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Minnesota’s solar capacity on track to keep growing in 2018

Minnesota added enough solar panels in 2017 to power about 53,000 homes, and strong growth is expected to continue in the new year. Read more

by Minnesota Public Radio, Monday, January 8, 2018 7:54 am

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HCMC is gearing up for the Super Bowl; Hospital has finalised plans for loading dock

Hennepin County Medical Center will continue operations as normal while Super Bowl LII takes over much of downtown Minneapolis, HCMC officials said Friday. Read more

by Minnesota Public Radio, Monday, January 8, 2018 7:42 am

State, Nation and World

Drugs are now the top reason Minn. kids are put in foster care

Twenty-seven percent of children placed in foster care in 2016 were removed from their homes due to parental drug use, making it the No. 1 ... Read more

by Minnesota Public Radio, Monday, January 8, 2018 7:40 am

Business

Influential tech analyst predicts Amazon will buy Target; Online company’s focus matches well with Twin Cities-based business

A well-known, Twin Cities-based technology stock analyst is predicting Amazon will buy Target this year. Read more

by Minnesota Public Radio, Wednesday, January 3, 2018 7:46 am

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Western mega-fires may bring smokier skies to Minnesota in 2018

  Huge fires in the West that hurt Minnesota’s air quality this year will likely continue next summer — and for the foreseeable future. Climate ... Read more

by Minnesota Public Radio, Saturday, December 30, 2017 10:25 am

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Attorneys seek investigation into treatment of Somali deportees on recent flight

Attorneys representing the 92 Somalis who were on a recent deportation flight have asked the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to launch an internal investigation ... Read more

by Minnesota Public Radio, Saturday, December 30, 2017 10:24 am

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Tax overhaul breeds uncertainty for clean energy industry

ST. PAUL — Lawyers and accountants in the renewable energy industry are poring over the details of the tax overhaul President Donald Trump signed ... Read more

by Minnesota Public Radio, Friday, December 29, 2017 8:30 am

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2017 may be worst in years for Minnesota fire deaths

ST. PAUL — Fifty-seven people died this year because of fires in Minnesota as of Dec. 15. That doesn’t include five deaths in recent days ... Read more

by Minnesota Public Radio, Friday, December 29, 2017 8:19 am

Agriculture

Minnesota farmers fear exit from NAFTA; Millions could be on the line

Minnesota farmers are following the NAFTA negotiations — which enter their fifth month in January — with one eye on their pocketbooks. Food exports to Canada ... Read more

by Minnesota Public Radio, Tuesday, December 26, 2017 8:34 am

Business

What will Minnesota companies do with their tax windfall?

Congressional Republicans this week expect to pass their massive tax overhaul that includes cutting the top federal corporate tax rate to 21 percent, from 35 ... Read more

by Minnesota Public Radio, Tuesday, December 19, 2017 7:54 am

Crime, Courts & Emergencies

Committee recommends ways to improve police, community relations

A Minnesota advisory committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights has released a draft report recommending a dozen ways to improve the relationship between ... Read more

by Minnesota Public Radio, Sunday, December 17, 2017 8:52 am

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Birders aflutter over snowy owl ‘irruption’

A couple weeks ago, Ezra Bennett, master roaster at Alakef Coffee Roasters in Duluth, was closing up shop for the night, when he heard a ... Read more

by Minnesota Public Radio, Thursday, December 14, 2017 8:47 am

State, Nation and World

Thile addresses Keillor news during New York show

The Show with Chris Thile, which until this past week was known as “A Prairie Home Companion,” didn’t start with familiar piano notes last Saturday ... Read more

by Minnesota Public Radio, Friday, December 8, 2017 1:10 pm

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St. Paul Chamber Orchestra breaks attendance record

The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra had record attendance during its past season, it announced Wednesday evening at its annual meeting. Read more

by Minnesota Public Radio, Friday, December 8, 2017 7:44 am

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Polyglot, MN: Census shows Minnesota increasingly multilingual

The number of Minnesota residents who speak a language besides English at home is increasing. At the same time, 60 percent of those people also ... Read more

by Minnesota Public Radio, Friday, December 8, 2017 7:40 am

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