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Essential workers can now apply to see if they qualify to receive checks of up to $1,500 meant to support those who worked in especially high-risk environments during the pandemic. The state predicts up to 700,000 Minnesotans could be eligible for hero pay.

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What to know about applying for Minnesota’s front-line worker bonus

During the pandemic, employers asked immigrant workers in Minnesota to risk their health, safety, and status. In a new study, workers say they often got nothing in return.

The pandemic compelled one Somali American educator to become something else: a full-time artist.

Minnesota health officials offer ‘no-barriers’ COVID-19 testing across state for immigrants, uninsured

‘We lost everything’: COVID-19 and Lake Street fires shut clinics in south Minneapolis immigrant neighborhoods

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