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Health experts say making COVID-19 vaccines available for 5 to 11 year olds at school will make it easier for parents to get their kids immunized against the virus. This is an MPR News morning update for Monday, November 8, 2021. Hosted by Cathy Wurzer.

Our theme music is by Gary Meister.

The new federal deadline requiring all health care employees to be fully vaccinated by January 4 comes as Minnesota's long-term care industry is already seeing a staffing crisis. This is an MPR News evening update for Nov 5, 2021. Hosted by Natasha Senjanovic. Our theme music is by Gary Meister. 

Sixteen Minnesota schools hosted COVID-19 vaccine clinics for children 5 to 11 years old to receive their shots Thursday. At one clinic in the gymnasium of Brooklyn Center Elementary, Gov. Tim Walz said there were more than 11,000 sites in the state where children ages 5 to 11 would be able to get the Pfizer vaccine, recently given emergency use approval in the age group.

This is an MPR News morning update for Friday, November 5, 2021. Hosted by Cathy Wurzer.

Our theme music is by Gary Meister.

Minnesota rolls out school COVID clinics as kid vaccinations head higher and as COVID numbers take a turn for the worse and test positivity hits the highest weekly point since before Christmas. Also, the Minnesota Supreme Court will take up felon voting later this month. This is an evening update from MPR News, hosted by Tim Nelson. Music by Gary Meister.

It’s now illegal in St. Paul for residential landlords to raise their rent by more than 3 percent a year, after voters on Tuesday approved a rent control measure that’s among the strictest in the country. The law applies to both new and existing homes and bars landlords from making dramatic rent hikes between tenants.

This is an MPR News morning update for Thursday, November 4, 2021. Hosted by Cathy Wurzer.

Our theme music is by Gary Meister.

Kids start getting COVID shots at the Mall of America, and Jacob Frey wins a second term in a historic election that also marks the first time ever the city of Minneapolis has had people of color as a majority of members. Also, St. Peter elects its first woman mayor in a century — following Minnesota’s first female mayor, back in 1921. This is an evening update from MPR News, hosted by Tim Nelson. Music by Gary Meister.

Minneapolis voters on Tuesday soundly defeated a controversial plan intended to remake policing in the city. A proposed amendment — question No. 2 on the ballot — would have altered the Minneapolis police structure and dropped language from the city charter tying the size of the force to the city’s population.

This is an MPR News morning update for Wednesday, November 3, 2021. Hosted by Cathy Wurzer.

Our theme music is by Gary Meister.

Voting wraps on one one of the biggest local elections in a generation, with the future of public safety on the line in Minneapolis in the wake of the death of George Floyd. Both Minneapolis and St. Paul will also be deciding on unprecedented rent control measures. This is an evening update from MPR news, hosted by Tim Nelson. Music by Gary Meister.

News organizations made a fresh plea Monday to the judge overseeing the case of a former suburban Minneapolis police officer charged in the death of Daunte Wright, asking her to allow live video coverage of the trial because of the continuing threat of COVID-19 and the strong public interest.

This is an MPR News morning update for Tuesday, November 2, 2021. Hosted by Cathy Wurzer.

Our theme music is by Gary Meister.

New data from the state health department shows more than 8,000 Minnesotans have been infected with COVID-19 more than once.

This is an MPR News Evening update for Nov 1, 2021. Hosted by Natasha Senjanovic. 

Our theme music is by Gary Meister.