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Supreme Court hears clash between LGBTQ and business owners' rights

Supreme Court hears clash between LGBTQ and business owners' rights

The case involves a Colorado web designer who says state law prevents her from designing wedding website because she believes that marriage should only be between a man and a woman.
by Nina Totenberg

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Green group pitches alternative vision for PolyMet site

Green group pitches alternative vision for PolyMet site

An environmental group fighting the proposed PolyMet copper-nickel mine in northeastern Minnesota has proposed an alternative vision for the site that reimagines it as a clean energy and manufacturing hub.
by Dan Kraker

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Senate DFLers tap college professor to lead ag committee

Senate DFLers tap college professor to lead ag committee

Sen. Aric Putnam isn’t a farmer and hasn’t worked in agriculture, but starting next month, he’ll chair the Senate Agriculture Committee. Before lawmakers head back to St. Paul, Putnam said he hopes to immerse himself in Minnesota agriculture.
by Dana Ferguson

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Legal losses keep coming for Biden's student loan relief plan

Legal losses keep coming for Biden's student loan relief plan

The 5th Circuit Court rejected a Education Department appeal on Wednesday, the latest setback in several parallel lawsuits. The administration is expected to ask the Supreme Court to weigh in.
by Elissa Nadworny

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'Send help': Minnesotans worry as heating costs climb, winter nears

'Send help': Minnesotans worry as heating costs climb, winter nears

After a big infusion of federal pandemic funding last year, heating assistance grants have dropped back to pre-pandemic levels while fuel prices surge. It’s left many low-income Minnesotans wondering how they will pay their bills and stay warm this winter.
by Dan Gunderson

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House votes to avert rail strike, impose deal on unions

House votes to avert rail strike, impose deal on unions

Congress is moving urgently to head off the looming U.S. rail strike. The House passed a bill Wednesday that would bind companies and workers to a proposed settlement reached in September that failed to gain the support of all 12 unions involved.
by The Associated Press

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Why has the U.S. House voted to block railroad workers from negotiating a new contract?

Why has the U.S. House voted to block railroad workers from negotiating a new contract?

Host Cathy Wurzer talks with Louis Johnston, professor in the Economics department at Saint John’s University about a possible strike among railroad workers and the U.S. House of Representatives vote on stopping it.
by Ellen Finn and Cathy Wurzer

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U.S. lawmakers skeptical grocery merger will mean lower prices

U.S. lawmakers skeptical grocery merger will mean lower prices

U.S. senators from both parties have expressed skepticism that a proposed merger between grocery giants Kroger and Albertsons will lower prices for consumers. But the CEOs of Kroger and Albertsons insisted Tuesday that there will still be competition. They told a hearing that a merger will help them counter growing rivals like Walmart, Costco and Amazon. 
by The Associated Press

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