August 14, 2020

Minneapolis mayor outlines broad plan for city budget

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey says the economic impact of COVID-19 continues to dramatically limit what the city can expect to spend next year. “Fifty-five percent […]
August 14, 2020

Eagle attacks woman along North Shore, bystander comes to the rescue

By Adelle Whitefoot, Duluth News Tribune When a juvenile bald eagle landed on the shores of Lake Superior across from Cascade Lodge and Restaurant in […]
August 14, 2020

Foxconn's $100 million pledge to university largely unmet

The University of Wisconsin-Madison has received less than 1 percent of the money that Taiwan-based Foxconn Technology Group pledged to it two years ago amid […]
August 13, 2020

Trump’s methane rollback that Big Oil doesn’t want

Pump jacks work in a field near Lovington, N.M., in 2015. The Trump administration is lifting an Obama-era rule aimed at limiting emissions of methane, […]
August 13, 2020

U.S. jobless claims fall below 1 million but remain high

The number of laid-off workers applying for unemployment aid fell below 1 million last week for the first time since the pandemic intensified five months […]
August 12, 2020

Payroll tax delay to boost take-home pay, but don’t spend it yet

Employers are supposed to stop withholding the payroll tax on Sept. 1. But companies need guidance from the IRS on exactly who is eligible to […]
August 12, 2020

Black women in MN struggle to access PPP loans

Sales at Angie Hall Sandifer’s custom-made hat business in St. Paul came to a crawl this spring when her main moneymaker, the Kentucky Derby, was […]
August 12, 2020

APM Marketplace special: Reimagining the Economy

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to one of the worst economic crises in our history. Once the public health emergency becomes manageable, this country still […]
August 10, 2020

Opioid scandal haunts drug companies as they respond to pandemic

Purdue Pharma, with headquarters in downtown Stamford, Conn., was forced into bankruptcy last year by the opioid crisis. As drug firms race to position themselves […]
August 10, 2020

'A homeless pandemic' looms as 30 million are at risk of eviction

President Trump’s new executive order to prevent evictions isn’t enough and Congress needs to act, housing activists say. Damian Dovarganes/AP Cruz Santos thought her life […]