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Steelworkers plan strike authorization votes at U.S. Steel facilities

Steelworkers plan strike authorization votes at U.S. Steel facilities

The United Steelworkers union said Saturday that its local leaders will be scheduling strike authorization votes, as negotiations for a new contract with U.S. Steel are at an impasse. That includes the Minntac and Keetac mines on Minnesota's Iron Range.
by MPR News Staff

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California lawmakers pass net neutrality bill

California lawmakers pass net neutrality bill

The net neutrality protections, which advocates call the strongest in the country, now go to the desk of Gov. Jerry Brown.

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No NAFTA deal: Canada-U.S. talks to resume next week

No NAFTA deal: Canada-U.S. talks to resume next week

After days of negotiations, the U.S. and Canada failed to agree on a deal by a Friday deadline to update the North American Free Trade Agreement. The U.S. and Mexico reached a pact earlier.
by Avie Schneider

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Enbridge, Fond du Lac Band reach deal to route Line 3 through reservation

Enbridge, Fond du Lac Band reach deal to route Line 3 through reservation

The financial terms of the deal are confidential. But the agreement provides Enbridge with easements through 2039 for the six existing oil pipelines that cross the reservation.
by Dan Kraker

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Trump proposes freezing federal worker salaries

Trump proposes freezing federal worker salaries

Civilian federal workers are set to get an automatic 2.1 percent raise next year, but it will be up to Congress to decide the ultimate fate of the increase.

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It's been a decade since the Great Recession. Has the economy fully recovered?

Ten years ago, the Lehman Brothers investment bank filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy. Their collapse is considered one of the first dominoes to fall in what ended up being a global financial crisis.
by Chris Farrell, Marcheta Fornoff and Jeffrey Bissoy

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Minnesota Sands takes mining ban to Supreme Court

Minnesota Sands takes mining ban to Supreme Court

The company is asking the Minnesota Supreme Court to review an appeals ruling that upheld Winona County's ban on mining frack sand.
by Associated Press

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