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Wages for Home Health Care Workers Will Soon Go Up in Five U.S. States

Kaiser Health News recently reported that more than 600,000 personal care workers will soon see gradual increases in pay in five U.S. states. In Massachusetts, California, New York, Washington and Oregon, laws supporting the wage increases will adjust minimum wage ...

Property Taxes for Minnesotans Going Up

Property taxes are going up for nearly every Minnesotan. Budget proposals show increases in every county surrounding the metro except Ramsey, which will remain flat. Dakota will see a 1 percent increase, 2.75 percent in Hennepin County and Carver will ...

The real Rick Ross SPEAKS, HIP-HOP IS A GOVERNMENT WEAPON

Alex Jones interviews Rick Ross about the music industry and how it is being used to sell the drug culture to the youth of America and prepare them to be inducted into the prison system.

Listeria concerns trigger recall by MN company

A Minnesota company has issued a recall involving more than 62,000 pounds of meat and poultry products due to concerns over possible listeria contamination. Burnsville-based Buddy’s Kitchen says the breakfast products involved in the recall were produced between July 16 ...

Mayo Clinic Sports Center Opens in Downtown Minneapolis

The brand new, 22,000-square-foot Mayo Clinic Sports Medicine Center opened Wednesday downtown Minneapolis. Mayo announced plans to build a state-of-the-art facility earlier this year. According to Mayo, it will extend the Mayo Model of Care for patients in sports medicine ...

Como Zoo Letting Facebook Fans Name Baby Zebra

The 90,000 Facebook fans of Como Park Zoo and Conservatory will decide the name of the new baby zebra at the zoo. There were three names selected, one each from the zoo’s volunteers, zoo keepers, and staff. Those names will ...

Mpls. Police Unveil New Program To Connect To Community

Minneapolis’ police chief said Thursday she’s enlisting the help of religious and cultural leaders to help the communication between different communities and police. Minneapolis Police Chief Janeé Harteau announced the new Community Chaplain Program with 13 members at the Minneapolis ...

2,000 To Break Bread At Half-Mile-Long Table In St. Paul

A Twin Cities artist has teamed up with a chef and an army of volunteers to do something that’s never been done in Minnesota before. On Sunday, they are setting up an outdoor dinner table for 2,000 people. The ...

Downtown Mankato redevelopment

Project: Downtown Mankato redevelopment Location: Mankato, Minnesota Project description: On the cusp of a sizable boom in local development, this project represents the first significant privately financed office buildings to rise in downtown Mankato in more than four decades and is the largest ...

Twin Cities Schools Launch Minnesota Thursdays

Students in Minneapolis and St. Paul public schools will eat lunch food that comes from Minnesota farmers on the first Thursday of every month. School administrators say Minnesota Thursdays stems from the Farm to School programs at both districts. Students in St. Paul ...