Minnesota companies sent $702 million worth of products to South Korea last year, and the state now stands to benefit from a free trade agreement that will eliminate most tariffs on goods exported there.
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The grand opening of Fulton Beer's taproom attracted more than 1,000 craft beer fans, and the brewery said it will use the new taproom revenues to invest in continued growth.
Longtime State Demographer Tom Gillaspy will be succeeded by Susan Brower, who served as research associate for the Wilder Foundation before joining the state demographer's staff last summer.
The state's entire forecast balance is already allocated under state law, which requires $5 million to go toward rebuilding state reserves and the remainder to pay off debt.
The governor told the owners of the Minnesota Vikings that the Metrodome site is the only option for a new stadium, if a stadium bill is to gain approval from the Legislature this year.
R.T. Rybak discusses the past 10 years he's served as Minneapolis mayor in an exclusive interview with TCB Editor In Chief Dale Kurschner.
The Minnesota Vikings claim that building at the Metrodome site would cost $67 million more than previously estimated by Minneapolis officials. Leaders from the Basilica of St. Mary, meanwhile, are expressing concerns about the possibility of a stadium being built near that structure.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture said that its plan to shutter 259 offices in the United States and seven foreign offices will cut annual costs by about $150 million.
Vikings owner Zygi Wilf reportedly met recently with key political leaders and displayed maps showing how a new stadium might fit at two different Minneapolis sites. Governor Mark Dayton, meanwhile, sent letters Thursday to Ramsey County and Minneapolis setting January 12 as the deadline for their final proposals for the project.
A federal program that gave up to 13 weeks of extended benefits to long-term unemployed individuals is being phased out in Minnesota and nine other states.
Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak explores his decade in office in an exclusive Q&A with editor Dale Kurschner.
The state took in more revenue and spent less in fiscal 2011 than it had previously anticipated-resulting in a forecasted $876 million balance for the remainder of the current budget period.
Despite a recent report from the Metropolitan Council that described the proposed timeline as "aggressive" and "unrealistic," Mortenson said it has "complete confidence" that the proposed Vikings stadium in Arden Hills can be built by 2015.
A new ordinance requires all Minneapolis businesses to offer recycling.
The St. Paul mayor's proposed budget includes $6.2 million in cuts to city departments and a 6.5 percent boost to the city's property tax levy.
The mayor's proposed property tax levy increase is the smallest hike he's delivered while serving as mayor and is lower than the increase that was previously projected for the 2012 budget.
The debate over where the Vikings should play revives a familiar plan for a sports and entertainment corridor near Minneapolis’s North Loop. Bruce Lambrecht, one of Target Field’s earliest and most controversial advocates, believes his ideas can win again.
On Thursday, Governor Mark Dayton said he would accept Republicans' budget proposal from June 30-with some conditions to which they must agree-in order to end the state shutdown.