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November market stays hot for Twin Cities homebuilders
With existing homes in short supply, suburban-bound buyers continue to turn to new construction.
UnitedHealth executive returns after COVID-19 vaccine work
Andrew Witty's return after more than seven months working with the World Health Organization on development of coronavirus vaccines comes as UnitedHealth Group weighs impact of virus.
Doctors group asks governor to halt Enbridge pipeline construction because of COVID-19 concerns
The group held an event Wednesday morning in front of the governor's residence in St. Paul.
Pohlads leave the radio business, selling its Go stations to a Christian nonprofit
The hip-hop outlet Go 95.3 FM and rock station Go 96.3 will change formats early next year.
With dental, vet clinics gaining businesses again, Patterson saw good quarter
Mendota Heights-based company saw boost because of efforts to prevent COVID-19, but not all the growth was attributed to that.
Minnesota considers new lease on defaulted mining project in Nashwauk
Governor and state executive council will review plan Wednesday.
Nurses wanted: Swamped hospitals scramble for pandemic help
U.S. hospitals slammed with COVID-19 patients are trying to lure nurses and doctors out of retirement, recruiting students and new graduates who have yet to earn their licenses and offering eye-popping salaries in a desperate bid to ease staffing shortages.
Construction on Enbridge pipeline begins as new lawsuit filed to delay $2.6B project
State regulators will rule Friday on a different pipeline request.
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Lee Schafer
Schafer: Election revealed an economic paradox: Those doing well voted for change
What was already a very divided country remains one. And one of the biggest dividing lines is economic.
Neal St. Anthony
Twin Cities-based small-business counselors look beyond 2020 challenges
Meda is looking at requests of up to $20 million that cannot be filled, its CEO said.
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Minnesotans' spending helps flip state budget to surplus, for now
A $1.3 billion shortfall is forecast for the next budget cycle.
With rink, ice maze, ice-cream social, Stillwater hopes to light up pandemic winter
Town wants tourists but not too many at once.
Minnesotans in Congress hope for $908 billion COVID relief deal
Klobuchar and Phillips working toward a bipartisan package.
Cargill argues in front of Supreme Court in child labor case
A 15-year-old lawsuit alleges Cargill and Nestlé abetted child slave labor on cocoa farms in W. Africa.
Bidder's nearly $2K wins him the big red 'K' from former Lake Street Kmart
Buyer intends to gussy up the 9-foot-tall letter as a Christmas ornament and put it on his front lawn in Lake Elmo.
Minn. officials approve cannabis use for sickle cell disease, tic disorders
However, they again rejected use of medical marijuana for those with anxiety.
Proposed Nasdaq rule would push companies to diversify boards
St. Catherine University expert said requirement could be "game changer."
Mining company pauses Grey Cloud Island expansion
Some residents say they remain wary of future operations near homes.
First vaccine doses will be targeted, health officials say
First doses could come in December, but they will likely go to health care workers and high-risk groups. "It won't be a situation where you line up outside a grocery store," Minnesota infectious disease director Kris Ehresmann said.
Developer moves ahead with Lake Street, Edina apartment projects
Amid pandemic, apartments in Minneapolis, Edina target low-income tenants.