Several days after reporting record quarterly sales and earnings, Polaris introduced Slingshot, a three-wheel vehicle that starts at $19,999, and added a new business unit.
Transportation
A look inside Nice Ride Minnesota's revenue cycle.
The Center of the American Experiment, a conservative group, says lawmakers should focus transit spending on improving roads and bridges.
A Met Council leader touted the proposed deal as a “win-win,” while Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges characterized it more as a sacrifice that the city would make for the greater good of improving Twin Cities transit.
The Fourth of July holiday will undoubtedly reduce the number of commuters traveling by light rail, but the station near the State Capitol will be available to holiday revelers.
Twin Cities Automotive has been rebranded as Carousel Motor Group, as it looks to expand into new areas.
ABRA Auto Body & Glass now has 229 locations in 18 states, and the latest deal marks its first expansion into Ohio.
It's true the light-rail line is attracting green, but Metropolitan Council numbers are off-track.
Eden Prairie-based MTS Systems said its purchase of Roehrig Engineering is expected to close this summer.
The report says there were 660,000 hours of building work involved in the project, with about 2,000 members from 13 building trades unions.
Kevin Gutknecht, a spokesman for MnDOT, said this week that the department’s summer construction program—some 308 projects totaling $1.1 billion—would not be affected if the federal trust fund runs out of money.
Four intercity lines are in different stages of planning: Duluth to Minneapolis, a second Amtrak Empire Builder from the Union Depot to Chicago, high-speed rail to Chicago and the Rochester Zip Line.
Transportation services company Transport America, which previously disclosed plans to complete an initial public offering, announced Monday that it will instead be bought by TransForce, Inc., a publicly traded firm.
With the support of labor unions like AFSCME Council 5, the Minneapolis Regional Chamber of Commerce, and more than 150 other organizations, MoveMN pushed a nearly $750 million annual package funded by a three-quarter cent metro sales tax and 5 percent wholesale gas tax.
Officials say the line will take 48 minutes to make its almost two dozen stops between downtown Minneapolis and downtown St. Paul.
Through April of this year, the average GMC truck sold for $40,099, a 12 percent jump since 2009.
A new Met Council report tallies $2.5 billion in investments near the light-rail line, but the number is far from an exact science.
Founded by local businessman Jeff Mack, Cachet Financial Solutions significantly narrowed its net loss in its most recent quarter and increased revenue, and is now planning a stock offering.