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Minnesota faces challenges to fill manufacturing jobs
The "skills gap" that supposedly separates Minnesotans from good-paying manufacturing jobs may be more about a lack of coordination and communication than ineptitude.
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Fighting for the Powwow Trail
The Powwow Trail was damaged in the 2011 Pagami Creek Fire, cutting usage from 40 overnight permits annually to eight last year. The Forest Service has proposed a pause on trail maintenance, and some hikers fear it's slated for closure.
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Comparing LRT and BRT
A comparison of the 17-mile Orange Line BRT and the 14.5-mile Southwest LRT systems.
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Best swimming holes in Minnesota.
Here are the Star Tribune's picks for some of the the best swimming holes in the state.
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Stadium funding
Charitable gambling taxes have roared back from a 2013 low. The state will combine them with corporate taxes to pay about $30 million annual debt service, and refill a reserve account.
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Voucher use in Minneapolis
The Cedar-Riverside area has the highest concentration of vouchers in the city, followed by the North Side and the Phillips area. Southern sections of the city have very few vouchers.
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Linking bike-foot trails across the Mississippi
A look at the Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad crossing in Minneapolis and the possibility of interest in a recreational crossing there that would depend on railroad cooperation.
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Asian tiger mosquito in U.S.
Researchers have detected the Zika virus in Aedes albopictus, the mosquito species known as the "Asian tiger," a finding that increases the number of U.S. states potentially at risk for transmission of the disease.
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Shifts in global steel market lead to year of cuts
A glut of overseas steel has pushed ore prices to a 10-year low and shuttered many of the major mining operations on Minnesota's Iron Range.
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Burglaries in the Third Precinct
Minneapolis police are warning residents, businesses and others in a large portion of the city about a surge in burglaries. They're coming at a rate of more than three a day and are up 45 percent over the same time period last year. The vast majority are coming during the daytime, with Friday being the favorite day of the week for attack.
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How demographics affect disparities
Here's what would happen to homeownership rates, at least on paper, if minorities were the same as whites in age and other demographic characteristics, according to a new report.
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Mapping the emerald ash borer
The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service has teamed up with students from Inver Hills Community College to survey emerald ash borer populations along the Minnesota River. Data-gathering is crucial at this time of year because ash borers are beginning to hatch, which indicates how large their numbers will be and where they're likely to spread.
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Map: Callaway, Minn., train derailment
Location of Callaway, Minn., on the White Earth Indian Reservation in northwestern Minnesota.
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INTERACTIVE: Weather warnings
This map shows the National Weather Services (NWS) weather watches & warnings. They are automatically updated every 5 minutes from the NWS Public Alerts. Click on a symbol to get in-depth information for each site then click on MORE INFO to open a link to the latest NWS alerts and data.
Opinion
Assessing the candidates' overall truthfulness
With primaries completed this week in Florida and Ohio, as well as in Illinois, Missouri and North Carolina, we thought it was a good time to look at the remaining candidates trying to capture their party's nomination for president.
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The state of U.S. nuclear plants
Four of the nation's 61 nuclear power plants have closed since 2013. Four others are at risk of closing. New reactors are being built at three existing plants.
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