Business and Economic News

New MnDOT plan would slash cost of Mpls.-Duluth high-speed rail
Previous estimates to build the Northern Lights Express passenger rail service approached $1 billion. The Minnesota Department of Transportation says it can halve the cost by trimming proposed speeds and service.
Bird flu quarantines lifted on all Minnesota farms
All 108 farms infected this year with the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus are completely cleaned, disinfected and cleared to restock their barns with poultry, the Minnesota Board of Animal Health says.
Workers from South Central Asia are state's most educated, highest-earning
A growing number of Minnesota's roughly 428,000 foreign-born residents are from India, South Central Asians who make up the highest-earning and most highly educated new Minnesotans.