The daily coronavirus update: Fifth Minnesotan dies from COVID-19; Walz signs relief bill
The total number of confirmed cases in the state rose to 441.
Health
Cremate and wait: How COVID-19 is changing the way funeral homes do the business of life and death
From Other Nonprofit Media
Could chloroquine treat coronavirus? Five questions answered about a promising, problematic and unproven use for an antimalarial drug
Health
How long has it been?
State Government
‘It’s a start’: How the Legislature’s COVID-19 bill aims to help Minnesota child care providers
Community Voices
Important to remember now: We are one people
State Government
Yes, Minnesota could move to vote-by-mail for the 2020 election. No, it won’t be easy.
D.C. Memo
D.C. Memo: A COVID operation
Artscape
Springboard’s Laura Zabel on COVID-19: ‘It feels like utterly new territory, and we feel like this is our purpose’
Health
From Gates to Osterholm: The coronavirus was actually expected
It wasn’t fringy conspiracy theory bloggers who were sounding the pandemic alarm. It was some of the best and brightest people on the planet, including Bill Gates.
State Government
Minnesota Legislature passes COVID-19 response bill
The bill provides money for child care centers, homeless services, food banks and small business loans. It also establishes the COVID-19 Minnesota Fund, which will receive $200 million to “protect Minnesota citizens” and “maintain state government operations.”
Second Opinion
More daily steps — but not speed — is linked to lower risk of early death
Compared to people who walked 4,000 steps per day (the equivalent of about 2 miles), those who walked 8,000 steps per day were half as likely to die within the decade, a study found.
Community Voices
Let’s come out of this crisis building a future that works for everyone
I hope people dust off the New Deal and consider those ideas as a pathway out.
State Government
Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan has been out of sight during the state’s COVID-19 response. That’s part of the plan.
The state’s continuity of operations plan calls for the governor and lieutenant governor to stay away from each other as a means of preventing both from becoming sick with COVID-19 at the same time.
State Government
Who and what is and isn’t covered by Minnesota’s new ‘stay-at-home’ order
What Minnesota’s stay-at-home order restricts (and doesn’t) — and how it will be enforced.
Health
How Minnesota’s hospitals and clinics are proposing to spend $50 million in state emergency funding
Under the legislation’s guidelines, grants from the emergency fund can cover supplies and space but also staff overtime, hiring or training.
National
Direct payments, unemployment extensions and small business loans: what’s in the $2 trillion federal stimulus bill
On Wednesday night, the Senate passed the third and largest coronavirus (COVID-19) response package: a $2 trillion bill.
Artscape
Live jazz is hurting, but there’s hope; Walking Shadow to present ‘Beowulf’ online
ALSO: Virtual performances by the Miró Quartet, Theatre Pro Rata, Theater Mu and more.
