Business and Economic News

Underpass underway: Downtown Moorhead project separating trains and traffic
A $120 million project will drop street traffic below two busy rail lines passing through Moorhead. Cars and pedestrians currently being forced to wait for trains to pass will now be able to move more freely.
Construction boom helps fuel job gains in March
U.S. employers added 303,000 jobs last month, and the unemployment rate dipped to 3.8 percent. Construction companies added 39,000 jobs, despite high interest rates.
Among shrinking news landscape, Southwest News Media announces closure of several Minnesota newspapers
Southwest News Media will stop publishing newspapers by the end of April. The news organization announced the closures Thursday, saying newspapers across the country are facing revenue challenges.
What to know about the risks of the bird flu outbreak
Cattle are getting sick with H5N1, and one person got sick in Texas. How bad could this be for dairy farms? Could it spread among people? Here's what scientists are learning.
Minneapolis rideshare drivers navigate future as Uber, Lyft exit approaches 
Uber and Lyft are threatening to leave Minneapolis following the approval of a driver pay ordinance by the city council. Now, emerging rideshare apps are exploring ways to step in while drivers prepare for the potential changes ahead.
Amazon is cutting hundreds of jobs in its cloud computing unit AWS
The AWS layoffs follow other layoffs that happened at Amazon and its subsidiaries this year, including at Prime Video, the MGM Studios unit and Twitch, the social media platform owned by Amazon.