November 19, 2020

Restaurants, gyms on the verge of COVID-19 closure worry about employees

Updated: Friday, Nov. 20, 2:10 p.m. With the spread of COVID-19 continuing unabated, Gov. Tim Walz is reimposing restrictions on many aspects of daily life. […]
November 19, 2020

Use it or lose it: Parents set wages aside for child care. Now it's at risk

The pandemic shuttered day care centers, after-school programs and camps this year, creating problems for some parents who put aside wages, pretax, to pay for […]
November 19, 2020

12 million to lose jobless benefits the day after Christmas unless Congress acts

Todd Anderson is a single dad raising four children in Mackinaw City, Mich. “I’m pretty honest and open with them,” he says. “They know we’re […]
November 19, 2020

New rules mean more pain for restaurant workers

Restaurant and bar workers who are already on shaky financial ground during the pandemic are facing new uncertainties as Minnesota’s latest restrictions on bars and […]
November 19, 2020

Lawmakers look for ways to help businesses, workers

Gov. Tim Walz’s decision to impose new four-week restrictions on bars, restaurants, gyms and other businesses amid sharply rising COVID-19 cases has prompted some state […]
November 19, 2020

Minnesota's unemployment rate drops to 4.6 percent in October

A help wanted sign hangs on the door of a Target store in Uniontown, Pa., Sept. 2. Minnesota’s unemployment rate dropped sharply last month to […]
November 19, 2020

Minnesota Restaurants and Bars Pause Dine-In Service Again

In the face of alarming COVID-19 numbers and a short supply of hospital beds, Minnesota’s governor Tim Walz announced on Wednesday, November 18, that Minnesota’s […]
November 18, 2020

State commits to wind energy for 3.2M, eyes onshore sites

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — New Jersey formally committed itself Wednesday to using offshore wind energy to power 3.2 million homes and will study the best […]
November 18, 2020

Trump-friendly Newsmax a sudden competitor to Fox News

NEW YORK — Now that his largely invisible network has suddenly been flooded by fans of President Donald Trump, Newsmax television personality Grant Stinchfield is […]
November 18, 2020

Conservation groups sue US to halt oil project in Alaska

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Conservation groups are suing the Trump administration to halt the approval of a development plan for a ConocoPhillips oil project in Alaska, […]