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Food for the taking and an invitation to leave food is in front of a south Minneapolis home Monday, March 23, 2020 as Minnesotans care for others during the effort to slow down the coronavirus in the state. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

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Walz: Social distancing helping; lawmakers to meet Thursday
March 24, 2020 10:39 p.m.

Walz: Social distancing helping; lawmakers to meet Thursday

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Early indications are that Minnesotans are practicing social distancing well enough that they may be helping to slow the spread of COVID-19, Gov. Tim Walz said Tuesday as he staked out a position between a president who wants to restart the economy by Easter and other governors who've already ordered their residents to shelter in place for what could be weeks.