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Court interpreters begin work stoppage amid pay dispute

Court interpreters begin work stoppage amid pay dispute

The interpreters, who play a key role in civil and criminal hearings in which participants have limited English proficiency, say that a new rate of $65 per hour that took effect Monday is nowhere near enough to keep pace with a quarter century of inflation.
by Matt Sepic

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How to make more and save more in 2024

How to make more and save more in 2024

A career coach and financial expert offer tips for starting off the new year on the right foot — financially.
by Angela Davis and Gretchen Brown

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What's Making Us Happy: A guide to your weekend viewing, reading and listening

What's Making Us Happy: A guide to your weekend viewing, reading and listening

Each week, Pop Culture Happy Hour guests and hosts share what’s bringing them joy. This week: the Fad Camp podcast, the novel “Silver Nitrate,” and America Ferrera’s much-discussed monologue in “Barbie.”
by Kristen Meinzer, Wailin Wong and Glen Weldon

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Lawmaker: Raise fertilizer fees to help pay cost of nitrate pollution

Lawmaker: Raise fertilizer fees to help pay cost of nitrate pollution

DFL Rep. Rick Hansen says farmers should pay higher fees for nitrogen fertilizer, the source of the majority of nitrate contamination in southeast Minnesota. Farm groups oppose the idea.
by Kirsti Marohn

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New development planned for Grand Marais downtown on site of 3 businesses previously destroyed by fire

New development planned for Grand Marais downtown on site of 3 businesses previously destroyed by fire

A large, mixed use development has been proposed for downtown Grand Marais that would include a restaurant, short term rentals and an event center and rooftop patio on the site of a 2020 fire that destroyed three businesses.
by Dan Kraker

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From Amazon to Facebook and Google, here's how platforms can 'decay'

From Amazon to Facebook and Google, here's how platforms can 'decay'

If you feel like some important places on the internet have been getting worse, you're not alone. In fact, there has been a whole lot of action in the last 12 months.
by Ari Shapiro, Michael Levitt and Patrick Jarenwattananon

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