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Walz gets pushback on COVID, Chauvin trial plans

speaks during a press conference.
Gov. Tim Walz speaks during a press conference at the Veterans Affairs hospital in Minneapolis in December. The governor’s vaccine-distribution and coronavirus-response strategies are getting pushback, and his request for money to bolster law enforcement ahead of Derek Chauvin's trial is sputtering in the Legislature.
April Eilers | Courtesy of Minneapolis VA Health Care System