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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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Jose Antonio Vargas on what it means to be an American

Jose Antonio Vargas on what it means to be an American

David Brooks speaks with Jose Antonio Vargas about the undocumented immigrant experience, and what it means to be an American.
by MPR News Staff

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Bus driver shortages are the new norm as new school year starts

Bus driver shortages are the new norm as new school year starts

Once again school districts around the state are facing a shortage of bus drivers. District bus coordinators say recruitment is now a year-round task, and they don't see any end to it.
by Euan Kerr

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EPA, U.S. Steel reach agreement on Duluth cleanup

A $75 million cleanup project at U.S. Steel Corporation's former Duluth site on the St. Louis River will begin next year.
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As wildfires rage, smoke chokes out farmworkers and delays some crops

As wildfires rage, smoke chokes out farmworkers and delays some crops

Smoke from wildfires is blanketing much of the West. That's ruining some crops and may be stunting others. And it's making it difficult or unsafe for laborers to pick the harvest.
by Anna King

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Ramsey County leaders OK huge development on site of former Twin Cities ammo plant

Ramsey County leaders OK huge development on site of former Twin Cities ammo plant

The Arden Hills site has been empty for more than 40 years but the master plan includes three residential neighborhoods, plus parks, retail and office space to be called Rice Creek Commons.
by Matt Sepic

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Four things that need to happen before PolyMet mine's future can be written

Four things that need to happen before PolyMet mine's future can be written

The PolyMet proposal -- and the prospect of a new copper-nickel mining industry amongst the forests and lakes of northeast Minnesota -- is the most divisive environmental issue the state has faced in decades.
by Dan Kraker

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