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A MNsure review found roughly one quarter of people enrolling after the annual open enrollment period closed had failed to document their eligibility.
Free ice cream at Dairy Queen! It's for a good cause
With large portions of the country preparing for heavy snow, severe storms or tornadoes on Tuesday, the first day of spring, Dairy Queen is handing out free ice cream cones.
Forget wealth and neighborhood. The racial income gap persists
A new study finds that the gap is actually largest in America's wealthiest neighborhoods, challenging widely-held beliefs about the relative impacts of class and race on life outcomes.
U.S. employers added 313,000 jobs in February, putting the U.S. unemployment rate at a 17-year low. Why is the economy doing well? Who is it benefitting? And what does that mean for the American worker?
DNR: No walleye keepers again this summer on Mille Lacs
Catch-and-release-only rules will be in effect for walleye on the iconic lake when the season opens May 12, though the DNR said the lake's spawning walleye population has improved from last year.
Facebook data whistleblower: firm created algorithms that took 'fake news to the next level'
A Trump-affiliated firm under scrutiny for inappropriately obtaining data on tens of millions of Facebook users created profiling algorithms that "took fake news to the next level," a former employee said.
In push for convenience, Walmart wants to help shoppers assemble furniture, mount TVs
Walmart has partnered with the app Handy to link customers with home-services professionals. Major retail companies are in a big movement, trying to become more than just places that sell you things.
Kushner Cos. filed false documents with NYC
The Kushner Cos. routinely filed false paperwork with the city of New York declaring it had zero rent-regulated tenants in dozens of buildings it owned across the city when, in fact, it had hundreds.
The man hoping to help lead the Environmental Protection Agency, Andrew Wheeler, is a former lobbyist for coal and natural gas companies, including Xcel Energy. As a young EPA lawyer, he worked on hazardous chemical rules.
Did paying property taxes early aid 2017 returns? We still don't know
As the filing deadline nears, the IRS won't say if those early property tax payments, driven by President Trump's tax law, are deductible for 2017. There is no guidance or certainty, Minnesota CPAs say.