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Opposition to Minnesota's bar and restaurant COVID-19 restrictions still bubbling

Opposition to Minnesota's bar and restaurant COVID-19 restrictions still bubbling

Gov. Tim Walz’s emergency restrictions on inside drinking and dining run through Jan. 10, and opponents say some establishments continue to quietly defy the order. Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison said he’ll continue to bring cases against businesses that are not complying.
by Mark Zdechlik

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Dec. 30 update on COVID-19 in MN: 66 more deaths; 2K new cases

Dec. 30 update on COVID-19 in MN: 66 more deaths; 2K new cases

Holiday week statistics are making it hard to say how Minnesota’s COVID-19 outbreak is changing. The death count, however, remains awful, with December the deadliest month by far.
by MPR News Staff

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In the midst of a pandemic, an adoptee connects with her birth father

In the midst of a pandemic, an adoptee connects with her birth father

Just as Susan McCrea was getting to know her birth father, the pandemic hit. But despite a virus that prevented her from spending more time with her relatives in person, she says she's never felt more connected — to her roots, and to her family, old and new. 
by Catharine Richert

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As state COVID-19 relief goes out, some will miss out

As state COVID-19 relief goes out, some will miss out

The way the relief program was designed means that some restaurants won’t qualify for initial checks because their sales didn’t drop steeply enough, despite their falloff in revenue due to state restrictions.
by Brian Bakst

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South Mpls. poet stirs the imagination with poem about police reform

South Mpls. poet stirs the imagination with poem about police reform

Junauda Petrus is an activist, experimental performance artist and filmmaker. Petrus wrote the poem "Give The Police Department to the Grandmothers" after Michael Brown was fatally shot by a Ferguson, Mo., police officer in 2014. 
by Maya Edmonds and Freya Hauer

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COVID vaccinations ramp up in Minn. long-term care

COVID vaccinations ramp up in Minn. long-term care

Staff and residents in nursing homes across the state began getting their first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine Monday, a hopeful sign in an industry hard-hit by the virus.
by Peter Cox

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Year of pandemic has been a baptism by fire for COVID-19 contact tracer

Year of pandemic has been a baptism by fire for COVID-19 contact tracer

It's been a baptism by fire for one recent college graduate, who was thrust into the midst of the pandemic this year as a contact tracer, while she was still in school.
by Dan Gunderson

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'Right thing to do': Volunteers turned bus into 'MASH unit' at George Floyd Square. They're not done yet.

'Right thing to do': Volunteers turned bus into 'MASH unit' at George Floyd Square. They're not done yet.

Over the summer, Kia Bible and other volunteers turned a bus into a medical unit to heal trauma at 38th Street and Chicago Avenue. It's since grown into a nonprofit staffed by volunteers who provide routine care for people in the neighborhood.
by Leo Peterson and Ashlyn Ziegler

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Bringing the ‘Icon of a Revolution’ to George Floyd Square

Bringing the ‘Icon of a Revolution’ to George Floyd Square

Peyton Scott Russell doesn’t consider himself a protest artist, but his 12-foot tall portrait of George Floyd he painted for his childhood neighborhood has become a fixture of protests around the world.
by Simon Hofmann and Azalea Anderson

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