June 1, 2023

Independent bookstores are on the rise in Minnesota

Across Minnesota and the nation, new and more diverse independent bookstores have been popping up. In fact, for every independent bookstore that has closed since […]
May 31, 2023

Indigenous Food Lab Market Opens This Week in Midtown Global Market

A grand opening event is planned for June 1. | Indigenous Food Labs The new space features a hot bar, tea bar, and market stocked […]
May 31, 2023

Minnesota lawmakers say they’re mulling over debt limit deal, but most, if not all, expected to support it

WASHINGTON – As they mulled over the debt ceiling and budget deal negotiated by House GOP leaders and the White House, Minnesota’s members of Congress […]
May 31, 2023

Wells Academy founder creates spaces for Indigenous workers

About 60 years ago a young man who grew up poor on the Red Lake Reservation revolutionized snowmobile design. While working at Polaris, Andy Wells, […]
May 30, 2023

As cannabis legalization approaches in Minnesota, local businesses prepare for home growers

Ian Deshon has been waiting nearly a decade for cannabis legalization in Minnesota. “We opened the store over nine years ago thinking this law was […]
May 30, 2023

This airline is weighing passengers before they board international flights

A passenger stands on scales at Auckland International Airport as part of a survey to generate average weights for people traveling on Air New Zealand […]
May 30, 2023

LGBTQ+ activists call for new strategies to promote equality after Target backlash

Following Target’s announcement last week that it removed products and relocated Pride displays to the back of certain stores in the South, activists in the LGBTQ+ community […]
May 28, 2023

White House and GOP reach a deal in principle to stop the nation from defaulting

The Capitol is seen in Washington on May 22. J. Scott Applewhite | AP President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy reached an agreement in […]
May 27, 2023

Fixit culture is on the rise, but repair legislation faces resistance

Adam Savage, host of Tested, and right to repair advocate, shows off the lathe he's fixing at his San Francisco workshop. Chloe Veltman | NPR […]
May 27, 2023

3 years later, some north Minneapolis businesses are still recovering from unrest

Three years ago, the Twins Cities area broke out in unrest after Minneapolis police murdered George Floyd on May 25. Though much of the focus […]