Bill Lukitsch
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Bill Lukitsch is a business reporter for the Star Tribune.
Latest from Bill Lukitsch
Post-holidays return season in Minnesota, U.S. might not be so easy this year
About 72% of retailers now charge a processing fee, according to the National Retail Federation, while others are shortening return windows or imposing stricter policies to help reduce costs and fraud.
December 27, 2025
Feds claim U.S. Steel mistreated pregnant employee at Iron Range mine
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is suing the Pittsburgh-based company over allegedly forcing the worker to take a pay cut and lesser role at the Minntac Mine.
December 23, 2025
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Big retailers like Target increasingly hit by online refund fraud rings; one Minnesotan charged in one scam
Retailers are losing millions of dollars to fraud, including a case involving a Northfield-area man who’s expected to plead guilty
December 19, 2025
Editor's Pick
Under the radar: How charter airlines fly ICE deportees at MSP
Some charter airplanes use a government list to mask operations. This Minnesotan is exposing them.
December 16, 2025
Banks hoping to gain new clients in Minnesota after recent acquisitions
As Bremer Bank clients move to Old National following a corporate acquisition, competitors vie for Bremer customers with targeted tactics.
December 4, 2025
Sun Country opens pilot base in Cincinnati to support its cargo business with Amazon
The Minnesota airline is hiring pilots to support its partnership with Amazon.
December 3, 2025
With federal oversight waning, Minnesota AG scrutinizes buy-now-pay-later loan firms
Minnesota and six other states are asking the companies for information on billing, credit reporting and late fee collection.
December 2, 2025
Associated Bank expands Twin Cities footprint with purchase of American National
The Green Bay, Wis.-based bank is picking up six area branches in the $600 million deal.
December 1, 2025
MSP sees cancellations, delays as storm drops snow on Twin Cities
Airport has five canceled flights, including three departures, and more than three dozen delays Wednesday morning.
November 26, 2025
What Twin Cities travelers should know ahead of Thanksgiving snowstorm
Whether by roads or air, Minnesota travelers prep for holiday weather complications.
November 25, 2025
Editor's Pick
Less competition at MSP could raise fares and boost bottom lines of Delta, Sun Country
Spirit’s last flight out of MSP set for December marks the third low-cost carrier to leave in the span of one year.
November 22, 2025
Food and hospitality workers at MSP threaten strike next week
Ahead of the Thanksgiving travel rush, a union representing about 250 employees at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport is threatening to strike starting Nov. 24.
November 17, 2025
