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Ground Level: The real St. Cloud

Ground Level: The real St. Cloud

Nearly 50 people gathered at the Great River Regional Library in St. Cloud to discuss the past and the future of this once-small central Minnesota town on the Mississippi River.
by MPR News Staff

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St. Paul City Council proposes steps to address housing problems in city

St. Paul City Council proposes steps to address housing problems in city

Council members unanimously passed what they described as a call for action "to create and preserve housing that is affordable at all income levels, address racial, social and economic disparities in housing, and create infrastructure needed to stabilize housing for all in Saint Paul."
by Nina Moini

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Voices from the Bayou

From the Larose Civic Center in Louisiana, Kerri Miller speaks to a gathering of engineers, educators, shrimpers, tribal leaders and others about their ideas, programs and progress for improving quality life along the last miles of the Mississippi.
by Kerri Miller, Jeff Jones and Marcheta Fornoff

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Trump ready to hit all Chinese imports with tariffs

Trump ready to hit all Chinese imports with tariffs

The administration to date has slapped tariffs on $34 billion of Chinese goods in a trade dispute over what it calls the nation's predatory practices.
by The Associated Press

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How can the Midwest fix the ocean it has killed?

How can the Midwest fix the ocean it has killed?

What Midwest agriculture puts into the soil is polluting a massive chunk of the Gulf of Mexico. Solutions to the massive ocean dead zone are out there, but they're not easy.
by Cody Nelson

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Disney prevails in hunt for Fox as Comcast drops bid

Disney prevails in hunt for Fox as Comcast drops bid

Disney is poised to take over most of the entertainment assets of 21st Century Fox. The new mega-studio is to compete with streaming giants Netflix and Amazon. A fight still looms over Sky.
by David Folkenflik

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Farmers fret and wait as US-China trade war escalates

Farmers fret and wait as US-China trade war escalates

Many anxious American farmers are delaying purchases and investment while hoping for a truce in a U.S.-China trade war that has left their crops at a competitive disadvantage overseas.
by Associated Press

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Minnesota jobless rate steady in June at 3.1 percent

Minnesota's June unemployment rate remained significantly better than the U.S. rate, although the state's 12-month job growth lagged the nation, state officials said Thursday.
by MPR News Staff

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