After case interviews turned up a number of cases at a couple of Life Time facilities, Minnesota Department of Health researchers collected more data to try to better understand the extent of the outbreaks.
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Every resident aged 16 or older will be eligible for a shot as soon as Tuesday.
The governor’s latest announcement increases capacity limits at bars and restaurants, and permits outdoor venues to operate with a maximum of 10,000 people in attendance.
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On Wednesday, Minnesota will open up vaccines to 1.8 million more residents, including essential workers. But the governor stopped short of rolling back any business restrictions.
Most of us assume the pandemic exposed a frightening lack of hospital bed and ICU capacity in Minnesota. The hospital systems don't exactly see it that way.
Minnesota did not withhold state or federal taxes from the $600 and $300 bonus unemployment payments, which are taxed as regular income.
The state will vaccinate 70 percent of residents 65 or older before moving on to other populations. The average Minnesotan can expect to receive a vaccination by summer.
The retailer will provide $500 bonuses for full-time employees in the U.S and $200 for part-time workers.
Bars and restaurants will be able to welcome up to 250 guests starting on Saturday at noon. GOP state legislators say they’ve been kept in the dark about the governor’s plans.
Pandemic relief grants issued to 88 organizations.
Though Minnesota and Wisconsin took different approaches to combatting Covid-19, their death rates are comparable. What happened?
The director of the University of Minnesota’s Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy on what was different about this coronavirus and what might be coming next.
The state has only regained 36 percent of jobs lost when pandemic first hit.
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison’s office reaches settlement after investigation.
Covid be damned. The portable sanitation industry is far from in the dumps.
In a brisk press conference on Wednesday, the governor said restaurants and bars can resume limited indoor dining starting Jan. 11.
The state’s top lawyer is taking legal action against three more Minnesota establishments that have reopened for indoor dining, despite the governor’s most recent executive order. Most restaurants in the state have been compliant, AG’s spokesman says.
Among other things, the bill will provide the state with a share of $25 billion for rental assistance. Missing, however, is any direct aid to state and city governments.
Business group maintains small businesses are at a “crisis point.”
DEED forecast points to slowing job growth amid Covid uptick.