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Here's what's in the American Rescue Plan

Here's what's in the American Rescue Plan

The colossal package allocates money for COVID-19 vaccines, schools, small businesses and anti-poverty programs like the child tax credit. Here are the highlights, including what the Senate changed.
by Barbara Sprunt

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Report recommends $23 million in investment for Duluth's Spirit Mountain

Report recommends $23 million in investment for Duluth's Spirit Mountain

A consultant hired by the city of Duluth recommends spending $23 million to upgrade the city’s struggling Spirit Mountain ski area. That’s one of several takeaways in a new report released by a task force to put the ski area on a sustainable financial path.
by Dan Kraker

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How are women entrepreneurs faring in the pandemic’s economic wake?

How are women entrepreneurs faring in the pandemic’s economic wake?

Monday is International Women’s Day. At 11 a.m., host Angela Davis talks with the new CEO of WomenVenture, a Minneapolis-based organization that supports women entrepreneurs, about the effect of the pandemic on woman-owned businesses.
by Angela Davis and Katie Moritz

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House poised to pass Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill on Tuesday

House poised to pass Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill on Tuesday

Speaker Nancy Pelosi is calling for bipartisan support for the upcoming House vote on the Senate-amended legislation. Such support is unlikely, as Republicans are fiercely opposed to the package.
by Barbara Sprunt

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Senate passes $1.9 trillion pandemic relief package

Senate passes $1.9 trillion pandemic relief package

An exhausted Senate narrowly approved a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill Saturday as President Joe Biden and his Democratic allies notched a victory they called crucial for hoisting the country out of the pandemic and economic doldrums.
by The Associated Press

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Study: On-premises dining linked to increased COVID-19 cases

Study: On-premises dining linked to increased COVID-19 cases

A study published Friday in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report found that cases and deaths decreased after states enacted mask mandates and increased after they reopened on-premises dining.
by Rachel Treisman

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Senate resumes work on virus bill after jobless benefit deal

Senate resumes work on virus bill after jobless benefit deal

Senate leaders and moderate Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin have struck a deal over emergency jobless benefits, breaking a nine-hour logjam that had stalled the party’s showpiece $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill. 
by The Associated Press

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