September 18, 2020

Postal service to stop misleading mailers in Colorado

DENVER — The U.S. Postal Service on Friday agreed to destroy any mailers with misleading information about Colorado mail voting that it had not already […]
September 18, 2020

AP Exclusive: Census layoffs ordered despite judge's ruling

ORLANDO, Fla. — Two weeks after a federal judge prohibited the U.S. Census Bureau from winding down the 2020 census, a manager in Illinois instructed […]
September 18, 2020

Mistake: Thousands told to return unemployment overpayment

BATON ROUGE, La. — A programming mistake caused thousands of out-of-work Louisiana residents to get notices saying they’d been overpaid thousands of dollars in unemployment […]
September 18, 2020

Cloquet Carlton County Airport gets $1.2 million grant to expand pilot training facilities

The Cloquet Carlton County Airport is expanding its pilot training facilities, creating what area boosters call an aeronautics workforce training center, with a $1.2 million […]
September 18, 2020

Mpls. Fed's Kashkari explains why he hasn't turned into a hawk on rates

Neel Kashkari, chief of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, said Friday he supported the central bank’s dovish interest-rate statement earlier this week but voted […]
September 18, 2020

CEO Paywatch: Retiring Hugh Sawyer from Regis made $890K last fiscal year

Hugh Sawyer Regis Corp. Chairman, president, CEO Total compensation: $889,861 for the year ended June 30 Salary: $861,821 Other compensation: $28,040 Total 2020 shareholder return: […]
September 18, 2020

Latina-owned radio business relocates from riot-stressed E. Lake Street to Richfield

La Raza Radio, burned out of its building by the riots and arson that scorched E. Lake Street in May, last week opened new offices […]
September 18, 2020

Watchdog: FAA not prepared to update jet evacuation rules

DETROIT — The Federal Aviation Administration hasn’t updated standards for emergency airliner evacuations in nearly two decades, a period when travelers have increasingly had to […]
September 18, 2020

Fine wine meets ‘hillbilly’ atmosphere at Scandia Valley Vineyards

An industry somewhat sidelined by the microbrewery boom of the last decade following the 2011 “Surly Bill” allowing breweries to sell their products in on-site […]
September 18, 2020

Princeton faces federal inquiry after acknowledging racism

The Trump administration has opened an investigation into racial bias at Princeton University, saying that the school’s recent acknowledgment of racism on campus amounts to […]