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Minnesota high school football, volleyball seasons pushed to spring
The Minnesota State High School League on Tuesday backed a plan to move high school football and volleyball to spring seasons this year while other fall sports maintain modified schedules in response to COVID-19.
More people are heading back to work. So who's watching the kids?
More people are headed back to work in person — but with COVID-19 cases on the rise in Minnesota, there are plenty of health implications. There are child care implications, too.
What the pandemic has revealed about climate change views, activism
The early months of the pandemic saw a short decline in air pollutant levels and the usage of fossil fuels. But while the green effects may be fleeting, the pandemic has offered a variety of lessons for climate change activists about how to move forward with the movement. We explore what’s ahead for climate change education and activism.
Parents unhappy with school options assemble learning 'pods'
The race to set up "learning pods" threatens to vastly deepen inequities in access to education. In some cases, parents are paying thousands of dollars each to include their children in pods, promising teachers $40 to $100 an hour or more. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, has called learning pods "luxuries" that are not an option for low-income parents. 
'A line in the sand': Both sides dig in on virus relief bill
Negotiators on a huge coronavirus relief bill reported slight progress after talks resumed in the Capitol, with issues like food for the poor and aid to schools struggling to reopen safely assuming a higher profile in the talks.
Despite mask wars, Americans support aggressive measures to stop COVID-19, poll finds
Two-thirds of Americans believe the U.S. is handling the pandemic worse than other nations, an NPR/Ipsos poll finds. Majorities support more aggressive measures to stop the spread of the coronavirus.
Aug. 4 update on COVID-19 in MN: Hospitalizations, ICU cases reach 6-week high
Officials have been bracing Minnesotans to expect hospitalizations and ICU cases to grow in response to the case surge the past few weeks as the state began allowing customers to return to indoor gathering spaces, including bars, stores and restaurants.