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Report: Minnesota health care workers leaving at 'crisis rates'

Report: Minnesota health care workers leaving at 'crisis rates'

A new study finds Minnesota’s low wage direct care workers are leaving the profession due to shortages, low pay and physical risks. In 2019 and 2021 nearly half of direct care workers transitioned to another career. 
by Elizabeth Shockman

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Metro Transit cuts service to dozens of bus lines, citing driver shortage

Metro Transit cuts service to dozens of bus lines, citing driver shortage

The Twin Cities public transportation provider started reducing service during the pandemic, a move that disproportionately affected people of color. The agency is short 300 bus drivers and is struggling to find new hires.

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Minnesota nurses strike averted as hospitals, union reach deals

Minnesota nurses strike averted as hospitals, union reach deals

The Minnesota Nurses Association and more than a dozen hospitals in the Twin Cities and Twin Ports reported tentative agreements on new three-year labor contracts Tuesday, averting a walkout by thousands of nurses that was scheduled to start in just days.
by Michelle Wiley and MPR News Staff

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Duluth looks to 'tiny homes' to help ease housing crunch

Duluth looks to 'tiny homes' to help ease housing crunch

In a bid to help create more housing of all types and sizes, Duluth has changed its rules to encourage the construction of very compact houses, often called “tiny homes.” Many think other cities should follow suit.
by Dan Kraker

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Feds join probe into fire at problem Minneapolis property

Feds join probe into fire at problem Minneapolis property

The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has joined the probe into a weekend fire at an apparently vacant apartment building in Minneapolis, one of two gutted by fire and listed to the same Minneapolis property owner that has become the focus of concern by city officials. 
by Tim Nelson

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Minnesota sues to stop 'Death by Gummy Bears' THC edibles

Minnesota sues to stop 'Death by Gummy Bears' THC edibles

The Minnesota Board of Pharmacy alleges that Northland Vapor and Wonky Confections in northwestern Minnesota are selling edibles with THC amounts far higher than the state allows.
by Tom Scheck

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Who can follow Betty Whiteout? MnDOT wants your snowplow name ideas

Who can follow Betty Whiteout? MnDOT wants your snowplow name ideas

The Minnesota Department of Transportation is once again taking nominations for snowplow names — searching for new monikers to join last winter’s tribute to TV star Betty White.
by Tim Nelson

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Negotiations continue ahead of Minnesota nurses strike deadline

Negotiations continue ahead of Minnesota nurses strike deadline

Minnesota nurses and several hospital systems are set continue bargaining on new contracts this week — ahead of a potential strike by some 15,000 union nurses.
by MPR News Staff

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