$250 million likely won't cover losses for all of Minnesota's front-line workers, panel says
A Minnesota panel tasked with deciding how to disburse funds to front-line workers heard from dozens of essential workers on Wednesday who said they'd faced hardship during the COVID-19 pandemic and should be considered for state support.
4:36 pm, Jul. 28, 2021
×
Minnesota Nurses Association President Mary Turner, center, on Wednesday, July 28, 2021, rallied with fellow front-line workers at the Minnesota Capitol to press for state support for those who served essential roles during the pandemic. (Dana Ferguson / Forum News Service)
ST. PAUL — A $250 million fund to pay back front-line workers who served in essential jobs during the pandemic won't be enough to make all those affected financially whole, members of a state working group said Wednesday, July 28.