Business and Economic News

A century, a pandemic and 13 editions later, Betty Crocker is still your 'helper in the kitchen'
A new Betty Crocker Cookbook edition is out this week — despite the pandemic sending its recipe developers home and into bare supermarkets with the rest of us.
Tentative deal averts strike by U of M service workers
Service workers at the University of Minnesota have reached a tentative contract agreement that a union official said provides “significant economic gains” for union members.
Eviction 'monsoon' clouds Hennepin County budget talks
The county department that offers free legal services to people facing eviction is asking for a significant budget increase to deal with a huge uptick in eviction filings.
Historic redevelopers across Minnesota troubled as tax credit ends
As construction continues in Duluth on two projects transforming iconic, historic downtown buildings into badly needed housing, developers worry that the expiration of a state historic tax credit will stall other expensive building renovations across the state.