MinnPost poll finds close race between Biden and Trump in Minnesota
The poll also found a close contest in Minnesota’s Senate race between Sen. Tina Smith and Jason Lewis.
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Doing school from home, without a home: An aspiring graduate shares her experience
For live class meetings, she has a Zoom app on her phone. But she’s hesitant to engage fully on that platform. “I prefer not putting the camera on,” she said, adding she doesn’t “want people seeing where I’m staying.”
Why Sid never stopped
When news broke Sunday that Sid Hartman had died, a few months past his 100th birthday, it still came as a surprise. Sid? Dead? Impossible. Everyone knew Sid would outlive us all.
Court hears case over Minneapolis police staffing levels
Plus: Kindergarten enrollment plunges across the Twin Cities metro; Twin Cities on track to get 3 to 5 inches of snow; airports commission votes to institute $15 minimum wage for MSP workers; and more.
The daily coronavirus update: GOP pushes reopening as state officials warn, ‘All … indicators are going in the wrong direction’
The Minnesota Department of Health reported five more deaths, and 1,627 new COVID-19 cases, on Monday.
Walz administration announces aid to farmers impacted by COVID-19 pandemic
Plus: Hennepin County judge rules against showing previous George Floyd arrest video at officers’ trial; how the WNBA got so socially progressive; judge rules in favor of worker in trucking company gender discrimination lawsuit; and more.
This week in Minnesota campaigns: Back-to-back debates in the Eighth District, Smith and Lewis, and the final presidential debate
There are just two weeks left before Election Day.
Budget officials say Minnesota’s economy is doing better than expected. Which doesn’t mean it’s doing well.
The state’s Office of Management and Budget says actual tax collections have been better than initially predicted when COVID-19 hit Minnesota.
What it was like to work with — or, rather, around — Sid Hartman
There were the times when you wanted to smack Sid. And there were times you wanted to hug him.
Legendary Star Tribune sports columnist Sid Hartman dies at 100
Plus: U of M’s Osterholm says next three months may be the ‘darkest of the entire pandemic’; Warren stumps for Biden at Macalester; forecast calls for central Minnesota to see up to 6 inches of snow; and more.
The daily coronavirus update: 17 more deaths; 122,812 total cases
A total of 2,234 Minnesotans have died since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
‘Pandemic fatigue’ factor in driving surge of COVID cases
Plus: Trump holds rally in Wisconsin day after state reports highest number of new coronavirus cases; high school student-athletes deliver letter to Gov. Tim Walz asking to let them play their sports; ESPN’s ‘College GameDay’ coming to U of M; and more.
Twin Cities continue to see huge early voting numbers
Plus: rising coronavirus cases in battleground states worry election officials; report finds former U officials were aware of abuse allegations against former assistant hockey coach; ND legislative candidate to remain on ballot after dying of COVID; and more.
What former Star Tribune reporter Myron Medcalf wants to do with his newest gig: Star Tribune local columnist
Medcalf will be the paper’s first Black local news columnist, and has been given what Strib Editor Rene Sanchez calls “a blank canvas.”
The daily coronavirus update: Minnesota sets new single-day highs for cases, tests
MDH Commissioner Jan Malcolm told reporters Friday she is “ deeply worried” about the new case numbers.
Minneapolis Council approves tiny house project for North Loop
Plus: Erin Murphy cleared of wrongdoing by campaign finance board; Indigenous Minnesotans hospitalized for COVID-19 at six times the rate of whites; police group withdraws endorsement of GOP state House candidate over antisemitic post; and more.
Video available of MinnPost’s 13th Anniversary with special guest Linda Greenhouse
MinnPost marks 13 years of nonprofit, public-service journalism by discussing the Supreme Court with esteemed reporter Linda Greenhouse, and raising crucial funds for the organization’s future.
The five weirdest things about the Legislature’s 2020 bonding bill saga
The Senate’s approval of the $1.9 billion legislation on Thursday marked the end of a strange, months-long process, one that involved five special sessions and a lot of discussions over things that had very little to do with public construction projects.
The curious case of Minnesota’s Senate District 4
On paper, the contest between DFLer Kent Eken and GOP nominee Mark Larson for a crucial Moorhead-area state Senate seat should be competitive. So why has the race been so quiet?
D.C. Memo: Amy v. Amy
Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court nomination moves forward, political ad spending across Minnesota, and Minnesota likely isn’t the swing state the Trump campaign wants it to be.
