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Business and Economic News

Minnesota artists question state grant process

Minnesota artists question state grant process

One painter thinks she may have been denied a state grant because she was pregnant.
by Marianne Combs

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Rochester eyes 'game changer' transit plan. Will public get on board?

Rochester eyes 'game changer' transit plan. Will public get on board?

The city hopes to add 30,000 jobs over the next 20 years as Mayo Clinic expands. But that growth could make downtown a mess if city leaders don't figure out how to handle the traffic.
by Catharine Richert

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Trump inherits a healthy job market, with solid hiring

U.S. employers added 227,000 jobs last month, the Labor Department said Friday. That's the biggest gain since September, and it exceeded last year's monthly average of 187,000.
by Associated Press

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Building, and losing, a career on Facebook

Building, and losing, a career on Facebook

What a meme-maker and an investigative journalist teach us about the power of the Facebook empire, and how its opaque decisions harm real people.
by Aarti Shahani

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Uber CEO leaves business council after criticism from Trump opponents

Uber CEO leaves business council after criticism from Trump opponents

Travis Kalanick said in an email to employees, "Joining the group was not meant to be an endorsement of the President or his agenda but unfortunately it has been misinterpreted to be exactly that."
by Laura Sydell

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Bill to quash local labor regulations advances at Capitol

Bill to quash local labor regulations advances at Capitol

GOP legislators are seeking to eliminate what some call a "patchwork" of city rules to provide sick leave and short-circuit the Minneapolis effort to raise the minimum wage beyond what the state mandates.
by Tim Nelson

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Debate over copper mining near Boundary Waters heats up again

Debate over copper mining near Boundary Waters heats up again

"Copper kills jobs," Steve Piragis, owner of Piragis Northwoods Company in Ely, told the crowd in Duluth. "In Ely, we have hundreds of people who are employed in the business of fresh water, clean water, that brings people to us."
by Dan Kraker

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