Midwest
Minnesota business owners sound alarm on Harris' 'nightmare' VP pick : 'Really bad for the US'
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MOUNTAIN LAKE, Minn. – Rural Minnesotans say Gov. Tim Walz is “against small businesses,” warning what a vice presidency under his leadership would look like after their experience in the state.
Several Minnesota business owners in Mountain Lake, Minn., who all recalled it being a “nightmare” working under Walz’s leadership, spoke with Fox News Digital about their experience.
“Our business has totally been affected by Walz. Since Walz has been in, it’s kind of been a nightmare,” Cheryl, who runs a local business, told Fox News Digital. “It just appears that he’s really against small businesses.”
Cheryl referenced the earned sick and safe time law passed by Walz in 2023 that allows employees to earn a maximum of 48 hours each year of paid time off for a variety of reasons, saying it has “made it really challenging to have a business here” and is “also very costly.”
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A Minnesota resident, Cheryl, told Fox News Digital that it has been a “nightmare” running a business under Gov. Walz’s leadership. (Fox News Digital)
Betty, who owns a local restaurant, mirrored the frustration about the newly enacted paid time off law.
“I appreciate my employees and I love my employees. And so I don’t want to take it away from them. But what I’m saying is it’s my right, it’s my small business, and I should be able to come up with my plan and reward them instead for when they’re showing up for work and when they’re working,” she told Fox News. “And so, I just feel like he’s created a policy for my business when it’s not workable for me.”
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Tim, an organic farmer who said he previously voted for Walz, will no longer be backing him, citing the governor’s change of tune on policy over the years.
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Betty said that the Sick and Safe Act has made it difficult to run her business. (Fox News Digital)
“I wouldn’t mind sitting down and having a beer with Tim Walz, but I wouldn’t ever vote for him today,” he told Fox News Digital. “I just think he’s changed a lot. And I don’t like the direction that it’s going on a lot of policies. I’m not saying he’s a bad person. He’s probably a good person. But it doesn’t mean I agree with his policies.”
A residential building contractor, Joe, recalled watching those around him being negatively impacted by the state’s COVID-era policies.
“The biggest thing was the shutdowns. The construction trade was seen as an essential business, so I guess I wasn’t shut down, but because it really affected my work, because people I know weren’t able to afford to hire me to do stuff.”
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Another resident recalled watching people close to him struggle during the coronavirus pandemic. (Fox News Digital)
Asked about what they think a Harris-Walz presidency would look like given their experience running a business under the Democratic governor’s leadership, the residents all suggested that it would “be really bad for the U.S.”
“How can we have somebody who is going to lie about literally anything, whether it’s his military service or how he handles the riots, closing down small businesses and allowing big box stores to stay open,” Joe said. “How can you have that in the White House?”
“His policies are going to be the same. So if you take those policies and apply them,” Cheryl told Fox News. “As a nation it would not be good. You just can’t look at where we stand as a state, and it’s like wow, how can you bring something down that fast.”
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Detroit, MI
Detroit Tigers’ Riley Greene returns from injured list for MLB Little League Classic
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Detroit Tigers’ Riley Greene selected to 2024 All-Star Game in Texas
Detroit Tigers outfielder Riley Greene talks to reporters July 7, 2024, about being selected to the MLB All-Star Game.
Bally Sports Detroit
Detroit Tigers outfielder Riley Greene has been activated from the injured list just in time for in the MLB Little League Classic in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
Greene, who turns 24 in late September, recovered from a right hamstring strain and completed his rehab assignment. He will play in Sunday’s showcase game against the New York Yankees at Journey Bank Ballpark at Historic Bowman Field.
It will be his first game for the Tigers since July 25.
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Greene played in two games for Triple-A Toledo as part of his rehab assignment, both in left field. He finished 1-for-6 with no walks and a strikeout in six plate appearances.
The Tigers didn’t need to make a corresponding move when reinstating Greene from the injured list because teams get a 27th player for special-event games, meaning everyone else on the roster — including fellow left-handed hitting position player Zach McKinstry — is safe from a corresponding move until Tuesday.
A roster move will be needed, however, before Tuesday’s opener of a three-game series against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field.
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For the Tigers, Greene is hitting .264 with 17 home runs, 51 walks and 109 strikeouts across 101 games in 2024, his third MLB season. His .842 OPS ranks 20th among 140 qualified batters. For his performance, he earned his way to becoming a first-time All-Star this season.
Greene is the Tigers’ best player on offense.
And he’s ready to play again.
Gio Urshela clears waivers
Third baseman Gio Urshela, whom the Tigers recently designated for assignment, cleared outright waivers Sunday. The 32-year-old has been placed on unconditional release waivers, a formality to being released and becoming a free agent.
Urshela, who hit .243 with a .619 OPS in 92 games with the Tigers, will be postseason-eligible if he signs with a new team by Aug. 31. He has participated in the playoffs four times throughout his nine-year MLB career, including three times with the Yankees.
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Milwaukee, WI
Milwaukee mayor urges pro-Palestinian protestors to compare policies of candidates
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Minneapolis, MN
Four minors injured in Minneapolis shooting involving stolen vehicle
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Four minors, ranging in age from 11 to 14 years old, were shot inside a stolen Kia in Minneapolis early Sunday. One of the occupants of the car was uninjured.
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara said a dark colored sedan pulled up behind the Kia and began firing shots. The sedan left the area before officers arrived.
Police responded to the incident in the 1400 block of Plymouth Avenue North around 1 a.m. after responding to multiple ShotSpotter alerts nearby in the area.
Officers provided medical aid until firefighters and EMS arrived, according to the police press release, and all four were transported by ambulance to HCMC. Two boys and one girl had apparent non-life threatening injuries, while one girl had life-threatening injuries. The fifth juvenile, who was uninjured, was transported home.
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“Four kids shot between eleven and fourteen is outrageous and everyone should be up in arms over it,” O’Hara said. “The police are doing everything that we can in response to this, but we can’t keep responding after the fact. More needs to be done to deter this type of activity in the first place.”
O’Hara noted that over the last two years, juveniles being involved in joy-riding with stolen vehicles, frequently Kia and Hyundai models, has been a “tremendous problem.” The police chief noted that the number of thefts of these two models has dropped by a quarter, and they were less than half of all vehicles stolen in the city.
“While there’s fewer of these cars are being stolen, the activity that these juveniles are involved in have become more brazen,” O’Hara said. “There’s been more aggravated assaults, more robberies, more hit and runs. [There’s been] more serious crimes more frequently committed by those individuals who are involved in the theft of these cars.
“We are failing to deter this behavior and with that we are failing these kids as well,” O’Hara added.
No arrests have been made in the case.
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