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‘Who you are is valuable’: How Black male teachers in Minnesota are recruiting others to the profession

‘Who you are is valuable’: How Black male teachers in Minnesota are recruiting others to the profession

Minnesota K-12 students are more racially diverse than they've ever been. But it's a different story for the state's educators — Black teachers in particular make up just 1.4 percent of the state’s teaching population. One Twin Cities nonprofit organization is hoping to change that.
by Riham Feshir

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Behind the scenes, a flurry of activity as hospitals prep first COVID-19 vaccine

Behind the scenes, a flurry of activity as hospitals prep first COVID-19 vaccine

In Minnesota hospitals around the state, there's a last-minute flurry of activity as front-line health care workers prepare to get their first shots of the COVID-19 vaccine.
by Catharine Richert

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Dec. 17 update on COVID-19 in MN: 83 deaths; hospitalizations, cases easing

Dec. 17 update on COVID-19 in MN: 83 deaths; hospitalizations, cases easing

The newest data extends an awful December — 1,065 COVID-19 deaths reported in the first 17 days of the month. Counts of new cases and hospitalizations, though, continue to retreat from their late November, early December highs.
by MPR News Staff

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Analysis: Are restaurants and bars feeding Minnesota's COVID-19 spread?

Analysis: Are restaurants and bars feeding Minnesota's COVID-19 spread?

Bar and restaurant owners say their COVID-19 numbers don’t justify Gov. Tim Walz’s ban on indoor dining. MPR News data reporter David Montgomery took a deep dive into the limited, available data. Here’s what he found.
by David H. Montgomery

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Bars and restaurants fume at continued indoor dining ban; some pledge to defy order

Bars and restaurants fume at continued indoor dining ban; some pledge to defy order

Many restaurateurs and bar owners are worried their businesses won’t be able to survive at least another three weeks of restrictions on indoor service. Meanwhile, about 100 hospitality businesses have pledged to defy the governor’s order to remain closed.
by Mark Zdechlik

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How to have a more environmentally friendly holiday

How to have a more environmentally friendly holiday

The holidays are filled with beautifully wrapped gifts, colorful string lights and delicious food. Most of these items will end up in the trash and head straight for a landfill. Here’s a guide on how you can have a more sustainable holiday.
by Darian Leddy

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Minnesota elementary schools can reopen Jan. 18

Minnesota elementary schools can reopen Jan. 18

Gov. Tim Walz is giving elementary schools across the state the green light to reopen next month if they adopt a number of strategies to contain the spread of the coronavirus. It’s a shift from previous policy, which required districts to rely on county-level data about the level of virus transmission in their communities to guide their reopening plans.
by Elizabeth Shockman

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Walz's newest COVID-19 order: 7 questions, answered

Walz's newest COVID-19 order: 7 questions, answered

Gov. Tim Walz announced Wednesday he is extending some of the restrictions on businesses and social gathering that went into effect ahead of Thanksgiving. Other restrictions will ease or be lifted. Here’s what you need to know.
by Dan Kraker

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From ‘schoolmarm’ to sentry: Mpls. teacher responds to George Floyd killing

From ‘schoolmarm’ to sentry: Mpls. teacher responds to George Floyd killing

A teacher who’s spent 22 years holding teenagers in line at Roosevelt High School in south Minneapolis threw out all the rules when this summer’s social justice uprising arrived in her backyard. 
by Megan Burks

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