Bob Collins
Pioneer Press’ Julio Ojeda-Zapata reports today that the car-sharing service wants to cut back its operations in the city. It’s only been in St. Paul for 17 months, and now it wants to serve only high-use areas. Read more →
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Economy
The city of Duluth and the airplane manufacturer Cirrus may be on a collision course that could have one of the few northern Minnesota success stories looking elsewhere.
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It’s like old times in some sections of the economy. Some companies are increasing benefits to attract and keep employees. Read more →
West Concord, Minn., has a full-time bartender and a part-time librarian.
There’s a message there somewhere. Read more →
It’s often difficult for those of us in Minnesota to see just how tough the economy is in the United States. This map, released today by the Census Bureau, shows why. Read more →
Minnesota is about to reach the point where fewer than half of the state is married. So what? Read more →
Two-thirds of all home equity is owned by 55 and older, with a total value of about $8 trillion. They’re not giving it up.
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Here’s something you don’t hear every day. A neighbor applauding the tear-downs happening on her street.
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As traditional as snow and carols, what’s a Black Friday without a little fight or two? Read more →
Jeff Bradley used to be somebody, he says. He was a sportswriter. He covered the Yankees for the Newark Star Ledger. He wrote for ESPN the Magazine. He’s had his work featured in Sports Illustrated
But when he was laid off, he became more like the rest of of the somebodies in America who can’t find work even as they’re told the economy is zipping right along and unemployment is low.
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In hindsight, it’s, perhaps, not too surprising that the ‘local company’ that wants subsidies to add jobs in St. Paul is one of the largest corporations in the country. Read more →
Minnesota Power has filed for a rate increase for residential customers because it wants to cut the rates for mining companies that are losing business to other parts of the globe. Read more →
After watching so much of our architecture destroyed forever in the ’70s for the sake of urban renewal, it’s hard to imagine anyone would entertain the thought that we’d allow a building like this to be shuttered or, worse, to end up as rubble.
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Neel Kashkari, 42, named today to be the head of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve, isn’t entirely like past heads of the Fed around these parts. Here’s a few things to know about the guy.
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It was a good deal for drivers — they got their gas at about 20 cents a gallon less than drivers in the rest of the state — but there was just one problem: the government controls the price of gasoline. Read more →