GOVERNOR FOCUSES ON COVID-19 DURING STATE OF THE STATE ADDRESS

Gov. Tim Walz delivered his annual State of the State address Sunday night from the Governor’s Residence — instead of to a joint session of the Legislature at the Capitol — while he was under self-quarantine after being exposed to a member of his security detail who contracted the COVID-19 virus. His speech was streamed live on YouTube and carried by TV stations, and he directly confronted the coronavirus situation here…