December 29, 2020

State capitols face showdown over COVID powers and spending

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — State lawmakers across the country will convene in 2021 with the continuing COVID-19 pandemic rippling through much of their work — […]
December 29, 2020

Minnesota's lowest wage workers to get a raise of 6 to 8 cents an hour

More than 200,000 of Minnesota’s lowest wage workers are getting a raise Friday when the state raises the minimum wage to account for inflation. Large […]
December 29, 2020

'Surge on top of a surge' to challenge California hospitals

LOS ANGELES — Coronavirus hospitalizations are stabilizing in parts of California, but patients are still overwhelming hospitals in a large swath of the state, leading […]
December 29, 2020

COVID-19 pandemic revealed problems and pushed lasting changes in the food chain

Those changes meant more people in grocery stores and fewer in restaurants. It meant reduced quantities of some items on grocery store shelves and higher […]
December 29, 2020

Looking Back at 2020 with Our Most Popular Food News Stories of the Year

This past year has been one of remarkable change for the Twin Cities dining world. In January and February, we could have no idea what […]
December 29, 2020

Austin restaurants get boost with help from Hormel

At a time when the impacts of COVID-19 have closed the doors of many restaurants — temporarily or permanently — Josh Diaz is busier than […]
December 29, 2020

Boeing Max returns to U.S. skies with first passenger flight

American Airlines flew a Boeing 737 Max with paying passengers from Miami to New York on Tuesday, the plane’s first commercial flight in U.S. skies […]
December 29, 2020

Trump lashes out at GOP after override vote on defense bill

President Donald Trump lashed out at congressional Republicans on Tuesday after the House easily voted to override his veto of a defense policy bill. A […]
December 29, 2020

U.S. home prices rise at fastest pace in more than 6 years

U.S. home prices jumped in October by the most in more than six years as a pandemic-fueled buying rush drives the number of available properties […]
December 29, 2020

Line 3 opponents file federal suit to try to block the pipeline

Opponents of the Line 3 oil pipeline replacement project have filed a federal suit seeking to halt construction on the project, arguing that a key water […]