Business and Economic News

Ag department wants to help farm kids with stress
State officials say the financial and emotional challenges affecting Minnesota farmers has hit farm kids even harder. Later this month, the state Department of Agriculture will offer two free workshops that give an overview of stressors unique to growing up on a farm.
Hiring rebounds in June as employers add 224,000 jobs
Job growth rebounded strongly last month as employers added 224,000 jobs. That followed a disappointing May when employers added just 72,000 jobs.
State regulators to revisit Line 3 environmental review; won't appeal court ruling
The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission announced Wednesday that it would not ask the state Supreme Court to reconsider a lower court ruling that its environmental review of the Enbridge pipeline replacement project insufficiently addressed the possible impact of an oil spill on Lake Superior.
'I don't feel safe': Puerto Rico preps for next storm without enough government help
Nearly two years after Hurricane Maria, the government has made vast improvements and residents have worked together to clean up their communities, but Puerto Rico remains extremely vulnerable.
Big farms find easy ways around Trump trade aid limits
The government paid out nearly $2.8 million to a Missouri soybean-growing operation registered as three entities. More than $900,000 went to five other farm businesses, in Indiana, Illinois, Tennessee and two in Texas. Three other farming operations collected more than $800,000. Sixteen more collected over $700,000.
Aspen Ideas Festival: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks at the 2019 Aspen Ideas Festival about the biggest social issues facing the internet: misinformation and harmful content, privacy, election integrity, and the balance of societal values with the constitutional requirement for free speech.
OPEC extends production cuts for 9 months, to shore up oil prices
Analysts are concerned about softening growth in global oil demand, driven by a cooling economy and heightened trade tensions. Meanwhile, U.S. oil production is booming.
AP-NORC poll: Trump not boosted by strong American economy
The solid economy is doing little to bolster support for President Trump, according to a new survey by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.