February 27, 2024

Congressional leaders hope to avoid a shutdown. But Ukraine aid is still unclear

President Biden and Vice President Harris met with House Speaker Mike Johnson and other top congressional leaders in the Oval Office on Feb. 27 to […]
February 27, 2024

Biden taps $366M to fund clean energy for Native American tribes and rural areas

The federal government will fund 17 projects across the U.S. to expand access to renewable energy on Native American reservations and in other rural areas, […]
February 27, 2024

Tackling the nursing home staffing crisis  

During the pandemic, people living and working in nursing homes and assisted living communities faced the brunt of COVID’s devastation.    Now there’s a new […]
February 27, 2024

The Cowles Center closes; dancers reflect on its impact

One of the Twin Cities’ preeminent performance spaces for dance concerts is closing. The Cowles Center for Dance & The Performing Arts, which operates the […]
February 26, 2024

FTC and 9 states sue to block Kroger-Albertsons supermarket merger

Kroger first announced its plans to buy Albertsons in October 2022. Rogelio V. Solis | AP 2022 U.S. regulators and nine state attorneys general are […]
February 26, 2024

This is what happens when a wind farm comes to a coal town

Keyser, West Virginia, is going through an energy transition as wind turbines are built around the traditional coal mining area. Haiyun Jiang for NPR Sheila […]
February 23, 2024

Kowalski’s Markets closing its grocery store in Eagan

Kowalski’s Markets is permanently closing its grocery store in Eagan this weekend. The store is located on Diffley Road just east of Interstate 35E. It […]
February 22, 2024

Some USDA programs have been mired in inequity. A panel's final report offers changes

Handy Kennedy, founder of AgriUnity cooperative, counts his cows on HK Farms on April 20, 2021 in Cobbtown, Ga. The cooperative is a group of […]
February 22, 2024

After 50 years, ‘Birkie Fever’ still running hot for northern Wisconsin cross country ski race

Long before the American Birkebeiner grew into the largest cross country ski race in North America, attracting more than 10,000 skiers from around the country […]
February 20, 2024

Capital One is acquiring Discover in a deal worth $35 billion

The logo for Capital One Financial is displayed above a trading post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, July 30, 2019. Capital […]