by Bill Werner | Jan 23, 2024 | Afternoon Headlines
>>Twins legend Joe Mauer will join National Baseball Hall of Fame (Cooperstown, NY) — Twins legend Joe Mauer will be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame this summer. Mauer was elected today (Tues) on the first ballot by the Baseball...
by Bill Werner | Jan 22, 2024 | Afternoon Headlines
>>MN, WI get $1B federal dollars to replace Blatnik Bridge, Biden to visit Superior on Thurs (Washington, DC) — Minnesota and Wisconsin have secured a requested one billion dollars in federal funding to replace the aging Blatnik Bridge between Duluth an...
by Bill Werner | Jan 18, 2024 | Afternoon Headlines
>>State adds 800 jobs in December, unemployment drops to 2.9 percent (St. Paul, MN) — Minnesota employers added 800 jobs in December. The state’s Labor Market Information Director Angelina Nguyen says the smaller gain than previous months is...
by Bill Werner | Jan 17, 2024 | Afternoon Headlines
>>State senator unveils revised sports betting bill (Winona, MN) — Republican state Senator Jeremy Miller from Winona has unveiled a revised sports betting bill, aimed at getting around sticking points that held up legislation during the 2023 session....
by Bill Werner | Jan 16, 2024 | Afternoon Headlines
>>Walz proposing $982M infrastructure package (St. Paul, MN) — Governor Tim Walz is asking the legislature to approve just under one billion dollars (982 million) for infrastructure projects in 2024. 880 million dollars would be in state borrowing and...
by Bill Werner | Jan 15, 2024 | Afternoon Headlines
>>Palestine supporters confront Walz at M-L-K celebration (St. Paul, MN) — Black activists, allies with the Twin Cities Coalition for Justice for Jamar (TCC4J), and the Free Palestine Coalition disrupted Minnesota’s 38th Annual MLK Celebration today...
