YESTERDAY, THE SUPREME COURT OFFICIALLY BLOCKED PRESIDENT BIDEN’S VACCINE MANDATE FOR LARGE EMPLOYERS, WHILE UPHOLDING A MANDATE FOR GOVERNMENT-FUNDED HEALTHCARE FACILITIES. MINNESOTA REPRESENTATIVE MICHELLE FISHBACH CALLED IT “a huge win for the American people.”
AFTER SEEING NEGATIVE IMPACTS ON LEARNING AND STUDENT MENTAL HEALTH DURING SUSTAINED PERIODS OF DISTANCE LEARNING OVER THE PAMDIMIC, GOING BACK ONLINE IS A MOVE LEADERS AT SCHOOLS IN GREATER MINNESOTA ARE RELUCTANT TO MAKE. SEVERAL SCHOOLS IN THE TWIN CITIES AND ROCHESTER JUST MADE THE TEMPORARY MOVE TO DISTANCE LEARNING, DUE MOSTLY TO STAFF SHORTAGES. DULUTH HAS GONE TO POINT OF CANCELLING THINGS SUCH AS ASSEMBLIES AND DANCES, WHILE BEMIDJI, YESTERDAY, ANNOUNCED THEY WILL TAKE TUESDAY OFF AND TURN THIS INTO A FOUR-DAY WEEKEND.
Officials at the Superior National Forest on Thursday unveiled their permit quotas for the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness for the summer of 2022, reducing the number of groups allowed in by 13% in an effort to reduce congestion in the nation’s most-visited wilderness.
Minnesota’s “Take a Kid Ice Fishing Weekend’’ is Saturday, Jan. 15, through Monday, Jan. 17, when Minnesota adults can go ice fishing for free — with no fishing license needed — if they are fishing with a child 15 years old or younger.
GOVERNOR WALZ ANNOUNCED A SECOND ROUND OF THE “KIDS DESERVE A SHOT” VACCINE INCENTIVE PROGRAM, THIS TIME FOR THE 5-11 YEAR OLD AGE BRACKET. ALL FAMILIES WHO HAVE A CHILD RECEIVE THEIR FIRST AND SECOND DOSES BEFORE THE END OF FEBRUARY ARE ELIGIBLE FOR A $200 VISA GIFT CARD, AND AGAIN, FIVE $100,000 COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS WILL BE DRAWN FOR.
GOVERNOR WALZ ANNOUNCED A SECOND ROUND OF THE “KIDS DESERVE A SHOT” VACCINE INCENTIVE PROGRAM, THIS TIME FOR THE 5-11 YEAR OLD AGE BRACKET. ALL FAMILIES WHO HAVE A CHILD RECEIVE THEIR FIRST AND SECOND DOSES BEFORE THE END OF FEBRUARY ARE ELIGIBLE FOR A $200 VISA GIFT CARD, AND AGAIN, FIVE $100,000 COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS WILL BE DRAWN FOR.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is pushing ahead with a vaccine mandate for international truckers despite increasing pressure from critics who say it will exacerbate driver shortages and drive up the price of goods imported from the United States.
Canada will require all truckers entering from the United States to show proof of vaccination starting on Saturday. The government estimates 5% of drivers will be impacted. More than two-thirds of the $511 billion in goods traded annually between Canada and the United States travels on roads.
Last modified: 01/14/2022
