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Easy online voter registration? Not for many of Minnesota’s new citizens
Registering online to vote and get an absentee ballot in Minnesota is as easy as your English language skills are strong. And if they aren’t, the online process can be a frustrating experience that advocates worry is keeping eligible Minnesotans from voting this fall.
Oct. 12 update on COVID-19 in MN: Cases jump; curbs eased for long-term care visits
Officials on Monday also confirmed more cases of COVID-19 have surfaced tied to President Donald Trump’s recent rallies in Bemidji and Duluth. The disease remains a “big and growing problem in Minnesota,” the state health commissioner says.
Ojibwe artist to raise community-created sculpture outside Minnesota Capitol
Ojibwe artist Sharon Day will unveil a new artwork outside the Minnesota Capitol on Sunday. She was inspired to create the piece in part to give elders and people with health conditions a way to make their voices heard amid the pandemic.
New memorial in Minneapolis dedicated to survivors of sexual violence
“This memorial represents our willingness to share the burden of pain, to act, engage and remember the reality of sexual violence,” Sarah Super said in dedicating the site at Boom Island in Minneapolis. “This memorial is a permanent public symbol that says to victim survivors we believe you, we stand with you, you are not alone.”
Minneapolis chief will try to make do with fewer officers in 2021
Medaria Arradondo told members of the city’s budget committee that shrinking ranks will force the department to more narrowly focus its crime fighting strategy next year.