Business and Economic News

'Killing for Coal: America's Deadliest Labor War'
In 1914, miners in the Rockefeller-owned Colorado coal fields clashed with the state militia and dozens of men, women and children were killed.
Judge approves plan to give $172M to Petters' Ponzi scheme victims
A judge has approved a plan to provide $172 million to investors and creditors scammed by businessman Tom Petters, who received a 50-year prison sentence for running a Ponzi scheme.
Met Council: Business booming along Twin Cities light rail lines
Economic development along the existing and planned light rail lines in the Twin Cities is soaring past initial expectations, Metropolitan Council and St. Paul city officials said Tuesday.
A rare look at factory Tesla hopes will revolutionize energy use
In Nevada's high desert, Tesla is building what it says is the world's largest battery factory. It will churn out batteries for the company's electric cars. But it's also making something new -- a battery for the home.
PolyMet supporters, critics expected at permit info meeting
This is the first public meeting on PolyMet since the DNR signed off on the decade-long environmental review of the proposed mine last month.
Target Field criticized for busing in out-of-state concessions workers
The Minnesota Twins are being criticized for busing workers in from out of state and putting them up in hotels to work concession jobs at a time when the state is seeing high unemployment rates among people of color.
Minnesota's small-town grocery stores face uncertain future
A new survey shows most small-town grocery owners don't plan to be in the business much longer. Many communities across Minnesota are not content to simply watch as their grocery stores falter.
St. Paul barber has scoop on what's happening at Capitol
Ken Kirkpatrick has cut hair at Capital Barbers in the basement of the State Office Building in St. Paul for 44 years. His days as a full-time hair cutter and listening post are numbered. He sold his shop and plans to semi-retire May 16.
MPR chief meteorologist Paul Huttner asks representatives from a cross-section of Minnesota Fortune 500 companies why they're going green and how it's hitting their bottom line.