Feb. 22, 2019 Minnesota's unemployment rate is low -- just below three percent. But people of color are unemployed at significantly higher rates. Steve Grove is keenly aware of these disparities. He's the new commissioner of Minnesota's Department of Employment and Economic Development. I spoke with him about what he brings to the job and what he plans to do in the position. Tune in Monday when I'll be talking with Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison about what it means to be "the people's lawyer." ~ Angela Davis, MPR News host
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Lawmakers are feeling more pressure to deal chronic wasting disease after a case was discovered in a wild deer in Crow Wing County this month. They're frustrated that a captive deer farmer wasn't forced to kill his infected herd, allowing the disease to spread outside the fence.
Versatile Marwin Gonzalez and the Minnesota Twins have agreed to a $21 million, two-year contract, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press.
Architectural critic and historian Larry Millet begins his new book on the Metropolitan Building at the end, with the words a janitor spoke to a Tribune reporter a day before the landmark fell in 1962.
Any organization that provides or refers patients for abortions will be ineligible for Title X funding to cover STD prevention, cancer screenings and contraception.
A student in California is protesting her high school's refusal to allow her to wear her MAGA hat. The news here, of course, is that the high school kids may actually be motivated by her complaint to read and study the U.S. Constitution.
Daley Farms' proposal for a 3,000-cow operation near Lewiston hit a roadblock after the county refused to make an exception to rules capping herd size.