November 20, 2020

Can't find a chess set? Thank 'The Queen's Gambit'

Anya Taylor-Joy plays a swaggering chess prodigy in the new Netflix hit, “The Queen’s Gambit.” Its success may lead to a shortage of chess sets […]
November 20, 2020

Coming up: Are Minnesota's new COVID-19 restrictions enough?

This weekend, new restrictions meant to tamp down the spread of COVID-19 take effect in Minnesota under the guidance of Gov. Tim Walz. Once again, […]
November 20, 2020

Tyson managers suspended after allegedly betting if workers would contract COVID

A lawsuit filed by the family of a former Tyson employee who died of COVID-19 complications alleges company supervisors were instructed by high level officials […]
November 19, 2020

DNR will review copper-nickel mining rules near Boundary Waters

Attorneys for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and environmental group Northeastern Minnesotans for Wilderness agreed on Wednesday to have the state agency review its […]
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 […]