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Rising diesel prices burn through school and bus operator budgets

Rising diesel prices burn through school and bus operator budgets

As diesel prices reach all time highs, school districts and their bus operators are looking for ways to stretch every cent to keep the wheels turning.
by Matt Mikus

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Millions of older Americans don't have enough to eat, as food prices rise beyond fixed incomes

Millions of older Americans don't have enough to eat, as food prices rise beyond fixed incomes

Inflation in food prices can hit even harder for people in their 60s and older as they also juggle fixed incomes, health problems and changes in federal law. Experts say the age group is a “forgotten population” when it comes to food insecurity.

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Minnesota is losing hospital obstetrics units faster than most states, new data finds

Minnesota is losing hospital obstetrics units faster than most states, new data finds

Minnesota is one of only eight states that lost more than 20 percent of hospital-based labor and delivery units since 2010. It’s part of a nationwide trend of hospitals closing birthing centers across the U.S, especially in rural areas, where obstetrics services tend to be too expensive to staff for the relatively few babies delivered each year.
by Molly Castle Work

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Minnesota unemployment rate rises above national rate for first time since 2007

Minnesota unemployment rate rises above national rate for first time since 2007

Alene Tchourumoff, the lead author of the Minneapolis Fed's recent report on lower-income Minnesotans, discussed what data points like the unemployment rate could mean for Minnesota families.
by Clay Masters and Ben Revier

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How are Minnesota ranchers reacting to Trump's plan to import beef?

How are Minnesota ranchers reacting to Trump's plan to import beef?

Kaitlyn Root, the Minnesota State Cattlemen's executive director and beef quality assurance coordinator, explains the concerns Minnesota ranchers have with the new beef imports announced by President Trump.
by Clay Masters and Ben Revier

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Why are Minnesota electricity bills going up?

Why are Minnesota electricity bills going up?

Hot temperatures, grid upgrades and higher returns are some of the factors behind energy costs.
by Harshawn Ratanpal

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Hastings sues 3M over ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water

Hastings sues 3M over ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water

The lawsuit alleges that chemicals known as PFAS emitted from the smokestacks of 3M's Cottage Grove facility were carried downwind and deposited onto the soil, where they leached into Hastings' public wells.
by Kirsti Marohn

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Family, friends remember farmer who supplied Minnesota State Fair's Corn Roast

Family, friends remember farmer who supplied Minnesota State Fair's Corn Roast

For more than two decades, farmer Jerry Untiedt supplied each year’s Minnesota State Fair with hundreds of thousands of ears of fresh sweet corn for the Corn Roast stand. He passed away in July.
by Estelle Timar-Wilcox

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What’s behind the financial strain Americans are feeling?

What’s behind the financial strain Americans are feeling?

MPR News host Angela Davis talks about why so many Americans feel financially squeezed. From soaring airfares to trouble keeping up with buy now, pay later loans, they’ll examine what’s straining household budgets — and what those pressures reveal about the economy.
by Angela Davis and Nikhil Kumaran

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