January 7, 2022

Employers added only 199,000 jobs in December even before omicron started to surge

A sign seeking workers is displayed at a fast food restaurant in Portland, Ore., on Dec. 27, 2021. Jenny Kane | AP Hiring slowed again […]
January 5, 2022

St. Paul’s Eclectic Black Dog Cafe Just Closed After 23 Years

Benedicts were big at Black Dog Cafe. | Black Dog Cafe/Facebook The trendsetting, catch-all cafe in Lowertown will reopen for one last night of service […]
January 5, 2022

What it's like to keep a restaurant going during the pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has done a number on restaurants across the state and around the globe, with the strain of managing infections among employees, setting […]
January 5, 2022

The global supply chain is amazingly efficient. So why did it break down?

The container ship Hyundai Hope is loaded in Norfolk, Va., on Dec. 1, 2021. Steve Helber/AP Wall Street Journal columnist Christopher Mims says the global […]
January 5, 2022

How to attract busy contractors to your home remodel

Brian Gawthrop has waited over six months to remodel his home. The Washington state-based certified financial planner and his wife have a long enough wish […]
January 5, 2022

The CDC resists pushback and says a test to get out of COVID isolation is not needed

People wait in line for a COVID-19 test at a testing site in Los Angeles on Tuesday. California is starting to feel the full wrath […]
January 4, 2022

Thousands of airline passengers are stranded. Here's what to do if you're one them

Travelers line up for flights at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago on Thursday. Nam Y. Huh/AP Holiday travelers anxious to return home are facing thousands […]
January 4, 2022

How staffing shortages grounded thousands of flights over the holidays

It looks like air travel is starting to return to a manageable place after a chaotic holiday season. Tuesday morning at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, […]
January 4, 2022

Child care is getting more support from some private companies

Some corporations are opening up their doors to providing more support for child care. Evgeniia Siiankovskaia/Getty Images Kayley Wolf is considering switching employers. But before […]
January 3, 2022

When dangerous strains of salmonella hit, the turkey industry responded forcefully. The chicken industry? Not so much.

ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. It wasn’t […]