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51 arrested in Minneapolis after protesting Chauvin release
Demonstrators marched through south Minneapolis, including through the neighborhood where George Floyd was killed.
Oct. 8 update on COVID-19 in MN: Hospitalizations jump; 8 more deaths
The newest numbers follow a stretch of more than a week when average new daily case counts topped 1,000. Separately Thursday, the state loosened some virus-related restrictions on restaurants and other public gathering places.
Minnesota firefighters find new challenges in confronting Oregon wildfire
Twenty-nine firefighters from all over Minnesota are back home after battling wildfires for two weeks in southern Oregon. The crews worked 12-hour days and spent their nights in camps with hundreds of colleagues. Wilderness firefighting was quite a change of pace for most of the Minnesotans.
In Focus: Equity in Education
Minnesota has some of the worst education disparities in the country affecting children of color. How can we do better? MPR News host Angela Davis talked with community leaders about how to address the gaps, what's getting in the way of progress and which solutions are showing promise.
Voting by mail? For some Minn. voters, it’s nothing new
Voting by mail has been a hot topic of debate during this year's election campaign. But in some places in Minnesota, voters have been casting their ballots exclusively by mail for years, with few reported problems.
Health officials tie northern Minn. COVID-19 surge to everyday gatherings
While the growth of new COVID-19 cases has leveled off in the Twin Cities metro area, it continues to surge in greater Minnesota, especially across the northern third of the state, which over the last week has averaged the most cases per capita.
COVID-19, ethics and Trump all in the mix in 1st District rematch
Republican U.S. Rep. Jim Hagedorn and DFL candidate Dan Feehan disagree on most all of the issues and even on how they should be campaigning during the pandemic. Lately, ethics charges and countercharges have dominated the race.
2 St. Paul hospitals to close, psychiatric beds reduced in Fairview's shakeup
Two St. Paul hospitals are shutting down in the face of major financial losses. Fairview Health is closing St. Joseph’s downtown along with Bethesda Hospital near the state Capitol. Fairview may phase out more than 100 inpatient psychiatric beds at St. Joseph’s and will eliminate the 18-bed unit at Fairview Southdale.