February 19, 2021

Shuttered Sam's Club in St. Louis Park will become a corporate headquarters

Office equipment supplier Loffler Companies will convert a former Sam’s Club in St. Louis Park into a new headquarters and warehouse for the company. Loffler’s […]
February 19, 2021

Texas officials warn of price gouging as state faces food, water shortages

Texas officials are reporting businesses are hiking up prices for food, water and hotel rooms following a winter storm that walloped Texas this week. This […]
February 18, 2021

Some electricity restored in Texas, but water woes grow

AUSTIN, Texas — Power was restored to more homes and businesses Thursday in states hit by a deadly blast of winter that overwhelmed the electrical […]
February 18, 2021

Texas crisis has governor facing big backer: energy industry

AUSTIN, Texas — As frozen Texas reels under one of the worst electricity outages in U.S. history, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has blamed grid operators […]
February 18, 2021

Former FCC Chairman Michael Powell elected to lead Mayo Clinic Board of Trustees

PHOENIX — Michael Powell, the former Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chair who oversaw the rapid transformation of communications markets into the digital age, was elected […]
February 18, 2021

Duluth's Joel Labovitz, who built Maurices into national retail chain, dies at 92

DULUTH – Joel Labovitz left a big stamp on the Duluth business community — one that officials and colleagues said was a powerful and positive […]
February 18, 2021

Evers and Republicans show rare signs of compromise

MADISON, Wis. — Gov. Tony Evers signed a bipartisan tax cut bill into law Thursday and signaled support for another bipartisan measure to help update […]
February 18, 2021

California governor gets vaccine tour boost as recall looms

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has spent the past two weeks doing a vaccination road show, traveling to inoculation sites to tout the […]
February 18, 2021

Yellen warns against paring Biden's $1.9T relief package

WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Thursday that recent signs of improvement in the U.S. economy are no reason to scale back the administration’s […]
February 18, 2021

Texas prices for lodging, necessities skyrocket amid storm

Hotel rooms for $1,000 a night. Gasoline prices spiking. Even bottled water prices doubling or tripling overnight. Officials in Texas say the winter storm that […]