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Business and Economic News

Rural Voice: The urgent need for affordable housing in rural communities

Rural Voice: The urgent need for affordable housing in rural communities

Affordable housing is a challenge in every part of the state. But rural communities are particularly pinched. Today, you’ll hear a conversation MPR News’ Kerri Miller hosted last month in Two Harbors, Minn., about how the North Shore region is experimenting with solutions to the housing crisis. This is the second in a four-part series featuring conversations from the Rural Voice project.
by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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Canadian strike could impede 'salties' bound for the Duluth-Superior harbor

Canadian strike could impede 'salties' bound for the Duluth-Superior harbor

Hundreds of striking workers in Canada have brought shipping to a standstill on the St. Lawrence Seaway, a move that could potentially have impacts on ocean-going ships traveling to and from the Duluth-Superior harbor — including a ship loading grain that’s bound for Algeria.
by Dan Kraker

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Minnesota job market, national economy holding steady

Minnesota job market, national economy holding steady

MPR News host Angela Davis talks with MPR News senior economics contributor Chris Farrell about the Minnesota and national job markets and how the economy is reacting to turmoil in the Middle East.
by Angela Davis and Chris Farrell

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Retiring Summit Brewing CEO reflects on Minnesota's changing beer scene

Retiring Summit Brewing CEO reflects on Minnesota's changing beer scene

The founder of Summit Brewing is retiring. Mark Stutrud founded Summit on University Avenue in St. Paul back in 1986 and while the extra pale ale they started is still on the menu, almost everything else about Summit and crafting beer in Minnesota has changed.
by Tom Crann, Ngoc Bui and Lukas Levin

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Fire burns former Lake Street Kmart building in Minneapolis

Fire burns former Lake Street Kmart building in Minneapolis

Fire crews responded to the call at about 5 a.m. and found flames and thick smoke coming from the vacant Kmart department store at Lake and Nicollet, just west of Interstate 35W. The building was scheduled for demolition next March.
by Estelle Timar-Wilcox and MPR News Staff

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