Kyle Stokes at Axios is reporting at least four Minnesota labor unions, representing janitors, nursing home workers, public works employees and more, are making plans to potentially go on strike all at once during the first week of March unless their demands are met.
Christopher Vondracek and Brooks Johnson at the Star Tribune report two of Minnesota’s biggest companies, Target and Cargill, are squaring off in an ever-expanding antitrust lawsuit alleging price-gouging by the nation’s “Big 4” beef producers.
Alex Seitz-Wald at NBC News is reporting Democratic consultant Steve Kramer, who has worked on ballot access for presidential candidate Dean Phillips, paid a New Orleans magician to use artificial intelligence to impersonate President Joe Biden for a robocall that is now at the center of a multistate law enforcement investigation.
Via WCCO: Drivers in eight Midwestern states, including Minnesota, will be able to fuel up with a higher blend of ethanol throughout the year under a final rule announced Thursday by the Environmental Protection Agency.
Max Nesterak at the Minnesota Reformer has a story on thirteen leaders of St. Paul’s fire department enjoying a perk not even afforded City Council members: unmarked, black Chevy Tahoes, Suburbans and Ford Explorers, plus unlimited gas.
Alex Lassiter at the Minnesota Daily is covering the three U of M president finalists’ on-campus interviews.
Maraya King at the Pioneer Press reports Cirium, an aviation analytics company, presented the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport with its 2023 On-Time Performance award Tuesday, marking the second stateside win in the award’s history, according to a news release from the Metropolitan Airports Commission.
Via Bring Me the News: The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, which holds around 100 concerts annually at a dozen Twin Cities locations, will no longer perform at three of its suburban venues: Wayzata, Arden Hills, and Stillwater.
Award-winning recording artist Jon Batiste couldn’t seem to quit First Avenue:
