Regional News

Wed, Mar 22, 2023 8:43 AM

Job resignation rates are relatively low in the Great Lakes states compared with the rest of the nation, WalletHub reported...

Wed, Mar 22, 2023 8:43 AM

Minnesota lawmakers agreed to spend an additional $17.9 billion on top of the base budget of $52.4 billion, likely depleting the...

Tue, Mar 21, 2023 2:34 PM

Four Midwestern states’ governors on Tuesday urged the Environmental Protection Agency to issue an emergency waiver for E15...

Tue, Mar 21, 2023 8:33 AM

Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Iowa are among the top 10 best states in the nation for doctors, according to a new report from...

Fri, Mar 17, 2023 9:22 AM

The Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry is asking a district court to stop a meat processing company from illegally...

Wed, Mar 15, 2023 10:00 AM

The credit ratings of dozens of local governments and utilities throughout the nation are declining because of a failure to file...

Tue, Mar 14, 2023 3:30 PM

Missouri and the Midwestern states' economies improved in February despite regional wholesale inflation soaring to a six-month...

Mon, Mar 13, 2023 1:37 PM

Minnesota had the nation’s 10th largest increase in unemployment claims in the last week of February compared with the same week...

Fri, Mar 10, 2023 9:04 AM

Beginning July 1, Minnesota will expand the right to vote to more than 55,000 Minnesotans who are on parole. ...

Wed, Mar 8, 2023 12:03 PM

Minnesota would spend millions of dollars on public safety innovation under a bill that passed out of committee. ...

Wed, Mar 8, 2023 10:37 AM

A new bill introduced in the state legislature would appropriate $6 million over the 2024-2025 biennium and $6 million over the...

Mon, Mar 6, 2023 8:45 AM

Family scale farmers in the Midwest may lose a lot to large agribusinesses through carbon markets, a new report says. ...

Fri, Mar 3, 2023 12:37 PM

Gov. Tim Walz signed into law a bill to expand voting rights for about 55,000 convicted felons in Minnesota who are on parole or...

Thu, Mar 2, 2023 2:00 PM

A bipartisan group of Senators is asking the Biden administration again to allow the sale of E15 fuel throughout the year. ...

Thu, Mar 2, 2023 8:53 AM

Minnesota Chamber of Commerce’s Women in Business series March 1 addressed what employers need to know regarding how legalizing...

Fri, Feb 24, 2023 1:19 PM

Connecticut Attorney General William Tong is leading 33 states attorneys general in urging the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a...

Thu, Feb 23, 2023 10:50 AM

Minnesota is surrounded by states with lower top marginal state individual income tax rates. The Gopher State's...

Wed, Feb 22, 2023 4:00 PM

Twenty state governors joined California Governor Gavin Newsom in announcing the launch of a multi-state Reproductive Freedom...

Fri, Feb 17, 2023 1:17 PM

Under a bill the Minnesota House approved Thursday, all Minnesota workers would earn at least one hour of paid earned sick and...

Wed, Feb 15, 2023 7:01 AM

A coalition of 21 states and one city’s attorneys general are backing an EPA supplemental proposal that would regulate methane...