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DC Memo: Crypto industry spending big on Craig’s reelection campaign

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Conservative political motion committee Right Now Minnesota faces questions on the way it’s spending donors’ money

Welcome to the Glean, MinnPost’s twice-daily roundup of Minnesota news. Ryan Faircloth and Briana Bierschbach on the Star Tribune report a conservative political motion committee (PAC) in Minnesota, Right Now Minnesota, spent zero dollars to assist elect Republican candidates last...

How USDA’s ‘climate-smart’ agriculture programs are spending federal dollars, raising questions

The Department of Agriculture is spending $3.1 billion on 141 experimental projects that test the capability of farmers to scale back carbon emissions from agriculture, which produces about 10 percent of U.S. greenhouse gases. Photo by J. Carl Ganter/Circle of...

Minnesota’s getting $540M from opioid settlements. Here’s how east-metro cities are spending it.

Cottage Grove Parks Superintendent Jim Fohrman carries a naloxone kit in the middle console of his city-owned Ford Ranger pickup. Fohrman, who has worked for town for 27 years, hasn’t had to save lots of someone from an opioid overdose...

Best Buy and the reluctant shopper: Sales fall as Americans pull back on spending

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO (AP Retail Author) NEW YORK (AP) — Sales and profits at Best Buy slid within the second quarter because the nation’s largest consumer electronics chain continues to wrestle with a pullback in spending after Americans splurged in...

Goal Q2 sales fall on muted spending, Pride month backlash, and it cuts profit outlook for 2023

Goal reported its first quarterly sales drop in six years, dragged down by shoppers’ inflation worries and a negative response by some customers, widely publicized on social media, to its Pride merchandise. The Minneapolis-based retailer expects high rates of interest,...

In budget address next week St. Paul mayor to concentrate on spending priorities as city faces post-pandemic challenges

St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter will unveil key spending priorities, in addition to a proposed property tax levy, during his 2024 budget address next Thursday at an actual estate development site that’s develop into symbol of each the capital...

Letters: I’ve been a proud Democrat for a very long time, but spending is uncontrolled

Yes, a growing concern The letter Ed Sellner wrote for the June 22 paper about state and native Democratic spending being uncontrolled was right on. The squandering of the recent budget surplus on so many marginal programs is astonishing. I too have...

Quarterly results from Best Buy, Ralph Lauren and Dollar Tree show divergence in consumer spending

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO (AP Retail Author) NEW YORK (AP) — As inflation on necessities like groceries stays stubbornly high, the well-heeled consumer appears to still be spending, while lower-income shoppers continues to in the reduction of their purchases, in line...

St. Paul school budget plan calls for more spending than revenue

Even with a giant increase in state aid coming, St. Paul Public Schools plans to spend greater than it takes in next yr. The second round of federal coronavirus relief grants expires in September, and district leaders aren’t able to...
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St. Paul prevails in legal fight to raze, replace historic Hamline-Midway Library

Following 16 months of litigation, a Ramsey County district judge has given the town of St. Paul the go-ahead...
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St. Paul-based Securian Financial lays off 58 employees across departments

Securian Financial has notified 58 employees — roughly 2% of its total workforce — that their roles with the corporate are being eliminated in...

U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum seeks thirteenth term in rematch with May Lor Xiong in 4th District

Longtime St. Paul Democratic U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum is in search of one other term in Minnesota’s Fourth Congressional District and again faces May...

Believed to have been the oldest working nurse in Minnesota, Joyce Gimmestad retired at 88. She reflects on 7 many years in healthcare

Joyce Gimmestad hoped to succeed in 90 before retiring from being a nurse. Still, she retired on June 22, at 88, attributable to a...

Family of 83-year-old St. Paul man killed in hit-and-run: ‘We’ll forgive you. … Please turn yourself in’

For 30 years, John Bidon took each day runs around Lake Phalen near his St. Paul home. He’d stretch it out to 5 miles...