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Judge largely backs state regulators’ handling of PolyMet permit

Judge largely backs state regulators’ handling of PolyMet permit

Ramsey County District Court Judge John Guthmann largely sided with the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency’s handling of a key water quality permit for the proposed PolyMet copper-nickel mine. But the judge ruled that the MPCA improperly destroyed documents critical to the case.
by Dan Kraker

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New jobless claims drop below 1 million, but there's a caveat

New jobless claims drop below 1 million, but there's a caveat

Another 881,000 people applied for state unemployment benefits last week, the Labor Department says. That's down from the previous week, but the report comes with an asterisk.
by Scott Horsley

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Yao Yang seeks generational change at Hmong Chamber of Commerce

Yao Yang seeks generational change at Hmong Chamber of Commerce

Some women business owners say they’ve felt neglected by the Minnesota Hmong Chamber of Commerce. Yao Yang is determined to change that.

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COVID-19 looms over sugar beet harvest

COVID-19 looms over sugar beet harvest

Sugar beet growers and processors hire thousands of workers each year of the harvest. This year they need to protect them from COVID-19 to ensure the harvest is brought in.
by Dan Gunderson

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Workers at 3 Twin Cities establishments push to unionize

MPR News host Cathy Wurzer spoke with Dylan Thomas, a reporter at Minneapolis – St. Paul Business Journal who has been following worker efforts to unionize at several Twin Cities establishments.
by Cathy Wurzer and Britta Greene

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Gyms beckon a cautious public back

Gyms beckon a cautious public back

Gyms are reopening with fewer people and more protocols, and they want to rehabilitate their pandemic-battered image. Although there's not much evidence, they say the science is on their side.
by Will Stone

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