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Talking farming with Field Work podcast hosts 

Talking farming with Field Work podcast hosts 

Host Angela Davis talks with farmers Zach Johnson and Mitchell Hora about sustainable agriculture and the third season of their podcast Field Work
by Angela Davis and Maja Beckstrom

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MN government begins planning for potential shutdown

MN government begins planning for potential shutdown

Layoff notices were mailed to state employees to inform them most will be furloughed if no new budget is approved by June 30.
by Brian Bakst

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Scofflaws or victims? Businesses that broke COVID rules seek amnesty

Scofflaws or victims? Businesses that broke COVID rules seek amnesty

The Minnesota business restrictions imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic are gone. But the battle over license suspensions and fines against establishments that violated them isn’t over. In the Legislature and the courts, the validity of the enforcement actions is still being targeted.
by Brian Bakst

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How Tulsa Race Massacre shaped today's most successful Black CEOs

How Tulsa Race Massacre shaped today's most successful Black CEOs

Ariel Investments CEO John Rogers, TIAA CEO Thasunda Duckett, and former American Express CEO Kenneth Chenault reflect on what the Tulsa events a century ago has meant to them.
by David Gura

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‘Super cool’: Minnesota’s oldest Black-owned newspaper puts its archive online

‘Super cool’: Minnesota’s oldest Black-owned newspaper puts its archive online

Anyone interested in the history of daily life in the Twin Cities' Black community can now easily search online for stories dating back to 1934 from the Minneapolis Spokesman and other forerunners of today's Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder.
by Matt Mikus

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Buried alive in Mongolia's worst sandstorms in a decade

Buried alive in Mongolia's worst sandstorms in a decade

Even the rescue teams could not go forward during one of the fiercest of many sandstorms this spring in Mongolia. Herders have lost their animals — an estimated 1.6 million livestock — and their lives.
by Khaliun Bayartsogt and Emily Feng

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The buffet can stay: What the future of the cruise line industry looks like

The buffet can stay: What the future of the cruise line industry looks like

The first post-pandemic cruise from a U.S. port will embark next month. While they still have to follow CDC rules and guidelines, the go-ahead puts wind in the sails of cruise lines, which have high hopes for a quick recovery.
by Emma Bowman and Pien Huang

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Biden's $6T budget: Social spending, taxes on business

Biden's $6T budget: Social spending, taxes on business

President Biden is proposing a $6 trillion budget for next year that’s piled high with new safety net programs for the poor and middle class but that depends on taxing corporations and the wealthy to keep the nation’s spiking debt from spiraling totally out of control.
by The Associated Press

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The week that shook Big Oil

The week that shook Big Oil

A set of events shook the oil world this week: A tiny shareholder won a battle with Exxon, investors put pressure on Chevron and a Dutch court ordered Shell to slash emissions.
by Camila Domonoske

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