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What did employees find as they dug the inspiration for the brand new House Office Constructing?

State Rep. Paul Torkelson was looking his window on the State Office Constructing in St. Paul into the ever-deepening hole that's the positioning for the constructing’s expansion. Along with the sheet pile drivers and earth moving equipment that has...

Contract expiring for 1,000 passenger services staff at MSP

Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport MinnPost photo by Peter Callaghan Welcome to the Glean, MinnPost’s twice-daily roundup of Minnesota news. Alfonzo Galvan at Sahan Journal reports the union representing 1,000 passenger services staff at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport is pushing the Metropolitan Airports...

City ‘dropped the ball’ in employee’s shooting of minor outside St. Paul rec center, attorney in federal lawsuit says

The town of St. Paul must have been protecting young people at its rec centers, “reasonably than having an worker who was attempting to kill them,” an attorney said of a lawsuit he filed for a 16-year-old shot in...

Specializing in human rights, women’s rights and employee’s rights were my priorities in Congress in 2023

Rep. Ilhan Omar calling for a ceasefire during within the Israel-Gaza war a press conference on Capitol Hill on Dec. 14, 2023. Photo by Lenin Nolly/NurPhoto We're at a pivotal moment for our district, our state, and our country. Jobs have begun...

Employees on the Iron Range wary of purchase of U.S. Steel by Japanese company

Welcome to the Glean, MinnPost’s twice-daily roundup of Minnesota news. Reuters reports Nippon Steel, a Japanese company, has acquired U.S. Steel in a $14.9 billion deal. Duluth News Tribune reports people on the Iron Range employed by U.S. Steel are...

Climbing gym staff at Vertical Endeavors unionize across Minnesota

Employees of Vertical Endeavors gyms throughout the state voted this month to hitch the United Food and Industrial Employees, making them the primary climbing gym staff to unionize in Minnesota. The election took place by mail ballot starting Nov. 13,...

Violence-related injuries to employees jump at Minnesota hospitals, mostly from assaults by patients and visitors

Welcome to the Glean, MinnPost’s twice-daily roundup of Minnesota news. For the Star Tribune, Jeremy Olson reports 630 hospital employees in Minnesota missed work due to violence-related injuries in 2021 and 2022. For South Dakota News Watch, Stu Whitney has a...

Walz joins striking Minnesota auto employees

Gov. Tim Walz speaking throughout the 2023 MinnPost Festival. MinnPost photo by Jazzmine Jackson Welcome to the Glean, MinnPost’s twice-daily roundup of Minnesota news. Adam Duxter at WCCO reports: Gov. Tim Walz joined striking auto employees in Plymouth Wednesday afternoon. “‘All’s we’re...

Why are so many Hennepin County office employees still working remotely?

Exterior of the Young-Quinlan constructing in downtown Minneapolis. Photo by Dan Niepow By now it’s well-known that town of Minneapolis and other downtown stakeholders are asking employers to return to the office at the very least two to a few days...

168,000 staff needed to fill open jobs as Minnesota baby boomers begin to retire

Welcome to the Glean, MinnPost’s twice-daily roundup of Minnesota news. As Minnesota’s baby boomer population begins to retire, Axios’ Nick Halter writes that there won't be enough staff to fill those jobs. In 2021, boomers accounted for 46% of the...
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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...