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Southwest is changing how it boards planes, but don’t expect it to be faster

Southwest is changing how it boards planes, but don’t expect it to be faster

Southwest Airlines is expected to say more this week about its major change to assigned seats. It’s part of a larger shift across the industry to maximize revenue, even if it makes boarding slower.
by Joel Rose

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Boeing makes a 'final offer' to striking workers, but union says it's not good enough

Boeing makes a 'final offer' to striking workers, but union says it's not good enough

Boeing said Monday it made a “best and final offer” to striking machinists, but the workers' union said the proposal isn't good enough and there won't be a ratification vote before Boeing's deadline.
by The Associated Press

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Minnesota-based company Yelloh, once better known as Schwan’s, announces November closure

Minnesota-based company Yelloh, once better known as Schwan’s, announces November closure

Once the operator of the largest fleet of freezer trucks in the U.S., Yelloh announced Monday it will wrap up operations in November. Until recently it was known as Schwan’s Home Delivery, famed for its iconic yellow trucks.
by Hannah Yang

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Minnesota Power plans to build solar projects in Cohasset and Royalton

Minnesota Power plans to build solar projects in Cohasset and Royalton

A Minnesota Power official called them a “key milestone” in the Duluth-based utility’s shift away from producing electricity by burning coal toward cleaner sources of energy.
by Kirsti Marohn

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Advancing climate action and racial equity

Advancing climate action and racial equity

MPR News host Angela Davis talks with Tonya Allen, the president of the McKnight Foundation.
by Angela Davis and Cari Dwyer

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To grow Minnesota’s future forests, an effort to collect seeds takes root

To grow Minnesota’s future forests, an effort to collect seeds takes root

There’s a surge of interest to plant millions more trees in Minnesota, but there’s a problem — there aren’t nearly enough seeds to plant those trees. Work is underway to change that.
by Dan Kraker

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Hazardous chemicals in food packaging can also be found in people

Hazardous chemicals in food packaging can also be found in people

Chemicals used in food packaging and linked with health problems have been detected in the human body. The chemicals can move from packaging into food.
by Pien Huang

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