In his annual State of the State address, Gov. Tim Walz urged the importance of getting vaccinated in a race against COVID-19, but just as urgently expressed Minnesota's need to come together to become a more equitable place to live.
Walz, speaking from his former classroom at Mankato West High School, echoed the words of Dr. Martin Luther King who delivered a 48-minute speech at the south-central Minnesota school in 1961 (audio of MLK's speech) where he said "no section of our country can boast of clean hands."