St. Paul Mayor Carter's wife just had a baby. MPLS Mayor Frey's wife is pregnant. And her doctor is... Mayor Carter's wife. Frey on conference call with U.S. Sen. Klobuchar: "Our doctor is Sakeena Futrell-Carter. It's Melvin's wife."

Klobuchar: Small businesses should visit https://home.treasury.gov/cares . Federal help includes $ for the unemployed, those making under $100,000. Small business "paycheck protection" with forgivable loans. All payroll expenses forgiven in loan if you hire back your workers before June.

Abbott Northwestern Hospital person: If testing turn-around could be faster, "we would save probably half of the PPE we're using right now." That's personal protective equipment -- gloves, gowns and masks.

Head of Abbott-Northwestern, whose name I don't have because I was invited to the call minutes before the call: "I never thought in my career that we'd be asking nurses to make their own (supplies) at home." They're down to single-digit-days worth of personal protective equipment

Gillette: Feds, please reimburse Medicaid tele-health services. We're grateful for federal funding we've gotten but we need more. The 6,000 appointment cancellations represent just one hospital. They've identified one hospital for COVID-19 surgeries that can't wait.

Carter: First-responders taking people's temperatures are using saran wrap as a mask. "We need help."

Klobuchar: Not everyone has an extra room to go into if they're sick.

Jonathan Weinhagen CEO Minneapolis Chamber: We know our transit system was challenged before pandemic, but it's really challenged now. Transit needs to be part of future stimulus package. Making property tax deadlines is going to be tough. Business could use some relief.

B. Kyle, St. Paul Area Chamber: There's a lot of cooperation here. But big 501-C-3 nonprofit corporations like Science Museum of Minnesota are too big for relief efforts. They let go 400 of 500 workers. Let's push for a big bonding bill. Economic rebuild starts with construction

St. Paul has rolled out a business and resident help package. Carter: "We've taken bold and decisive action as a city." Mobilized emergency operations center. Moved services online. Staffing multi-lingual phone lines daily. https://www.twincities.com/2020/03/31/coronavirus-st-paul-mayor-expands-bridge-fund-to-3-85-million-through-help-of-local-support/

Carter, cont: "Our residents needs across this crisis are just too big for our city to shoulder alone. ... When we do locate a supplier, the prices are super-inflated." They're finding N95 masks for police, fire, first responders at $5+ per mask, compared to what's typically a $1