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Minnesota legislative candidates make final push
Control of both the Minnesota House and Senate is at stake this year — with all 201 legislative seats on the ballot — and candidates are pushing hard and spending big to get their competing messages heard.
Twin Cities alt-weekly City Pages closes after 41 years
The Star Tribune announced Wednesday that this week’s print edition of the alt-weekly would be the last.
Oct. 28 update on COVID-19 in MN: Hospitalizations, cases, deaths climbing steeply
Wednesday’s Health Department data added more detail to an increasingly grim portrait of the pandemic in Minnesota amid a week of record hospitalizations, steeply rising caseloads and double-digit daily deaths.
Mille Lacs County board race highlights old tensions
Bradley Harrington, who serves as the state tribal liaison for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, says he hopes to set a new, less divisive tone. Dave Oslin is seeking his third term and looks forward to a federal court decision that could resolve a long-running boundary dispute.
What one school board’s decision to 'let them play' means for Minnesota 
On Monday the Anoka-Hennepin school board voted 5-1 to continue high school sports and extracurricular activities, while transitioning students to distance learning. Other districts are likely watching Anoka-Hennepin’s experience and could make similar decisions going forward as they try to resume the normal rhythms of the school year. 
Supreme Court rejects delay of 2nd District vote
A Minnesota Republican candidate's bid to delay voting in his congressional race to February due to the death of a third-party candidate was rejected Tuesday at the Supreme Court.
 ‘La vanguardia’: Latinx youth lead a movement to get Minnesota Latinos voting
Young Latinos are becoming more politically active as the state’s Latino population grows rapidly. The presidential election has sharpened their focus and their desire to get their voices heard. 
From COVID to QAnon, church makes disinformation training a question of faith
What does it mean to be a Christian and navigate disinformation in the digital age? A Minneapolis church has been exploring this question in a pivotal election year, when falsehoods and conspiracy theories have dominated the political discourse and divided friends and family.
Oct. 27 update on COVID-19 in MN: Double-digit deaths, record hospitalizations
COVID-19’s toll in Minnesota continued its grim ascent Tuesday with the Health Department reporting 15 more deaths, nearly 2,200 more cases and a record number of hospitalizations. The latest report shows positive test rates suddenly skyrocketing.