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Minnesota reports 937 new COVID-19 cases and 4 deaths
More than 90,900 Minnesotans have tested positive for COVID-19 and 1,969 have died, according to the Minnesota Department of Health. The figures reported Monday include 937 new cases and four deaths. Approximately 1,855,308 tests have been completed. As of 4 p.m. Sunday, 255 Minnesotans were hospitalized with COVID-19, 128 of them in intensive care units. […]
Minnesota reports 1,099 new COVID-19 cases and 8 deaths
More than 87,800 Minnesotans have tested positive for COVID-19 and 1,950 have died, according to the Minnesota Department of Health. The figures reported Friday include 1,099 new cases and eight deaths. Approximately 1,791,680 tests have been completed. As of 4 p.m. Thursday, 250 Minnesotans were hospitalized with COVID-19, 136 of them in intensive care units. […]
A guide to early voting and voting by mail in Minnesota
Election Day is still six weeks away, but Minnesotans can start casting their ballots Friday. Friday is the first day of early voting, and the day the state will begin to mail out absentee ballots for the Nov. 3 election. Many voters are expected to opt for early voting, either in person or by mail, […]
More than 231,000 Minnesotans were jobless in August
Minnesota’s unemployment rate was 7.4% in August, a decline of 0.2% from July as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to stress businesses and workers. That means 231,599 Minnesotans were jobless in August, according to data released Thursday by the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development. People of color are still most affected by the economic […]
‘We can’t take it anymore’: Minneapolis principal says city feels out of control after student’s death
North High School Principal Mauri Melander Friestleben stood on the corner of N. Dowling and N. Fremont avenues Tuesday, a day after a 17-year-old Minneapolis Public Schools student was shot and killed there, and said she was “100% over it.“ “We literally are in a city right now that is completely and entirely out of […]
Minnesota receives top ranking for pro-charter school laws in new report
Minnesota ranked among the top five states for pro-charter school laws in a new report. The North Star State received the fourth-highest score in a ranking of state charter school regulations by the Center for Education Reform, which advocates for school choice. Only Arizona, Washington, D.C. and Michigan received better marks in the report. Minnesota […]
More than 200 cases of COVID-19 associated with Minnesota schools since Aug. 1, state says
More than 200 cases of COVID-19 have been reported in connection with Minnesota schools since Aug. 1, the Minnesota Department of Health said Tuesday, the first day of school for thousands of students statewide. The state has not started providing detailed data about confirmed COVID-19 cases at schools but plans to soon, Minnesota Department of […]
University of Minnesota gets an F for low Black and Latino student enrollment in new report
As Minnesota’s Black population grew over the past two decades, Black student enrollment at the University of Minnesota stayed flat, according to a new report on representation at selective public colleges. The U a got failing grade for enrolling disproportionately small numbers of Black and Latino students in 2017, along with most of the 100 […]
Minnesota reports 387 new COVID-19 cases and 2 deaths
More than 81,600 Minnesotans have tested positive for COVID-19 and 1,837 have died, according to the Minnesota Department of Health. The figures reported Tuesday include 387 new cases and two deaths. Approximately 1,616,738 tests have been completed. As of 4 p.m. Monday, 257 Minnesotans were hospitalized with COVID-19, 135 of them in intensive care units. […]
On Labor Day, little to celebrate for American workers
Many Minnesotans will be free from work today because of the federal Labor Day holiday, but the average worker has had little to celebrate in recent decades. Between stagnating wages for working and middle-income Americans and persistent pay gaps that have left women and people of color behind, there hasn’t been much progress for workers […]
Edina teachers’ union files legal grievance over COVID-19 layoffs
The union representing Edina teachers filed a legal grievance in August over pandemic-related layoffs that the union says violated their contract, the Edina Sun Current reported. The contract requires the district to notify teachers about employment changes by July 1. But the district laid off parent education teachers in August, days before they were scheduled […]
Minnesota reports 1,047 new COVID-19 cases and 7 deaths
More than 78,100 Minnesotans have tested positive for COVID-19 and 1,837 have died, according to the Minnesota Department of Health. The figures reported Thursday include 1,047 new cases and seven deaths. Approximately 1,540,107 tests have been completed. As of 4 p.m. Wednesday, 272 Minnesotans were hospitalized with COVID-19, 138 of them in intensive care units. […]