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Why an independent report says Minnesota should close half its driver’s license exam stations
Last year, Minnesota lawmakers ordered the state to reopen all 93 of its driver’s license exam stations after most of the offices were closed
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2022 Bikeable Community Workshops
Hello, my name is Tim Brackett and, aside from being a board member on streets.mn, I am also serving in the MN Greencorps this year and my host site
Minnesota Rep. Paul Marquart isn’t running for re-election in 2022. Why that’s a big deal for the DFL.
For years, DFL state Rep. Paul Marquart of Dilworth has defied political headwinds, winning a House seat in northwest Minnesota that often picked
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Austin shooting highlights lack of police body cameras in many parts of Minnesota
When an Austin police officer killed Kokou Christopher Fiafonou in late December, parts of the shooting in the southeastern Minnesota city were
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Why 2022 could be a critical year for the controversial PolyMet mining project in northern Minnesota
Every year brings new developments for PolyMet Mining’s controversial copper and nickel mine proposal in northeast Minnesota, but it can sometimes
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What one Greater Minnesota city’s experience says about the state’s efforts to integrate mental health and police work
In late October, Alexandria Police Chief Scott Kent convened a meeting over Zoom with officials from a local hospital, an emergency department,
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Just how bad is the staffing problem at Minnesota’s long-term care facilities and hospitals?
As COVID-19 cases continue to surge in Minnesota, hospitals and long-term care facilities are dealing with prolonged staffing shortages, resulting in
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There’s big money for water quality issues in the federal infrastructure bill. What that means for Minnesota.
The largest parts of Minnesota’s $6.8 billion share of the $1.2 trillion federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act are headed to roads,
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There’s big money for water quality issues in the federal infrastructure bill. What that means for Minnesota.
The largest parts of Minnesota’s $6.8 billion share of the $1.2 trillion federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act are headed to roads,
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Highway News Roundup, Fall 2021
E-ZPass Electronic Toll Interoperability is Now Here As I’ve written about several times before, there was a 2012 federal mandate to have
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Officials say a shortage of housing, not jobs, is crimping economic development in Greater Minnesota
The news that Polaris Inc. wants to bring new jobs to Roseau in northwest Minnesota — where the company manufactures snowmobiles, ATVs and military
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Officials say a shortage of housing, not jobs, is crimping economic development in Greater Minnesota
The news that Polaris Inc. wants to bring new jobs to Roseau in northwest Minnesota — where the company manufactures snowmobiles, ATVs and military
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The worker shortage is affecting every corner of the state. But it’s hitting Greater Minnesota especially hard.
In a recent survey of job openings across Minnesota, the southeastern part of the state recorded 21,510 vacancies. That was nearly double the 11,887
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Minnesota’s agriculture industry is particularly vulnerable to cybersecurity threats
In mid-September, the computer systems of Crystal Valley, a farm supply co-op in Mankato, were frozen by a cyberattack. The company went from
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‘Starlink,’ SpaceX’s internet service, is growing in Minnesota. What that could mean for the future of rural broadband.
When Kati Stage moved from the Twin Cities to Embarrass in rural northern Minnesota last summer, her only choice for internet was HughesNet, a