March 13 - 5 Years After the COVID-19 Pandemic

2020

3/13/20 Gov. Tim Walz declares a peacetime emergency i Minnesota and unveiled legislative proposals prepare for the COVID-19 pandemic.

3/16/20 The letter “A” is placed on House Chamber desks where members in Group 1 will sit for social distancing with another member during their floor session

3/16/20 The letter “A” is placed on House Chamber gallery where members of Group 2 will sit for social distancing with another member during their floor session.

3/16/20 Rep. Gene Pelowski tweets a photo of the “A” on his chamber desk prior to House’s floor session.

4/4/20 A shopper wear a face mask as recommended by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention when entering public spaces such as grocery store and public transit stations.

4/13/20 Rep. Lyndon Carlson chairs a remote hearing Ways & Means Committee from his home in Hopkins.

4/30/20 A bus with a masked driver makes its way down Ford Parkway in St.Paul

4/30/20 The ticker scrolls a message on the MPR building in St. Paul.

4/30/20 A masked worker at the ACE Hardware story on Grand Ave. in St. Paul

4/30/20 Two masked walkers at Como Park stop for a photo before continuing around the lake.

4/30/20 A masked person carries their grocery home along Selby Ave in St. Paul.

4/30/20 People wearing masks and social distancing wait their turn to grocery shop a Trader Joes on Lexington Ave. in St. Paul

5/8/20 A person at a drive up COVID-19 testing site gets tested at the People Clinic in Minneapolis.

5/8/20 A University of Minnesota COVID testing site in the HealthPartners parking lot in Bloomington.

5/8/20 A nurse at the University of Minnesota COVID-19 testing site prepares to swab the nose of a person.

5/17/20 Speaker of the House Melissa Hortman puts the Omnibus Education on the table and the House goes into recess.

5/20/20 Nurses belonging to the Minnesota Nurses Association and supporters picketed in front of United Hospital in St. Paul.

6/12/20 State Troopers were positioned inside and outside as legislators were called back to St. Paul for a special session. Thread had been received the Capitol may be stormed and burned after the death of George Floyd.

6/12/20 A Minnesota National Guard soldier stand watch after threats were received the Capitol may be stormed and burned after the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. This is the largest deployment of the Minnesota National Guard since WWII.

6/19/20 People rally on the front lawn of the Capitol in response to the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

7/13/20 The Chief Clerk Patrick Duffy Murphy and his staff wear masks and social distance while posing for a group photo.

7/19/20 House Minority Leader Kurt Daudt doen't wear amask as he prepares to tell Capitol reports their is no agreement on a bonding and taxes package.

8/11/20 A sign taped to one of the Capitol’s doors tells visitors to wear a mask inside the building.

A masked State Fair goer is reflected in a act work at the Fine Arts Exhibit.

A masked State Fair goer takes in a piece of art work at the Fine Arts Exhibit.

10/15/20 Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka and Sen. Sandra Pappas congratulate Sen. David Senjem after his bonding bill passed the Senate.

11/3/20 a masked and protected election judge help voters at the Marine on the St. Croix Village Hall to get their ballots and cast their votes.

11/3/20 A voter leaves the Marine on the St. Croix Village Hall after casting his votes.

11/12/20 Rep. Lyndon Carlson cleans out his chamber desk after retiring from the House. Rep. Carlson served 24 terms, 48 spanning years and never missed a legislative day. Rep. Carlson is the longest serving member of the House of Representatives.

11/12/20 President of the Senate Jeremy Miller flips his gavel while waiting for the Senate to convene.

11/12/20 Former President of the Senate Jeremy Miller congratulates Sen. David Tomassoni after the Senate elected Sen. Tomassoni to replace him as President of the Senate. This is the first time in Minnesota history a minority member has been elected President of the Senate.

12/14/20 Secretary of State Steve Simon present opening remarks to the electors and alternates.

12/14/20 Elector Mausheena Hussiam takes the oath of the Electoral College.

2021

1/5/21 Supreme Court Associate Justice Paul Thissen gives the oath of office remotely to small groups of members that are projected on a television monitor in the House Chamber on the opening day of the 2021 Legislative Session.

1/5/21 Supreme Court Associate Justice Paul Thissen swears in Rep. Melissa Hortman after she was elected by the members to be Speaker of the House.

1/28/21 People that won the COVID-19 vaccination lottery wait to have vaccination against the virus at the Blaine Sports Complex.

1/28/21 COVID-19 vaccination lottery winners check in to get their vaccination at the Blaine Sports Complex.

1/28/21 Janine Olmscheid, COVID-19 vaccination lottery winner, gets her vaccination at the Blaine Sports Complex.

A nurse practitioner holds up a syringe with the COVID-19 vacine.

3/02/21 Sen. Mary Kiffemeyer listens as Sen. Jim Carlson in a remote location asks a question about her election judges bill.

3/10/21 Health Commissioner Jan Malcolm gets her COVID-19 vaccination.

3/30/21 DFL Gov. Tim Walz, right, and former Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty, left, simultaneously received the one-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID 19 vaccine at the Vikings Training Center in Eagan.

3/30/21 Former Republican Gov. Pawlenty slaps a “ I Got My Shot” sticker on DFL Gov. Walz after the pair were vaccinated against COVID-19.

4/14/21 Members of the Minnesota National Guard wait in the basement of the Capitol while staging for assignments. The National Guard will support Operation Safety Net with approximately 3,000 soldiers on duty to assist local authorities to maintain the peace around the metro area, primarily in Minneapolis, Brooklyn Center and St. Paul after the killing of Daunte Wright by a police officer.

4/26/21 Rep. Tina Liebling, chair of the Health Finance and Policy Committee, is projected on a monitor at the back of the House Chamber as she presents the omnibus health and human services bill.

5/4/21 Gov. Tim Walz, after pushing the summer learning package, gave several students of Alice Smith Elementary School a push on a tire swing on the playground of the school.

5/5/21 Twins fans will be able to shed their masks and Minnesotans will be happy to return to normal with the lifting of the COVID-19 restrictions by July 1.

5/6/21 Gov. Tim Walz addresses Minnesotans with a live video announcement on the time-table to lift the COVID-19 restrictions.

5/6/21 Gov. Walz and his commissioners listen to a question about lifting the COVID-19 restrictions. Commissioners, seated from left, Employment and Economic Development Commissioner Steve Grove , Health Commissioner Jan Malcolm and Education Commissioner Dr. Heather Mueller.