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August 23, 2016 4:00 AM

Barrel making booms in northern Minnesota

The new generation of local distilleries means business is booming for one whiskey barrel maker in Park Rapids.

by John Enger

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August 23, 2016 4:00 AM

Allina, nurses resume talks as strike threat raises stakes

Negotiators for Allina Health and the nurses' union return to the bargaining table with positions little changed, but the stakes much higher as the threat of an open-ended strike looms.

by Martin Moylan

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August 23, 2016 12:00 AM

Aspen Ideas Festival: Andy Stern calls for 'Universal Basic Income'

The idea pitched this hour is that the job market disruptions we see in the economy may not be temporary, and the best way to provide a shock-absorber to individual Americans is to just give them money. Andy Stern is out with a new book proposing a universal basic income, it's titled "Raising the Floor."

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August 22, 2016 6:23 PM

Teacher tenure laws upheld in California

The state Supreme Court has refused to hear a challenge to laws protecting senior teachers. Opponents argued that tenure harms poor and minority students, saddling them with incompetent teachers.

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August 22, 2016 4:30 PM

A bigger breed of drones is taking to the skies

A large commercial drone flying out of Hillsboro Airport 40 miles north of Fargo has a 35-foot wingspan and can fly thousands of feet overhead to gather high resolution images for 20 hours at a time.

by Dan Gunderson

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August 22, 2016 2:00 PM

$15 minimum wage should go to Minneapolis voters, judge rules

Judge Susan Robiner has ruled that a proposal to put a $15 an hour minimum wage to Minneapolis voters should go on the ballot this fall.

by Tim Nelson and Jon Collins

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August 22, 2016 1:28 PM

Update on Dakota Access Pipeline protests

Developers of the Dakota Access Pipeline, a pipeline that would move oil from the Bakken oil field past the southwestern tip of Minnesota to Illinois, have agreed to stop construction near the Standing Rock Sioux reservation until a court hearing next week. Tom Weber talked with Lauren Donovan, a reporter with The Bismarck Tribune, for an update on the controversy and the project.

by MPR News Staff

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August 22, 2016 11:56 AM

Judge denies Iowa landowners' request to halt pipeline work

Iowa landowners sued, saying he Iowa Utilities Board doesn't have legal authority to give for-profit Texas oil company Dakota Access the right to forcefully condemn private farmland.

by Associated Press