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St. Paul City Council blocks November ballot measure
MPR News host Clay Masters spoke with Safe Homes St. Paul organizer Cole Hanson to talk about the vote and what comes next for the proposed measure.
Proposed North Loop data center sparks debate
MPR News host Cathy Wurzer spoke with data center researcher Yiyang Zeng about the impacts data centers have on the environment and economy.
Minnesota lettuce grower Revol Greens may close Owatonna greenhouse and lay off 89 workers
Revol Greens, which grows lettuce and other greens in a massive greenhouse facility near Owatonna, may close and lay off nearly a hundred employees in October if it can’t find a buyer for the company or an infusion of funding.
This algorithm helps Minnesotans write poetry together
A Minneapolis exhibit reimagines predictive text, helping visitors build a communal poem from words contributed by their neighbors.
Twin Cities woman sues Chipotle over salmonella poisoning
Kristen Behne says that she was hospitalized for two days with sepsis and an inflamed colon after eating a chicken burrito bowl from the Roseville Chipotle that included jalapeño peppers contaminated with salmonella.