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.
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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.
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.
Minnesota to cut number of vaccine sites, expand availability of doses for seniors
Plus: police arrest suspect in connection to deaths of St. Paul woman and two children; judge says Minneapolis teachers with work-from-home accommodations don’t have to return to classroom; parts of Wisconsin experiencing snow totals not seen in a decade; and more.
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.
MDH sends erroneous message to thousands of seniors about vaccine appointments
Plus: shooting leaves woman, two children dead; pandemic creates hot housing market in Twin Cities’ outer ring suburbs; St. Paul elementary students to head back to classrooms; and more
Some independent clinics in Minnesota still waiting on vaccines
Plus: Greater Minnesota communities outline legislative priorities; Ramsey County government hacked; man jailed for stealing car with baby inside; and more.
The daily coronavirus update: 28 more deaths; Minnesota’s positive case average continues downward trend
MDH also said Friday there were 1,114 new cases of COVID-19 in Minnesota, based on 44,777 new tests.
Mass-vaccination clinic for teachers opens in St. Paul
Plus: San Jose pauses police chief search after Arradondo withdraws; Census redistricting data significantly delayed; MSP air traffic down 62% last year; and more.
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.
D.C. Memo: It’s been one week
Biden’s COVID experts; new coronavirus relief package; GOP objects to impeachment; and more.
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.
Prosecutors call judge’s decision to separate trials of ex-officers charged in Floyd case an ‘abuse of power’
Plus: officials say Minnesota’s vaccine lottery system being re-evaluated; Rochester schools superintendent facing new allegations of plagiarism; Warroad dads create 2.5 mile-long skate path; and more.
The daily coronavirus update: 16 more deaths; 1,335 new cases in Minnesota
The state says 320,347 Minnesotans have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
Twin Cities has seen no below-zero temperatures in January so far
Plus: Omar pushes Biden for recurring $2,000 stimulus checks; Falcon Heights dissolves its fire department; U reconsiders policy barring licensing, sponsorship deals with booze companies; and more.
Minnesota lawmakers split over using state money to help Minneapolis recover from Floyd riots
Gov. Tim Walz wants to authorize $150 million in bonds to help redevelop parts of Minneapolis and St. Paul. A GOP proposal, meanwhile, would bar any state disaster aid from paying for repairs to public infrastructure damaged in the riots.
What is an executive order, and why don’t presidents use them all the time?
Executive orders are presidential written directives to agencies on how to implement the law. The courts view them as legally valid unless they violate the Constitution or existing statutes.
Some Twin Cities teachers left waiting after invites for vaccine event exceed supply
Plus: vote on Minneapolis’ Upper Harbor Terminal delayed over environmental concerns; Minnesota Senate Republicans renew push for voter ID; La Velle E. Neal III to be new Star Tribune columnist; and more.
The daily coronavirus update: 827 new cases; more than 300,000 Minnesotans vaccinated so far
The Minnesota Department of Health also said Wednesday that 18 more people have died of COVID-19.
Minneapolis teachers union files unfair labor practice charge over classroom safety
Plus: Goodhue police chief sued over inappropriate behavior; proposed law would keep lottery winners anonymous; tigers in Minnesota recovering from COVID-19; Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher punched in scuffle; and more.
