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Looming deadline puts focus back on unemployment fund

Looming deadline puts focus back on unemployment fund

Quarterly business tax payments to refill the state unemployment insurance trust fund are due at month’s end. Lawmakers are still straining for a compromise to undo higher rates.
by Brian Bakst

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Lawsuit could let landlords seek money from state over COVID eviction moratorium

Lawsuit could let landlords seek money from state over COVID eviction moratorium

A federal appeals court has revived a lawsuit challenging the eviction moratorium that Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz put in place at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Walz’s executive orders have long since expired. But the decision this month from a three-judge panel in St. Paul could eventually allow landlords to seek financial damages from the state.
by Matt Sepic

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Walz to lawmakers: ‘No special session’

Walz to lawmakers: ‘No special session’

Gov. Tim Walz is warning legislators to get their work done on time, because he has no intention of calling them back for a special session.
by Tim Pugmire

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Munson loan swells fundraising for open congressional seat

Munson loan swells fundraising for open congressional seat

State Rep. Jeremy Munson leads all candidates in fundraising for the special Republican primary for the open congressional seat of the late U.S. Rep. Jim Hagedorn, including his widow Jennifer Carnahan, but only because Munson lent his campaign $200,000 of his own money.
by The Associated Press

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Talking affordable housing with Chris Coleman

Talking affordable housing with Chris Coleman

Former St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman has been leading Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity for almost four years. MPR News host Angela Davis spoke with Coleman about housing, the pandemic and racial equity.
by Angela Davis and Maja Beckstrom

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Congress seeks compromise to boost computer chip industry

Congress seeks compromise to boost computer chip industry

A global computer chip shortage has made it harder for consumers to get their hands on cars, computers and other modern-day necessities. Congress is looking to boost chip manufacturing and research in the United States with billions of federal dollars.
by The Associated Press

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Sarah Palin is attempting a comeback in Alaska, but her star has dimmed at home

Sarah Palin is attempting a comeback in Alaska, but her star has dimmed at home

The former GOP vice presidential candidate resigned as Alaska governor in 2009. Even around her hometown of Wasilla, many Republicans soured as she gained a national following as a culture warrior.
by Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media

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