January 30, 2023

New Warroad campus teaches robot maintenance as worker shortage continues

The Marvin Windows flagship factory in Warroad has a common problem: not enough workers. “There's a scarcity and it's maybe even more exacerbated in a […]
January 27, 2023

St. Paul’s Best-Kept Secret Is a New Jamaican Restaurant Serving Braised Oxtail and Escovitch Fish

Oxtail stew from Nanny’s. Nanny’s Jamaican Kitchen is Rice Street’s newest spot for festival dumplings, beef patties, and even a vegan stew with roots in […]
January 27, 2023

Minnesota House passes bill requiring carbon-free electricity by 2040

The Minnesota House of Representatives passed a landmark bill Thursday night requiring the state’s electric utilities to get all of their electricity from carbon-free sources […]
January 27, 2023

Migration could prevent a looming population crisis. But there are catches

Experts say migration could offset falling birth rates — if politics don't get in the way. Didier Pallages/AFP via Getty Images To developmental economist Lant […]
January 26, 2023

Social media platforms face pressure to stop online drug dealers who target kids

Critics say Snap, the maker of Snapchat, needs to do more to stop on-line drug dealers. The company told NPR it's improving safety measures and […]
January 26, 2023

America's eggs-istential crisis

A rooster crows in a new day at Back Forty Farms in Nampa, Idaho. The rising price of eggs as well as shortages in some […]
January 26, 2023

Walz pitches $3.3 billion public works plan

A massive public works package that would build and fix up ice arenas, water plants, fire stations, bridges and more will test the limits of […]
January 26, 2023

What tracking one Walmart store's prices for years taught us about the economy

People shop at a Walmart in California in late 2021, with a few empty shelves amid the global supply-chain crisis. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty […]
January 26, 2023

5 takeaways from the massive layoffs hitting Big Tech right now

Google last week announced it would layoff 12,000 people from its staff, the latest Big Tech company to enact mass workforce reductions in recent months. […]
January 26, 2023

Boeing faces a criminal charge of fraud related to deadly 737 Max crashes

People holding photos of those lost in Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 and Lion Air Flight 610 wait for the start of a Senate Committee on […]