Twin Cities clean-energy startup Carba, led by co-founder and CEO Andrew Jones, was selected for Grid Catalyst's 2024 Demonstration Cohort, an acceler

Minnesota Energy Alley aims to support entrepreneurs tackling the state's climate issues

The new statewide initiative is funded through public-private partnerships.

With the Better FAFSA still in limbo, here's what to do as college decisions loom

March 18
An illustration of question mark cutouts overlaying FAFSA forms.
Delays and glitches with the simplified Free Application for Federal Student Aid has addled many students and their families.

Ramstad: Readers defend local control of housing, question weather data

March 16
"By doing away with single-family zoning, the city takes on high rent, long commutes, and racism in real estate in one fell swoop," announced Slate.
It's the first reader feedback column of the year.
Business
4:25pm
Lakes Area Realty's Mackenzie Owens, left, shows a south Minneapolis home to first-time homebuyer Nicole Neumann.

Twin Cities sees surprise influx of home listings as agent commission uncertainty looms

There are more sellers, but there are also more buyers, so competition is stiff and houses are selling quickly.
Minneapolis
4:13pm
Most taxi dowtown taxi cabs had credit card logos posted on their vehicles in downtown Minneapolis, Friday, January 13, 2012. Minneapolis City Council

How many taxi cabs are left in Minneapolis?

Uber's entry a decade ago caused an astonishing collapse of the local taxi industry.
Business
1:27pm
The control room for Units 1 and 2 at Prairie Island Nuclear Power Plant in Welch, Minn., during a planned outage in 2017.

Xcel's Prairie Island nuclear plant returns after lengthy outage drew questions

State officials had asked the energy company to provide a detailed explanation for when the power plant could be running again.
Business
12:11pm
At Expo West, natural food brands vie for attention from the many distributors and retailers that attend looking for the next big thing.

At the country's biggest food industry trade show, everything is just for you

Expo West showcased thousands of brands hoping to break through to mainstream success or at least find their target audience.
Business
11:03am
UnitedHealth Group has its headquarters in Minnetonka.

UnitedHealth says it's doled out $2B to health care providers after cyberattack

Minnetonka-based health care giant is asking clinics and hospitals to seek financial help after reports of problems receiving payments.
Is your company on the list of Minnesota's 2022 Top Workplaces?
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Is your company on the list of Minnesota's 2022 Top Workplaces?
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Worker expectations change at Minnesota firms as pandemic retreats.
Business
March 17
"Who Moved My Cheese?" is a parable about the need to change and adapt. Those are necessarily skills for today's business world, Harvey Mackay says.

Mackay: Change is a constant in today's business world. You need to adapt to win.

With swift development of technology, businesses are reorganizing, which means workers must change as well.
Politics
March 16
Former President Donald Trump during aÊcampaign rally at Coastal Carolina University in Conway, S.C., on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024.

Trump granted clemency to Medicare fraudsters before vowing to cut entitlement program abuse

In his last year in office, Trump commuted the sentences of at least five people who collectively filednearly $1.6 billion in fraudulent claims through Medicare or Medicaid.
Business
March 16
About 80 storefronts in the corridor along Lexington Avenue in Arden Hills and Shoreview were affected by street reconstruction from County Road E to

These businesses survived the pandemic. Road construction was 'nail in the coffin'

Arden Hills and Shoreview storefronts rocked by two years of road construction on Lexington Avenue
Local
March 16
The Johnson Brothers wanted to redevelop the location as industrial and build a new headquarters on the site.

Johnson Brothers withdraws application to redevelop Blue Cross Blue Shield site in Eagan

The company is looking at other options in the metro, including remaining at its St. Paul location.
Duluth
March 16
Rob Venette, director of Minnesota Invasive Terrestrial Plants and Pests Center at the University of Minnesota, strips a tree's bark, revealing signs

A ravenous beetle now threatens Minnesota's North Woods

The emerald ash borer has been found in north-central Minnesota, showing the bugs' ability to adapt to cold, in a state with more ash trees than any other.
Business
March 16
In 2020, anyone with a workplace retirement plan they contribute to can pony up even more money. The IRS adjusts the annual contribution limit to keep

Farrell: Having traditional and Roth savings gives you tax-savvy options in retirement

If your income will be lower in retirement than when you were working, you'd favor traditional retirement savings. Roth is better for the reverse. Since you don't know, the advantage of having both is flexibility.
With $324.2 billion in revenue, UnitedHealth again tops list of Minnesota public companies
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With $324.2 billion in revenue, UnitedHealth again tops list of Minnesota public companies
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The top 50 companies as a whole posted revenue of $750.7 billion, up 7% from the year before. However, growth was slower than in 2021.
Business
March 16

Let's keep our writing simple, precise, cogent and clear

But sometimes it's worth sending a reader to the dictionary if the word fits the nuance of the writing.
Minneapolis
March 15
The Minnesota Attorney General's Office has settled a lawsuit with companies it accused of "severely undermaintaining” properties on Minneapolis' No

Attorney General's Office settles with landlord accused of neglecting north Minneapolis homes

HavenBrook Homes has agreed to pay $2.2 million in restitution, forgive $2 million of tenants' debt and attempt to sell its rental homes.
Business
March 15
Movers from Matt's Moving Company carried out items from Lee Anderson and William Fehrenbach Edina home on 7/11/14. The two are moving to a downtown M

What does the national settlement on home commissions mean for the Twin Cities?

The National Association of Realtors settlement changes how commissions work, shocking the industry.
Politics
March 15
White House senior adviser Jared Kushner speaks as President Donald Trump listens in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Dec. 11, 2019. Ku

Jared Kushner developing deals overseas even as his father-in-law runs for president

It's the latest example of the former president's family doing business abroad even as Donald Trump seeks to return to the White House.
Gophers
March 15
Dawson Garcia of the Gophers basketball team talks with Steve Erban of Stillwater earlier this month at a Dinkytown Athletes-hosted meet-and-greet at

Here's how Gophers athletes get NIL deals

The Star Tribune spoke with several Gophers athletes about their NIL experiences and how exactly their deals go down.
Business
March 15
Emily Benson’s Edina mental health clinic’s revenue has been cut to “basically zero, she said, because of the billing systems outage at UnitedHe

Minnesota health care groups struggling to find UnitedHealth financial aid

Minnetonka-based health care giant says thousands are being helped across the country after cyberattack, even as frustration builds.
The Louriston Dairy near Murdock, built and operated by Riverview LLP, is home to 9,500 cows, 40 times more than the average American dairy. The compa
Agriculture News and trends about Minnesota's farm economy
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We've created a new destination for everything agriculture in Minnesota and around the country.
Local
March 15
FILE - A customer wears a mask as she waits to get a receipt at a register in Target store in Vernon Hills, Ill., Sunday, May 23, 2021. Retail sales r

Target is making a major change to its self-checkout lanes

A pilot led to the change going into effect Sunday at nearly 2,000 stores.
Gophers
March 15
Gophers basketball players pose for photos with fans at a recent Dinkytown Athletes event at Williams Arena.

How do Gophers athletes view NIL? We asked them.

NIL deals 'open doors' for Gophers to networks and charitable causes in Minnesota. And, yes, pay some bills.
Business
March 15
Under a global settlement agreement, the National Association of Realtors will pay $418 million in damages and rewrite a number of rules that have lon

National Association of Realtors settlement could shake up home market across U.S.

The deal could significantly affect the way commissions are paid to real estate agents.

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