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More Twin Cities road closures this week

More Twin Cities road closures this week

The Minnesota Department of Transportation says more Twin Cities roads will be closed starting tonight as a busy construction season continues.
by Kirsti Marohn

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Crookston grad's app links old-world banking, new-world tech

Crookston grad's app links old-world banking, new-world tech

Wemimo Abbey remembers the challenges of managing his finances when he came from Nigeria to the University of Minnesota Crookston. Now an entrepreneur, he hopes to ease that path for others with a modern app grounded in an ancient savings practice.
by Leezel Tanglao

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Analysts predict health care marketplace premiums will stabilize in 2019

Analysts predict health care marketplace premiums will stabilize in 2019

In signs the health care market may be maturing, an analysis of insurance filings shows premiums will rise less than 4 percent on average and companies plan to market more policies in more places.
by Alison Kodjak

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Trump's pollution rules rollback to hit coal country hard

Trump's pollution rules rollback to hit coal country hard

President Donald Trump picked West Virginia as the place to announce he'd roll back pollution rules for coal-fired power plants. But he didn't mention that coal country would be hit the hardest by the health impacts.
by The Associated Press

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Labor Day debate: Does globalization undermine the working class?

Labor Day debate: Does globalization undermine the working class?

Labor Day: Intelligence Squared debaters argue for and against the idea that globalization is to blame for the struggles of America's middle class.
by MPR News Staff

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Davis to join MPR News as host of daily 11 a.m. program

Davis to join MPR News as host of daily 11 a.m. program

A veteran Twin Cities journalist will join Minnesota Public Radio News this fall as host of its daily 11 a.m. program.
by MPR News Staff

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