Facing competition from big boxes, Amazon and dollar stores, Minnesota’s small town grocers adapt
In a recent survey, roughly half of Minnesota’s small-town grocers feared they would go out of business in the next five years.
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The daily coronavirus update: 61 more deaths, 5,347 new cases in Minnesota
Minnesota Department of Health Commissioner Jan Malcolm said that from the beginning of October through the end of November, new cases in long-term care facilities increased by more than 400 percent.
As deadline looms, Minnesota struggles to spend COVID funds set aside for rental, mortgage assistance
The plan was to use $100 million of Minnesota’s federal CARES Act money to pay for the COVID-19 Housing Assistance Program.
D.C. Memo: The Minnesota turkey vote
This week: Jake Sullivan talks diplomacy in a Biden administration, lawmakers eye more COVID relief, and the AP takes note of state Sen. Tom Bakk’s party switch.
Christmas concerts coming up; Louise Erdrich at One Book, One Minnesota
ALSO: Arab Film Festival Collab; the Bad Plus streaming; French music from Louis XIV and XV eras; and more.
Why I’ve been thinking about 4-decades-old Minneapolis theater production for the last four years
Theatre de la Jeune Lune’s 1980 production of “Ubu For President” premiered in Minneapolis two weeks after Ronald Reagan was elected president.
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Welcoming a ‘first professor’ to the White House
Old industries are creating new jobs with clean energy. It’s a lesson Minnesota should embrace.
After major upgrades to St. Paul’s routes, cyclists are in for a treat
