What Michael Osterholm has learned one year in to the pandemic
The director of the University of Minnesota’s Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy on what was different about this coronavirus and what might be coming next.
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Could ‘affordable’ condos be coming to downtown Minneapolis?
If the development can actually get built, it would be a “trailblazer” said Minneapolis Community Planning and Economic Development Senior Project Coordinator Emily Stern.
Mental health supports help rural care providers weather a COVID surge
“We know that we could hit another surge. When we talk about what the staff has gone through, they feel like they’re more prepared. We’ve got this now, ” said Jodi Hillmer, director of patient care services at CentraCare – Long Prairie Care Center.
The fur trade in Minnesota shaped the region for two centuries
The North American fur trade knocked on the door of Mni Sota Makoce (Dakota homelands, present-day Minnesota) in 1679 when Sieur du Lhut (Daniel Greysolon), an emissary of the French government, visited the Dakota village at Bde Wakan (Mille Lacs) and watched the Ojibwe renew their alliance with their Dakota trading partners.
The daily coronavirus update: 13 more deaths; 461,807 total cases
Sunday’s death toll brings the total for the whole pandemic to 6,200 dead from COVID-19.
Walz’s ‘tax the rich’ plan doesn’t just tax the rich
Yes, Minnesota’s corporate income tax is borne by owners and shareholders. But also by workers and consumers.
Why federal grants may set rural broadband in some areas of Minnesota back for years
Companies that could quickly build out fiber optic internet have been squeezed out of areas covered by a federal grant to a company with limited resources and experience, something state funders said was necessary to avoid duplicate use of taxpayer money.
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