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Minnesota's highest-paid CEOs made 7% more, with top earner making $59.4M

Number Crunch

Minnesota's highest-paid CEOs made 7% more, with top earner making $59.4M

The 50 highest paid CEOs made a total of $495.5 million. Still, that figure is down 23.6% from 2020.

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Here's how the University of Minnesota will pay its athletes

Gophers

Here's how the University of Minnesota will pay its athletes

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Paul McCartney to play U.S. Bank Stadium in October

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Paul McCartney to play U.S. Bank Stadium in October

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Twin Cities Suburbs

Former star on Gophers NCAA title hockey teams strikes plea deal for 4th DWI

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La Velle E. Neal III

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Law enforcement shoots domestic assault suspect after pursuit in northwestern Minnesota

Greater Minnesota

Law enforcement shoots domestic assault suspect after pursuit in northwestern Minnesota

The BCA is investigating. The condition of the man who was shot is still unknown.

St. Cloud

First new Minnesota medical school campus in 50 years aims to train rural doctors

St. Cloud

First new Minnesota medical school campus in 50 years aims to train rural doctors

Greater Minnesota

University of Minnesota Extension cutting 60 county educators due to Trump tax bill

Greater Minnesota

University of Minnesota Extension cutting 60 county educators due to Trump tax bill

Greater Minnesota

Law enforcement shoots domestic assault suspect after pursuit in northwestern Minnesota

Greater Minnesota

Law enforcement shoots domestic assault suspect after pursuit in northwestern Minnesota

The BCA is investigating. The condition of the man who was shot is still unknown.

Greater Minnesota

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Rochester man faces murder charges in last week’s fatal shooting

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Olson: Minnesota Republicans' waste, fraud and abuse committee gets stuck in the mud

Rochelle Olson

Columnists

Olson: Minnesota Republicans' waste, fraud and abuse committee gets stuck in the mud

Rochelle Olson

There’s little confidence this panel will help overwhelmed county employees and cut red tape, both of which would combat fraud.

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Commentaries

Opinion | Trump is right to propose $1,000 for babies, but this is just a start

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Columnists

Olson: Minnesota Republicans' waste, fraud and abuse committee gets stuck in the mud

Rochelle Olson

Columnists

Olson: Minnesota Republicans' waste, fraud and abuse committee gets stuck in the mud

Rochelle Olson

There’s little confidence this panel will help overwhelmed county employees and cut red tape, both of which would combat fraud.

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Olson: Minnesota Republicans' waste, fraud and abuse committee gets stuck in the mud

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Sports

Sports

RandBall: Is it time to think differently about Twins' Simeon Woods Richardson?

Michael Rand

A lot of Twins observers have been focused on what pitcher Simeon Woods Richardson doesn’t do. In today’s 10 things to know, Michael Rand argues there needs to be a shift.

Gophers

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La Velle E. Neal III

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Twins sink Cubs again, but Buxton exits after being hit with pitch

Food & Culture

Eat & Drink

How TikTok-inspired dishes landed on the MN State Fair’s new foods list

Eat & Drink

How TikTok-inspired dishes landed on the MN State Fair’s new foods list

Vendors are taking a page from social media to bring fairgoers a taste of viral sensations like Dubai chocolate, croffles and smash burger tacos.

Travel

Minneapolis nonprofit takes travelers across rural Italy: ‘Walk with your hearts’

Travel

Minneapolis nonprofit takes travelers across rural Italy: ‘Walk with your hearts’

Home & Garden

How to identify the three 'house' birds that hang out in Minnesota backyards

Home & Garden

How to identify the three 'house' birds that hang out in Minnesota backyards

Eat & Drink

How TikTok-inspired dishes landed on the MN State Fair’s new foods list

Eat & Drink

How TikTok-inspired dishes landed on the MN State Fair’s new foods list

Vendors are taking a page from social media to bring fairgoers a taste of viral sensations like Dubai chocolate, croffles and smash burger tacos.

News & Politics

Twin Cities Suburbs

Suspect on run is charged with stabbing man, leaving him to die on Twin Cities sidewalk

Police said they are concerned that the suspect could be fleeing to Mexico.

Minneapolis

Family IDs man fatally shot while riding scooter in Minneapolis over July 4th weekend

Twin Cities Suburbs

Former star on Gophers NCAA title hockey teams strikes plea deal for 4th DWI

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Paul McCartney to play U.S. Bank Stadium in October

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Number Crunch

Minnesota's highest-paid CEOs made 7% more, with top earner making $59.4M

Number Crunch

Minnesota's highest-paid CEOs made 7% more, with top earner making $59.4M

The 50 highest paid CEOs made a total of $495.5 million. Still, that figure is down 23.6% from 2020.

Business

Ramstad: We’re wary of the super-rich. Also, we want to be the super-rich.

Evan Ramstad

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Ramstad: We’re wary of the super-rich. Also, we want to be the super-rich.

Evan Ramstad

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Science Museum of Minnesota to lay off 43 workers

Economy

Science Museum of Minnesota to lay off 43 workers

Number Crunch

Minnesota's highest-paid CEOs made 7% more, with top earner making $59.4M

Number Crunch

Minnesota's highest-paid CEOs made 7% more, with top earner making $59.4M

The 50 highest paid CEOs made a total of $495.5 million. Still, that figure is down 23.6% from 2020.

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The ‘Queen of Walleye’ raises millions of fish in St. Paul basement

The state's oldest fish hatchery is in need of upgrades, advocates and some lawmakers say.

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