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Jim Spencer

Washington Correspondent

Phone: 202-383-6123

Jim Spencer works in the Star Tribune’s Washington, D.C., bureau. He covers the intersection of Minnesota businesses and industry with national politics, legislation and regulation. Spencer has more than three decades’ experience as a news reporter, columnist, feature writer and sports writer.
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Senate deals setback to ethanol industry

The reversal of an earlier Senate vote stunned backers of the credit trying frantically to craft a compromise.

Updated: June 17, 2011, - 06:27 AM

Target union vote a test for industry

Outcome in New York could alter landscape for big-box retail.

Updated: June 15, 2011, - 05:38 PM

Senate vote keeps ethanol tax credit alive

Klobuchar fought measure to immediately end the subsidy.

Updated: June 15, 2011, - 11:33 AM

GAO rejects UnitedHealth protest

UNH won a big military health care contract, then lost it to another provider.

Updated: June 14, 2011, - 08:28 PM

Mayo opposes key health reform provision

The Rochester clinic says it already is accountable to patients without the government's proposed oversight system.

Updated: June 10, 2011, - 10:10 PM

Senate clears way for cap on debit card fees

Vote marks rare victory in attempts to implement financial reform law.

Updated: June 08, 2011, - 10:53 PM

Labor thinks big-box with Target union effort

The attempt to unionize a single store is being watched as a potential crack to open large retailers.

Updated: June 08, 2011, - 07:05 AM

Target urged to change tune on political giving

A New York pension fund trustee seeks policy change just before retailer's annual meeting.

Updated: June 07, 2011, - 09:07 PM

Feds redefine success at for-profit schools

The U.S. Department of Education has issued new rules that require public and private colleges that offer career education to prove that they are preparing students for "gainful employment" or risk losing funding.

Updated: June 03, 2011, - 03:51 PM

Q&A: Getting America back to work

In a report, General Mills vice president Michael Davis and hundreds of HR execs say government, education and firms need to jointly tackle job creation.

Updated: May 23, 2011, - 09:50 AM