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The annual economy year-in-review with Chris Farrell and Louis Johnston

The annual economy year-in-review with Chris Farrell and Louis Johnston

Economist Louis Johnston and MPR’s Chris Farrell size up the economy at year’s end and look to the future in the annual program hosted by MPR’s Gary Eichten.
by MPR News Staff

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Vice President Pence to get COVID-19 vaccine publicly on Friday

Vice President Pence to get COVID-19 vaccine publicly on Friday

The vice president is scheduled to get the vaccine in an event that will be publicly broadcast as officials seek to calm people's fears surrounding the vaccine.
by Alana Wise

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Minnesota elementary schools can reopen Jan. 18

Minnesota elementary schools can reopen Jan. 18

Gov. Tim Walz is giving elementary schools across the state the green light to reopen next month if they adopt a number of strategies to contain the spread of the coronavirus. It’s a shift from previous policy, which required districts to rely on county-level data about the level of virus transmission in their communities to guide their reopening plans.
by Elizabeth Shockman

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Scores of private charitable foundations got Paycheck Protection Program money

Scores of private charitable foundations got Paycheck Protection Program money

Scores of private charitable foundations linked to some of the nation's wealthiest people received money from the federal Paycheck Protection Program. Critics say they didn't need a taxpayer subsidy.
by Sacha Pfeiffer

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Walz extends curbs on bars, eateries; grade schools OK'd to reopen

Walz extends curbs on bars, eateries; grade schools OK'd to reopen

“It would be so much easier if none of this was happening … if the neighbors weren't dying. But that's not reality,” Gov. Tim Walz told reporters after announcing restrictions on indoor bar and restaurant service would continue through Jan. 10.
by Brian Bakst and MPR News Staff

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Climate One series year-end review: Climate change in a year of many crises

Climate One series year-end review: Climate change in a year of many crises

For the first time ever, climate change helped to galvanize a record number of voters to elect Joe Biden to the Presidency. How has the focus on climate change shifted in a year shaped by multiple social and economic crises? In this special episode, host Greg Dalton looks back at the climate stories of 2020.
by MPR News Staff

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Census estimates U.S. population as high as 336 million ahead of actual count

Census estimates U.S. population as high as 336 million ahead of actual count

The Census Bureau has yet to release the 2020 census results, which are undergoing quality checks. Based on government records, it estimates the population has grown by as much as 8.7 percent since 2010.
by Hansi Lo Wang

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