School’s almost out, but several Minnesota startups in the education technology (ed tech) space are already preparing for the next school year. They’ve developed technology meant to make life a
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On Jan. 1, Minnetonka-based health plan provider Medica suddenly gained approximately 300,000 new members. This massive influx came with the well-publicized collapse of UCare, another Minnesota-based nonprofit health insurer, which
Rural health care is in trouble. Last fall, the University of Minnesota Medical School made a significant move to help address what is a critical problem. Its strategy: launch two
The recent news that the proposed data center in Hermantown (just outside Duluth) is Google makes this a good time to catch up with Minnesota Power. The Duluth-based electric utility
Minnesota is once again directly experiencing big changes in the tech sector. In addition to data center construction (and controversy), the state has become a major-league playing field for fiber
After years of decline exacerbated by Covid-19, Minnesota colleges and universities are welcoming back more and more students. In late January, the Virginia-based National Student Clearinghouse Research Center (NSCRC) released
Source: Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages
Many urban downtowns continue to struggle with post-Covid 19 challenges, and Duluth is certainly no exception. But the energized, mostly younger crowd that gathered Jan. 8 for the “Building the
A city’s population isn’t always proportional to its net tax capacity—the property value used to determine tax levies. Here is the 2024 data for the 10 largest Minnesota cities. Sources:
Regardless of whether they’ve anticipated, forgotten, or dreaded it, Minnesota businesses need to address the state’s new Paid Leave program. Employers will have to comply with the new law starting
On Oct. 3, the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) approved the acquisition of Duluth-based Allete, whose largest component is electric utility Minnesota Power. The $6.2 billion acquisition, which is expected
Rural businesses need access to fast, reliable broadband as much as metro-area firms do. Based on 2024 data gathered by the state, some Greater Minnesota counties are actually outpacing the
These are exciting times for the entrepreneurial dairy-farm family that runs Redhead Creamery, an artisanal cheese producer a few miles north of Brooten in central Minnesota. A little over a
On June 27, St. Louis Park-based Jefferson Capital (Nasdaq: JCAP) went public—the first Minnesota company to complete an initial public offering (IPO) in 2025. Could it presage a return to
In the annals of 20th century Twin Cities business, the most familiar names are those like Carl Pohlad, Harvey Mackay, Wheelock Whitney, and the Cargill-MacMillan family. By comparison, Paul Christen’s
Though the Trump administration has been throwing shade at clean energy, employment in this sector in Minnesota has surged since the pandemic period, according to the most recent data available
If you’ve lived or still live in a smaller outstate city or a larger Twin Cities suburb, chances are you’ve bought a six-pack or a bottle of wine at your
With spring warming at least most of Minnesota, residents are asking once again: Where did winter go? A deep, cold, snowy Minnesota winter like the ones we used to know?