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No one likes shopping for home or auto insurance. Here are tips to make saving less onerous.
Shopping around for insurance has always been essential to finding the best deal and having the right coverage for unexpected emergencies. But as the costs to repair and replace possessions continue to rise — and the prevalence of extreme weather also increases — choosing an insurance carrier and coverage has become an even more important decision.
'Peer specialists' emerge to support patients amid constrained mental health care access
Peer specialists provide support based on personal experience with addiction, mental health or other emotional and social challenges.
Target rolling back Pride product availability is a step backward, LGBTQ advocates say
While all Pride products will still be available online this year, the move is a reaction to conservative backlash last year that caused Target to pull some merchandise entirely.
Why Minnesota millennials feel worse off than their parents
The specter of the 2008 recession continues to haunt many millennials, whose income started slow and might not catch up to their parents.
Minnesota continues to add jobs as labor market shows signs of loosening
But the state still has two jobs for every job seeker.
Nortech Systems closing Blue Earth facility prompting 74 layoffs
Electronics manufacturer Nortech Systems closing Blue Earth Minnesota facility 74 layoffs
CHS poised to absorb large western Minnesota cooperative
West Central Ag Services has signed a non-binding letter of intent to join CHS.
The gender wage gap continues to plague Minnesota, U.S.
The gender pay gap exists at all income levels, but it widens as women earn more. Race exacerbates the disparity.
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Ramstad: Gustavus president Bergman calls aid glitch a 'massive disruption'
While attention focused on Gaza protests, colleges don't know who will be enrolled this fall.
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Ramstad: Minnetonka council meeting shows compromise on affordable housing is possible
Making change in an old neighborhood takes tough negotiating and thick skin.
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DFL resolves division on permitting and community solar credits in energy legislation
Despite late-session negotiations, energy legislation passed without any major upheaval.
Target cuts prices on thousands of basic items to lure budget shoppers away from Walmart
About 5,000 items will have reduced prices this summer as the Minneapolis retailer tries to appeal to deal seekers.
Biden and oil companies like this climate tech. Many Americans do not.
ExxonMobil and the Biden administration see in a grassy 100,000 acres a launchpad for one of the world's most audacious climate experiments, a plan to take emissions spewing from power plants and factories and trap them underground.
In surprise, Minnesota GOP backs Royce White to run against Klobuchar
The former basketball star-turned-activist was introduced by former Trump adviser Steve Bannon.
Dispute over Ramadan hours leaves owner of Turkish cafe facing drop in business
City officials say the owner ignored repeated citations for operating after hours that he received following a late-night shooting near his business.
As apartment construction stalls and vacancies fall, Twin Cities rents are likely to rise
Nearly 20,000 new apartments have been built in the Twin Cities area over the past two years, but construction is quickly tapering.
World's largest asset manager behind Duluth energy company Allete's $6.2B sale
BlackRock is buying Global Infrastructure Partners, which would be the majority owner of Allete if regulators approve the deal. That has raised some eyebrows among consumer advocates.
New overtime pay rules start July 1. Employers say that's too soon.
While several business groups bemoaned the change, employment advocates and job placement experts applauded the update, saying it was long overdue.
As criticism of DEI grows, Colette Campbell tries to keep it a priority at Bremer Bank
Q&A: Bremer's new people and culture officer talks DEI and why cultural representation matters in the banking industry.