams. Police Chief [...]

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State spent $100,000 to fight Trump lawsuits

John VivianApril 1st, 2022|Categories: Governance, Politics|

MADISON, Wis. – The state Legislature has spent $160,000-plus to fight lawsuits stemming from [...]

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Avian flu found in North Dakota chickens

John VivianMarch 31st, 2022|Categories: Governance, Health|

BISMARCK, N.D. – Farmers have been alerted to put additional biosecurity in place against [...]

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Minnesota high school graduation rate slips

John VivianMarch 31st, 2022|Categories: Governance, Schools|

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Minnesota public high schools are graduating fewer students by a [...]

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State commits funds to Lou Gehrig’s research

John VivianMarch 31st, 2022|Categories: Governance, Health|

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Governor Tim Walz signed a $25 million bill for research [...]

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Date set for governor’s annual update

John VivianMarch 30th, 2022|Categories: Governance|

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Governor Tim Walz is returning to tradition for his State [...]

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State vets chief, accused of child porn, finally quits

John VivianMarch 28th, 2022|Categories: Governance, Politics|

MILWAUKEE, Wis. – The state military veterans policy director, Curtis Schmitt Jr., an appointee [...]

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Legislature ordering Russia, Belarus divestments

John VivianMarch 24th, 2022|Categories: Governance|

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- The Minnesota House voted 126-0 to require the state to [...]

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Preston vets home clears funding hurdle

John VivianMarch 24th, 2022|Categories: Governance|

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Minnesota Senate Veterans Committee approved additional funding for construction [...]

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$1.7 million Baker Street project OK’d

John VivianMarch 21st, 2022|Categories: Commerce, Governance|

WINONA, Minn. – The City Council approved reconstruction of seven blocks of South Baker [...]

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City manager title bestowed on Ubl

John VivianMarch 21st, 2022|Categories: Governance|

WINONA, Minn. –  The City Council made it official. The appointment of 25-year City [...]

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Chamber silent on Russia business deals

John VivianMarch 21st, 2022|Categories: Commerce, Governance|

WINONA. Minn. – The Winona Chamber of Commerce has declined to recommend to its [...]

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Walz revamps budget: Bigger rebates, more services

John VivianMarch 17th, 2022|Categories: Governance|

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The unexpected surge in state tax revenue has prompted Minnesota [...]

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Minnesota jobless rate at 20-year low

John VivianMarch 11th, 2022|Categories: Commerce, Governance|

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Joblessness in dropped below 3%for the first time in more [...]

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How they voted: On banning Russian oil

John VivianMarch 9th, 2022|Categories: Governance|

WASHINGTON – The U.S. House voted 414-27 to suspend energy imports from Russia in [...]

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Blue and yellow rally: Winonans protest war

John VivianMarch 6th, 2022|Categories: Governance|

WINONA, Minn. – Nearly 1 00 people gathered at Windom Park to show support [...]

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Solon: Insurance must cover cancer screening

John VivianMarch 6th, 2022|Categories: Governance, Health|

ROCHESTER, Minn. – State Senator Carla Nelson, R-Rochester, is working on a bill to [...]

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Walz axes state contracts with Russia

John VivianMarch 4th, 2022|Categories: Governance|

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Governor Tim Walz directed state agencies to terminate contracts with [...]

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