September 8, 2022

Mystery company plans $1B data center on Xcel property in Becker

September 8, 2022

Colleges and universities largely escape scrutiny in student loan bailout

This story was produced by The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. As an advocate for people struggling […]
September 2, 2022

Mark Andrew’s retirement from State Fair food among many vendor transitions this year

New foods and exhibits are a big part of everyone’s State Fair fun, but so is the reliability of old haunts and the once-a-year treats […]
August 30, 2022

Analyses of how states responded to COVID highlighted in Walz-Jensen contest for governor

It was spring 2020, the beginning of the pandemic. City and state governments across the country were implementing stay-at-home orders. So much was unknown about […]
August 26, 2022

The stories, faces behind the 100 million Americans touched by medical debt

This story comes from KHN (Kaiser Health News) is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues. Together with Policy Analysis and Polling, […]
August 19, 2022

Officials estimate ‘remarkable’ $650 million for Minnesota broadband from infrastructure bill

Minnesota could be in line for an unprecedented windfall of money to help build high-speed internet in rural areas. Every state was promised a minimum […]
August 10, 2022

FCC rejects internet funding in Minnesota, nation, for embattled LTD Broadband

The Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday blocked LTD Broadband from using federal grants to build high-speed internet infrastructure in Minnesota and across the country, saying […]
August 5, 2022

D.C. Memo: Senate to vote on Inflation Reduction Act

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate was on standby for most of the week as members waited for Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema to make up her […]
August 1, 2022

Future prospects for legal sports betting in Minnesota rests with tribes, horse tracks

State Rep. Zack Stephenson was optimistic as he unveiled a bill to bring sports betting to Minnesota. In the four years since the U.S. Supreme […]
July 28, 2022

Capitol watchers ‘befuddled’ by rare bonding bill stall under legislative dealmaker Bakk

When a veteran DFL state senator who recently turned independent was tapped to help lead the Legislature’s efforts to finance public construction projects across the […]