Business and Economic News

Amazon tells Minnesota it will shut down Shakopee center, lay off 680 workers
Amazon told the state its sort center complex in the southwest metro area will close effective March 31. A company spokesperson said the workers affected will be offered opportunities at facilities elsewhere in the Twin Cities region.
New Warroad campus teaches robot maintenance as worker shortage continues
Northwestern Minnesota manufacturing companies are struggling with worker shortages. One solution is to invest in more automation technology. To help train the skilled workers needed to run that technology, Minnesota’s newest college campus is now open in Warroad.
North Dakota landowners at odds in carbon pipeline plans
The proposed $4.5 billion carbon pipeline project would capture carbon dioxide emissions across neighboring states and deposit the emissions deep underground in North Dakota.
Minnesota House passes bill requiring carbon-free electricity by 2040
The Minnesota House of Representatives passed a landmark bill Thursday night requiring the state’s electric utilities to get all of their electricity from carbon-free sources by 2040.
Migration could prevent a looming population crisis. But there are catches
“Population decline” is a mild way to describe what could be a global demographic crisis, according to experts. But while migration may be the obvious solution, politics could get in the way.
Walz pitches $3.3 billion public works plan
The $3.3 billion bonding bill would shatter prior records but would require GOP support for Gov. Tim Walz to pull off.
Feds slap 20-year mining ban on land near Boundary Waters
The U.S. Department of the Interior issued a 20-year ban Thursday on new mining projects on 225,000 acres of federal land near the Boundary Waters, dealing a huge blow to the proposed Twin Metals mine near Ely, Minn.