July 31, 2022

You could get paid to eat candy as a Canadian company's chief candy officer

A Canadian company is hiring a chief candy officer to taste test candy. Leonard Towers/Flickr Turns out you might be able to eat candy for […]
July 31, 2022

Millions of Americans have long COVID. Many of them are no longer working

Georgia Linders got sick with COVID in the spring of 2020 and never recovered. Her ongoing battle with long COVID has prevented her from working. […]
July 30, 2022

Professional landscapers are reluctant to plug into electric mowers due to cost

Austin Acocella, co-owner of Acocella Landscaping in Westchester County, N.Y., is holding onto his gas-powered mowers. He says electric ride-ons are too expensive for him […]
July 29, 2022

State agencies investigating major fish kill in southeast Minnesota trout stream

State agencies are investigating what killed an estimated 2,500 fish, mostly brown trout, along a stretch of trout stream in southeastern Minnesota earlier this week. […]
July 29, 2022

The U.S. government underestimated the cost of the student loan program by billions

Students at Pasadena City College, in Pasadena, Calif., participate in a graduation ceremony in 2019. Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images ​​A new report from the […]
July 28, 2022

Capitol watchers ‘befuddled’ by rare bonding bill stall under legislative dealmaker Bakk

When a veteran DFL state senator who recently turned independent was tapped to help lead the Legislature’s efforts to finance public construction projects across the […]
July 28, 2022

U.S. economy just had a 2nd quarter of negative growth. Is it in a recession?

Workers at a construction site. Joe Raedle/Getty Images Updated July 28, 2022 at 8:32 AM ET The U.S. economy shrank in the last three months […]
July 28, 2022

American Crystal Sugar union workers reject contract offer

American Crystal Sugar Company workers have rejected a company contract offer that would have provided a 17 percent pay increase over four years by what […]
July 27, 2022

Cut Out of Work Early for These Twin Cities Happy Hours

Cocktails at Nolo’s. | Nolo’s Kitchen Deals on bar bites and drinks around the metro What’s better than capping off a long day of work […]
July 26, 2022

A growing number of Americans are questioning the value of going to college

The share of Americans who believe colleges and universities have a positive impact on the country has declined since 2020, according to recent survey. Seth […]