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January 4, 2021 6:32 AM

COVID-19 battle to color 2021 legislative session

A fresh session of the Minnesota Legislature kicks off Tuesday with some new faces but the same power structure and a now familiar pressing item atop the agenda: how to respond to a health pandemic that has cost thousands of lives and knocked the economy off-kilter.

by Brian Bakst

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January 4, 2021 5:33 AM

Jan. 4 update on COVID-19 in MN: Enough vaccine in state for health care workers at greatest risk

State health officials said Monday that Minnesota has received enough vaccinations to provide all health care workers designated in the first phase of vaccine schedules to receive their first doses. The news came as Minnesota reported 3,148 new cases of COVID-19 and 13 more deaths.

by MPR News Staff

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January 4, 2021 5:15 AM

Real estate market keeps buzzing into slowdown season

Minnesota’s real estate market, both in the Twin Cities and in other regions of the state, saw stronger-than-average activity last year, despite the pandemic.

by Matt Mikus

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January 4, 2021 5:11 AM

Hundreds call for justice for Dolal Idd at Minneapolis rally, march

Dolal Idd's parents and other relatives joined the crowd that gathered at the shooting scene, a gas station at the corner of Cedar Avenue and East 36th Street, before marching through the neighborhood and chanting “justice for Dolal.”

by MPR News Staff

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January 3, 2021 11:30 AM

Jan. 3 update on COVID-19 in MN: Watching for a possible change in trends

Sunday's update from state health officials covered two days' worth of data, catching up from the New Year's Day holiday. That temporarily muddles the weekly averages that can show pandemic trends better than the day-to-day numbers.

by MPR News Staff

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January 2, 2021 7:00 AM

Jan. 2 update on COVID-19 in MN: Uptick in average daily case counts

The average number of new COVID-19 cases reported each day in Minnesota steadily dropped through most of December. As the new year begins, though, that decline might be stalling.

by MPR News Staff

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January 2, 2021 5:00 AM

Ask a Bookseller: 'Gods of the Upper Air'

The book explores the work of Franz Boaz, founder of cultural anthropology, and a circle of women scientists whose work 100 years ago helped inform our notions of identity today.

by Emily Bright

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December 31, 2020 4:00 PM

'This circle is about healing’: Gardener sees himself as caretaker of the energy at George Floyd’s Square

Jay Webb is a caretaker and organizer who worked on creating the garden around the “Black Power” fist sculpture at 38th Street and Chicago Avenue. Webb gives his perspective about the emotional connections that take place in George Floyd’s Square, and the healing properties it provides.

by Laurel Bandy and William Domeier

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December 31, 2020 12:00 PM

'We will get through this': Doctor reflects on the impacts of COVID-19 in Indian Country

Nine months into the coronavirus pandemic, Indigenous Americans have the highest COVID-19 mortality rates nationwide. That's made this an especially difficult year for Dr. Mary Owen, who leads the University of Minnesota Medical School's Center of American Indian and Minority Health in Duluth.

by Dan Gunderson

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December 31, 2020 11:45 AM

'Like Uber Eats for therapy': South Mpls. man helps connect community to mental health care

When he saw footage of his hometown on fire the week following the police killing of George Floyd, Isak Douah jumped on a plane from Amsterdam, where he was studying fashion, to Minneapolis. All summer, he volunteered to work security at the intersection where Floyd died. Seeing the trauma there, he decided to develop a mobile app to connect people in his community to mental health care.

by Hamda Abdi, Helene Francis, Atticus Keezer-Dow and Olivia Sather

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