Daily Digest for October 16, 2020 Posted at 7:45 a.m. by Michael Olson |
Happy Friday,
🎧 Live at 11a: 1st District, 3rd District congressional candidates to debate the issues
Peace, conservation, compassion: Minnesotans share their hopes for the future As we near Election Day, we’re looking for Minnesotans to share their perspectives, not just when it comes to politics, but in what they want to see change in their day-to-day lives.
We asked people around the state: “What are your hopes for your life in Minnesota over the next 5-10 years and why are these hopes important to you?”
We wanted to get at the heart of the issues impacting different people, and find where there is common ground. Here’s what a few Minnesotans had to share.
It took a regular session and five special sessions, but the Minnesota Legislature finally passed a massive public works borrowing package and sent it to DFL Gov. Tim Walz, who has said he will sign it. MPR News reporter Tim Pugmire has the details.
Jason Lewis returning to campaign trail "in the coming days" via the Forum News Service: "After another recent contact with someone who tested positive for coronavirus, former congressman and Republican U.S. Senate candidate Jason Lewis said Thursday that he again tested negative for the virus."
"Former Second Lady Jill Biden met with farmers at the Hmong Village Shopping Center in St. Paul Thursday as part of her second Minnesota campaign swing this month for her husband, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden," reports Zoë Jackson Star Tribune.
Fact check: Rhetoric from Trump, Biden in the nondebate President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden faced inquisitive voters on separate stages in different cities in a substitute for the debate that was meant to be.
Here's how some of the rhetoric Thursday night compared with the facts in the prime-time events and a day of campaigning.
Trump and Republicans raise $248 million in September, lagging Biden, Democrats (NPR)
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