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ChangeMakers: Mysti Babineau, protecting land and people
Throughout November, MPR News is featuring Indigenous Minnesotans making history to celebrate Native American Heritage Month.Mysti Babineau, 34, has been standing up for others since her youth. Her fa...
Dec 01, 2020
Latest on COVID-19 in MN: 'We are a hot spot'
DevelopmentsFrom around the stateCOVID-19Tracking cases in MinnesotaSign upDaily analysis on COVID-19 in MN Minnesota health leaders pleaded with people prior to Thanksgiving not to celebrate outside ...
Dec 01, 2020
Health care workers, nursing home residents to be prioritized for COVID-19 vaccine
Several COVID-19 vaccines are being studied in trials around the country. Once the Food and Drug Administration authorizes a vaccine for use, health leaders must decide which groups of people get to r...
Dec 01, 2020
Axtell: Action will be taken against cop who shot man
In a press conference Tuesday, St. Paul Police Chief Todd Axtell said a shooting involving officers on the city's north end last weekend did not measure up to department standards. Axtell's ...
Dec 01, 2020
Biden's coalition united vs. Trump. Governing's harder
A key test for Joe Biden's presidency will be how he prevents the broad coalition that got him into the White House from splintering once he begins governing.Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty ImagesJo...
Dec 01, 2020
Budget forecast to set tone for COVID-19 relief talks
Minnesota has been on a budget rollercoaster in 2020, lurching from projected surpluses to steep deficits to revenue upswings more recently.A new forecast due Tuesday will offer the latest turn. And i...
Dec 01, 2020
Enbridge starts construction on Line 3 in Minnesota
Enbridge Energy began construction on its Line 3 crude oil pipeline replacement in Minnesota on Tuesday, a day after state regulators approved the final permit for the $2.6 billion project amid legal ...
Dec 01, 2020
Coronavirus was in U.S. weeks earlier than previously known, study says
A new study that analyzed blood donations from December 2019 to early January helped show that the coronavirus infected people in the U.S. earlier than previously thought.Yana Paskova | Getty ImagesTh...
Dec 01, 2020
Barr: No evidence of fraud that’d change election outcome
Attorney General William Barr said Tuesday the Justice Department has not uncovered evidence of widespread voter fraud that would change the outcome of the 2020 presidential election.His comments come...
Dec 01, 2020
Trump files lawsuit challenging Wisconsin election results
President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit Tuesday in Wisconsin seeking to disqualify more than 221,000 ballots in the state's two most Democratic counties, a longshot attempt to overturn Joe Biden&#...
Dec 01, 2020