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Walz quarantines after staff member tests positive for virus

By MOHAMED IBRAHIMMarch 17, 2021 GMT

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is quarantining for 10 days after being exposed to a staff member who tested positive for COVID-19, the governor's spokesman said Wednesday...

Plan to drop Great Lakes wolves from endangered species list cut from budget bill

By Jennifer BrooksMarch 25, 2018 GMT

WASHINGTON A lot of things ended up in the $1.3 trillion, 2,232-page omnibus spending bill that Congress passed last week. But the wolves did not.

U.S. Rep. Collin Petersons proposal to drop Great Lakes gray wolves from the endangered species list was dropped from the massive spending bill at the last minute to the delight of Minnesota environmentalists and the dismay of state farmers who say wolf populations are healthy enough now to menace their livestock.