Good morning. Minnesota families say they want to send kids back to school. That’s according to a new survey from the state Education Department, although the results are just a sampling — and hardly scientific and not representative of the K-12 population in Minnesota. Over 64 percent of families who took the survey said they had a bad experience with distance learning and want schools to resume in-person classes in the fall. How were more than 7,000 Guard members mobilized for the biggest mission in its history? Guard leader recalls thinking, “'Whoa, wait a second here, sir.” It was the Minnesota National Guard’s largest deployment since World War II, and it occurred with remarkable speed and, fortunately, few injuries or incidents. The Guard’s leader, Maj. Gen. Jon Jensen, offered the most detailed account yet Thursday of the hurried mission to help contain Twin Cities riots in late May and early June. "The first time the governor said to me full mobilization, I was like 'Whoa, wait a second here, sir.’ I said: ‘Let's walk through exactly what you just told me,’" Jensen said. The fact that Floyd could talk while being knelt on doesn’t mean he could breathe, experts say. As George Floyd repeatedly pleaded “I can’t breathe,” some of the officers at the scene pointed out he was able to speak. Derek Chauvin even told Floyd it takes “a lot of oxygen” to talk. That reaction is dangerously wrong, medical experts say, adding that a person can still utter words, even if they can't inhale enough breath. Minn. lawmakers consider bill extending unemployment benefits for ironworkers Sara Mearhoff reports for the Forum News Service: "At a Thursday hearing, state Rep. Julie Sandstede, D-Hibbing, said the Iron Range in northern Minnesota — already in a vulnerable position after ongoing tariff wars — has been hit particularly hard by the pandemic. To limit the virus’s spread and to compensate for dramatic dips in revenues, mining facilities have been forced to cut back on employees’ hours and wages, or lay them off altogether, she said."
DFL tells Duluth senator to 'cease and desist' campaigning that implies endorsement Brooks Johnson reports in the Star Tribune, "The state’s Democratic Farmer Labor Party leader has blasted Duluth state Sen. Erik Simonson over campaign mailers and social media posts that may “create the false impression that they have received the party’s endorsement.” Sen. Erik Simonson lost the endorsement to his opponent Jen McEwen.. | 
