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New rules mean more pain for restaurant workers
Restaurant and bar workers who are already on shaky financial ground during the pandemic are facing new uncertainties as Minnesota's latest restrictions on bars and restaurants go into place. The shif...
Nov 19, 2020
'Anomalies' found in census could thwart Trump's bid to alter Electoral College
A supporter of President-elect Joe Biden holds up a phone displaying the Electoral College map in Philadelphia on Nov. 7.John Minchillo/APThe Census Bureau has uncovered routine "anomalies" ...
Nov 19, 2020
Lawmakers look for ways to help businesses, workers
Gov. Tim Walz's decision to impose new four-week restrictions on bars, restaurants, gyms and other businesses amid sharply rising COVID-19 cases has prompted some state lawmakers to look for ways to h...
Nov 19, 2020
Why were the polls off? Pollsters have some early theories
A couple watches the election results at a Republican watch party at Huron Valley Guns in New Hudson, Mich. People watching the results come in saw President Donald Trump outperforming his position in...
Nov 19, 2020
Art Hounds: Play creates space for empathy
With the election over, but still reverberating, Minneapolis theater maker Nora Montaez recommends rediscovering common ground by watching "The Empathy Project" from Full Circle Theater this weekend. ...
Nov 19, 2020
COVID-19 denial still rampant in some virus hotspots
As health care professionals grapple with soaring numbers of COVID-19 sickened people around the country, they're also combatting another quick-spreading and frustrating contagion: misinformation...
Nov 19, 2020
N. Dakota sports, extracurriculars allowed to resume
Giving in to political and public outcry, Republican Gov. Doug Burgum has reversed course and will allow winter sports practices and other extracurricular activities for youth and adults to resume at ...
Nov 19, 2020
What GSA predecessor told Trump appointee on transition
General Services Administration Administrator Emily Murphy speaks during a ribbon cutting ceremony on June 21, 2019. The head of the obscure federal government agency that is holding up Joe Biden'...
Nov 19, 2020
Minnesota's unemployment rate drops to 4.6 percent in October
Minnesota's unemployment rate saw a significant drop from September to October.New figures from the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development show the seasonally adjusted rate was 4....
Nov 19, 2020
In Focus: Black youth resilience in Minnesota
Black teens and young adults in Minnesota are challenged by the politicization of race, the killing of George Floyd and the COVID-19 pandemic, all disproportionately affecting their communities. At th...
Nov 19, 2020