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The COVID-19 pandemic hit Minnesota's child care industry hard Jennifer Austin © Provided by KARE-TV Minneapolis-St. Paul On a warm May afternoon, the activity in Liz Harris' Cottage Grove backyard seemed back to what it was before the pandemic. The kids enrolled at her in-home daycare were playing a game of tag, swinging, and scrambling up the jungle gym. Harris had been fully vaccinated for some time, lifting concern that she would get sick. Popular Searches But it isn't hard for her to remember when things were less certain. "To lose over 60% of your business in the blink...

Neuroscience and Novel Therapeutics Unit: Meet the Team The Neuroscience and Novel Therapeutics Unit (NNT) is a group of dedicated, compassionate, and talented scientists, clinicians, trainees, and volunteers. Our expert, interdisciplinary team works together to study and develop new treatments for children with psychiatric illnesses through innovative research, clinical care, and community outreach. Staff Spotlight Simone Haller, PhD has received a two-year NARSAD Young Investigator Grant from the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation for her project “Predicting longitudinal psychiatric e...

Presidential monarchies are here Charles Onyango-Obbo An African president has just been killed by masculinity. Chad’s strongman ruler Marshal Idriss Deby Itno, who led the country for 31 years, was killed on the frontline in a battle against rebels in the north, the army announced Tuesday. Deby, 68, was killed shortly after he was declared winner of a rigged presidential election that was boycotted by most of the opposition and would have given him a sixth term in office. Deby, a former military officer who seized power in 1990, often jumped into military fatigues to join ...

How much do you wanna bet this iguana paid more in corporate taxes last year than Amazon? EMILY DRISCOLL As Rich mentioned in Slog AM: Biden officially announced that he was moving up the federal vaccine eligibility for all adults to April 19. In a speech today, he warned that "the pandemic remains dangerous," with cases going back up, variants spreading, and hospitalization remaining at a plateau. While this moved-up timeline doesn't at all mean that everyone will have their first dose by that day, it does mean that all adults can at least get in line for one. The president also announced th...

Reporter MARSHALL — Marshall Public Schools Superintendent Jeremy Williams told the school board Monday that it might be possible for a private business to take over operation of the Marshall Area Childcare Center. “This is a conversation we’ve had ongoing with local child care centers,” Williams said at Monday’s school board meeting. “We have had one of the local centers come forward with a proposal to take over the day care and run the day care.” Williams did not name the local child care center that made the proposal. “We need to have some conversations on this proposal...