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March 24, 2024 8:50 AM

The IRS touts improved customer service and a hassle free filing option

With less than a month before the tax filing deadline, the IRS says tax season is going smoothly. The agency is investing billions of dollars to improve service and beef up tax enforcement.

by Scott Horsley

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March 22, 2024 8:38 AM

Buying or selling a home? How the real estate fee structure impacts you

A settlement by the National Realtors Association promises to change the way real estate agents are compensated. It could spell an end to 6% commissions, which are higher than people pay elsewhere.

by Scott Horsley

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March 22, 2024 4:50 AM

Tennessee becomes the first state to protect musicians and other artists against AI

The Ensuring Likeness Voice and Image Security Act, or ELVIS Act, is an updated version of the state's right of publicity law. The new legislation includes AI-specific protections.

by Rebecca Rosman

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March 22, 2024 4:00 AM

Craft brewed sodas and family fun are on tap at Northern Soda Company

Taprooms that brew and serve craft beers seem to be everywhere in the Twin Cities these days, but one New Brighton-based beverage maker is offering a non-alcoholic, family-friendly alternative to the taproom.

by Regina Medina

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March 21, 2024 4:46 PM

Lost wages, opportunities: College-educated immigrants find many barriers to high-skilled jobs in the U.S.

A bill in the Legislature aims to help one group — providing foreign-trained physicians an easier path to practice medicine in Minnesota.

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March 21, 2024 11:45 AM

Ecuadorians fleeing violence and economic distress seek a new start in Minnesota

The number of people from the South American country seeking asylum here has surged in recent years. Finding work and a place to live is difficult.

by Hibah Ansari

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March 21, 2024 8:08 AM

As Uber, Lyft departure looms, taxi CEO says industry is 'very good at pivoting'

If Uber and Lyft make good on their threat to stop service in the Twin Cities by May 1, it could mean a boom in business for the taxi industry. But there are far fewer taxis now since ridesharing entered the market about a decade ago.

by Cathy Wurzer and Gracie Stockton

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March 21, 2024 4:58 AM

AI images and conspiracy theories are driving a push for media literacy education

One of the nation's best-known media literacy events for high school students is expanding as demand grows for skills to identify deepfake images and online conspiracy theories.

by Kim Malcolm

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March 21, 2024 4:58 AM

With a federal menthol ban looming, tobacco companies push 'non-menthol' substitutes

The alternatives have a similar taste, packaging and marketing. Anti-smoking activists say this is a way to get around state and federal bans.

by Yuki Noguchi

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March 21, 2024 4:30 AM

Rupert Murdoch and new 'Washington Post' CEO accused of cover-up in hacking scandal

For the first time, the media titan was accused in court of knowing about a massive British tabloid-hacking scandal and helping to cover it up. The new leader of The Washington Post was named too.

by David Folkenflik

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Business and Economic News

The IRS touts improved customer service and a hassle free filing option

Buying or selling a home? How the real estate fee structure impacts you

Tennessee becomes the first state to protect musicians and other artists against AI

Craft brewed sodas and family fun are on tap at Northern Soda Company

Lost wages, opportunities: College-educated immigrants find many barriers to high-skilled jobs in the U.S.

Ecuadorians fleeing violence and economic distress seek a new start in Minnesota

As Uber, Lyft departure looms, taxi CEO says industry is 'very good at pivoting'

AI images and conspiracy theories are driving a push for media literacy education

With a federal menthol ban looming, tobacco companies push 'non-menthol' substitutes

Rupert Murdoch and new 'Washington Post' CEO accused of cover-up in hacking scandal

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