'Peer specialists' emerge to support patients amid constrained mental health care access
Peer specialists provide support based on personal experience with addiction, mental health or other emotional and social challenges.
Target rolling back Pride product availability is a step backward, LGBTQ advocates say
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While all Pride products will still be available online this year, the move is a reaction to conservative backlash last year that caused Target to pull some merchandise entirely.
Why Minnesota millennials feel worse off than their parents
The specter of the 2008 recession continues to haunt many millennials, whose income started slow and might not catch up to their parents.
Science
Biden and oil companies like this climate tech. Many Americans do not.
ExxonMobil and the Biden administration see in a grassy 100,000 acres a launchpad for one of the world's most audacious climate experiments, a plan to take emissions spewing from power plants and factories and trap them underground.
Election
In surprise, Minnesota GOP backs Royce White to run against Klobuchar
The former basketball star-turned-activist was introduced by former Trump adviser Steve Bannon.
Minneapolis
Dispute over Ramadan hours leaves owner of Turkish cafe facing drop in business
City officials say the owner ignored repeated citations for operating after hours that he received following a late-night shooting near his business.
Business
As apartment construction stalls and vacancies fall, Twin Cities rents are likely to rise
Nearly 20,000 new apartments have been built in the Twin Cities area over the past two years, but construction is quickly tapering.
Business
World's largest asset manager behind Duluth energy company Allete's $6.2B sale
BlackRock is buying Global Infrastructure Partners, which would be the majority owner of Allete if regulators approve the deal. That has raised some eyebrows among consumer advocates.
Business
Is your company on the list of Minnesota's 2022 Top Workplaces?
Worker expectations change at Minnesota firms as pandemic retreats.
Business
New overtime pay rules start July 1. Employers say that's too soon.
While several business groups bemoaned the change, employment advocates and job placement experts applauded the update, saying it was long overdue.
Business
As criticism of DEI grows, Colette Campbell tries to keep it a priority at Bremer Bank
Q&A: Bremer's new people and culture officer talks DEI and why cultural representation matters in the banking industry.
Business
Minnesota continues to add jobs as labor market shows signs of loosening
But the state still has two jobs for every job seeker.
Business
Nortech Systems closing Blue Earth facility prompting 74 layoffs
Electronics manufacturer Nortech Systems closing Blue Earth Minnesota facility 74 layoffs
Business
The gender wage gap continues to plague Minnesota, U.S.
The gender pay gap exists at all income levels, but it widens as women earn more. Race exacerbates the disparity.
Business
The middle class remains elusive for Native Americans in Minnesota
For Native Americans in Minnesota, the economic story of the recent decades is one of tenuous and fragile growth. Native American income was the fastest growing between 2005 and 2019, according to new data, yet no other group remains as likely to fall down the economic ladder.
Business
With $324.2 billion in revenue, UnitedHealth again tops list of Minnesota public companies
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
Asian Americans have the most income mobility in Minnesota
Asian Minnesotans have higher income mobility rates than not only other racial groups in the state but also Asian Americans in other states.
Business
At one point, Black income grew the fastest of any race in Minnesota, but disparities persist
The 2008 Great Recession hit Black Minnesotans the hardest, and it took them the longest to recover. Such income disproportion concerns Black leaders, state officials and economists who noted half of Black wage earners in the state still don't make enough to live comfortably.
Business
Minnesotans among least likely to climb income ladder in U.S.
New data shows income stagnation is widespread in America, and Minnesotans are among those least likely to move out of their current bracket. Those who start at the bottom tend to stay at the bottom, and those who start at the top tend to stay at the top.
Business
Luxury apartment tower on Nicollet Mall in Minneapolis fetched many bids, sold at value
Washington-based Weidner Apartment Homes bought 4Marq Apartments, near the Nic on 5th Apartments the company bought last year.
Business
CHS poised to absorb large western Minnesota cooperative
West Central Ag Services has signed a non-binding letter of intent to join CHS.
Business
'If they need to move, they're going to': Twin Cities buyers not waiting for lower mortgage rates
Mortgage interest rates, which have inflated house payments and chipped away at buying power, average around 7.09% for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage, but home sales are still on the rise.
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Business
Dunn Brothers Coffee wants to add 250 more locations from Minnesota to Texas
The Minnesota-based coffee shop chain currently has about 50 franchises, though one recently closed in Uptown.
Business
3M cuts dividend, ending long reign as a Dividend King
Shareholders also voted down the company's executive compensation plan Tuesday, an early snag for new CEO Bill Brown.
Local
What to know about the latest COVID variants, Minnesota testing, vaccines
Expert advice on masking, testing, vaccines and boosters is evolving along with coronavirus variants. Here's the latest from Minnesota and the CDC.
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