The judge in the trial of four former Minneapolis police officers has already announced plans to allow an unprecedented level of recording and livestreaming of the trial, acknowledging that space in the courtroom is limited due to the pandemic. The defendants and a coalition of media organizations are arguing for the heightened access, but prosecutors disagree.
Minnesota lawmakers passed a plan that includes $216 million for businesses struggling with COVID-19 restrictions and extends unemployment benefits by 13 weeks.
A major merger between an Ohio-based bank and TCF National Bank has just been announced, but what this will mean for the University of Minnesota’s TCF Bank Stadium name is up in the air.
Days after the Food and Drug Administration approved the first COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, doses of the Pfizer shot have arrived in Minnesota. The state expected 183,000 doses by the end of the month.
Minnesota’s Electoral College members meet to send the state’s 10 votes Joe Biden’s way. Later, state lawmakers convene to vote on an aid package tied to COVID-19 fallout.
The newest numbers come on the same day vaccine supplies began arriving in selected hospitals around the state — a bright spot in what’s been a bleak December.
Many bars and restaurants are struggling to stay in business amid the pandemic. The owner of a usually thriving Woodbury restaurant says his industry is looking for help.
Minnesota’s death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic climbed past 4,400 on Sunday, with state health officials reporting more than 80 deaths on four of the past five days.
Minnesota health officials reported 67 more COVID-19 deaths on Saturday, pushing the December death toll to 766. It’s now killing Minnesotans at a rate far higher than any recent flu season; about one-third of all recent deaths in Minnesota are tied to COVID-19.