January 3, 2021

Affordable-housing project near Minneapolis Farmers Market among dozens getting Minnesota funding

An employee-owned housing developer from Ohio is partnering with Project for Pride in Living (PPL), a Twin Cities nonprofit pioneer of affordable-housing and supportive services, […]
January 3, 2021

IS gunmen kill 11 minority Shiite coal miners in SW Pakistan

QUETTA, Pakistan — Gunmen opened fire on a group of minority Shiite Hazara coal miners after abducting them, killing 11 in southwestern Baluchistan province early […]
January 3, 2021

The sweet science of BĒT Vodka, the vodka made from sugarbeets

“The craft beer industry is really saturated. There’s a bunch of breweries; distillers, very very few,” he said. “So we kind of had the lightbulb […]
January 3, 2021

Trinity Business Partners Welcomes Brandy Yetzer

Brandy Yetzer has joined the team at Trinity Business Partners as the Office Administrator. Brandy has over 25 years of experience with office and customer […]
January 2, 2021

Fund for St. Paul businesses hurt by unrest holding $800,000

St. Paul, Minn. — A fund to help St. Paul businesses affected by vandalism after the death of George Floyd has not yet distributed 75% […]
January 2, 2021

IRS says Prince's estate undervalued by 50%, triggering another dispute in settlement

The Internal Revenue Service claims the executors of Prince’s estate have lowballed its value by 50%, or about $80 million, triggering a dispute that could […]
January 2, 2021

Iraq says it has dismantled mine on tanker in Persian Gulf

BAGHDAD — Iraq’s military on Saturday said explosives experts with its naval forces successfully dismantled a mine that was discovered stuck to an oil tanker […]
January 2, 2021

New governor sworn in as a wary Puerto Rico demands changes

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Pedro Pierluisi vowed to achieve statehood for Puerto Rico and fight against poverty, corruption and COVID-19 after he was sworn […]
January 2, 2021

Minnesota GOP lawmakers sue to undo state employee pay raise

MINNEAPOLIS — A pair of Minnesota Republican lawmakers is suing the state’s budget agency in an attempt to halt pay raises for state employees. The […]
January 2, 2021

VIRUS TODAY: Few Native Americans sign up for virus trials

Here’s what’s happening Saturday with the pandemic in the U.S.: THREE THINGS TO KNOW TODAY: — Few Native American tribes have signed up to take […]