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Minnesota’s Michael Osterholm named to Biden’s COVID-19 task force
University of Minnesota professor and infectious disease expert Michael Osterholm has been named to President-elect Joe Biden’s COVID-19 task force. The task force will help craft Biden’s pandemic plan when he steps into office in January. Biden has said he’ll make the nation’s COVID-19 response a priority as president, as states across the country — including […]
Despite comfortable Biden victory, DFL failed to take the Legislature. Why?
Election Day turned out to be a mixed bag for the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party. They stood up the western edge of the Democrats’ so-called Blue Wall, delivering a commanding victory to President-elect Joe Biden. Biden won the Twin Cities by massive margins. He won the 3rd Congressional District in the western suburbs by 19 points […]
Minnesota reports 5,454 new COVID-19 cases, another record high
Minnesota reported 5,454 confirmed cases of COVID-19 Thursday, the state’s fourth consecutive record-breaking day for new cases. The new daily highs come amid a bleak month for Minnesota, with hospitalizations and deaths rising along with case totals. More than 1,000 Minnesotans are hospitalized with COVID-19, another record-breaking figure, according to Minnesota Department of Health data. […]
Minnesota reports nearly 4,000 new COVID-19 cases, another daily record
Minnesota reported 3,956 confirmed cases of COVID-19 Thursday, the state’s third consecutive record-breaking day for new cases. The new daily highs come amid a bleak month for Minnesota, with hospitalizations and deaths rising along with case totals. More than 900 Minnesotans are hospitalized with COVID-19, another record-breaking figure, according to Minnesota Department of Health data. […]
State Capitol will likely be place of contentious gridlock following Tuesday’s election
Minnesota voters on Tuesday appeared to have opted for another two years of divided government, with Republicans retaining their majority in the state Senate and Democrats controlling the House. Returns on Wednesday showed the balance of power in Minnesota would likely be unchanged despite a statewide win by former Vice President Joe Biden. The two […]
Results still trickling in for Minnesota’s most competitive races
Results from Tuesday’s election in Minnesota continued to trickle in Wednesday. All 201 legislative seats were on the ballot, plus each of the state’s eight U.S. House seats and one of Minnesota’s U.S. senators. At the state level, the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party and Republican Party were vying for control of the state House and Senate ahead […]
Photos: Minnesota voters head to the polls on Election Day 2020
More than 1.8 million Minnesotans had already turned in their absentee ballots on Nov. 3, and even more voters headed to the polls on Election Day to cast their ballots in person. Scroll through the gallery for scenes from Election Day in Minnesota.
Minnesota’s voter turnout track record, in five charts
More than 1.5 million Minnesotans have already voted in Tuesday’s presidential election, over half the total number of voters who cast a ballot in the 2016 election. Between the pandemic, mail slowdowns, last-minute court decisions and widespread disinformation, casting a ballot in the United States this year felt especially fraught for many voters. Still, turnout […]
Minnesota reports 3,165 new COVID-19 cases, another record high
Minnesota reported a record 3,165 new cases of COVID-19 Friday, surpassing the state’s previous record-highs set this month. The state also recorded 18 deaths, bringing the death toll to 2,437, according to the Minnesota Department of Health. Officials in recent weeks have implored Minnesotans to stay vigilant against COVID-19 as case counts spike and hospitalizations […]
COVID-19 pandemic taking a toll on rural Minnesota
The COVID-19 pandemic has begun to take a toll on greater Minnesota, with rural areas under increasing strain after escaping the worst of the pandemic for months. The counties that reported the most new per capita cases last week are all in rural areas, according to data from the Minnesota Department of Health. In some […]
Minnesota job vacancies fell nearly 25% early in the pandemic
The number of open jobs in Minnesota declined nearly 25% during the early months of the pandemic, according to data released Wednesday by the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development. That means there were 111,753 job vacancies from April to June this year, down from 146,513 during the same period in 2019, indicating tough […]
Minnesota GOP hopes to unseat rural Democrat in state House race
Republicans have tried and failed for two decades to unseat Minnesota state Rep. Paul Marquart, DFL-Dilworth, who has long been viewed as a vulnerable incumbent as Republicans have steadily picked off nearly every last Democrat in greater Minnesota. The GOP hopes that this year, District 4B’s support for President Donald Trump will finally translate to […]