A new report examining fraud risk in Minnesota government programs describes longstanding vulnerabilities dating back to the 1970s and repeated inaction by state leaders despite nearly a half-century of warnings. Gov. Tim Walz’s director of Program Integrity, Tim O’Malley, on … Continued
By ALI SWENSON NEW YORK (AP) — For years as an environmental lawyer, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. crusaded against a controversial herbicide ingredient known as glyphosate, even winning a landmark case against chemical giant Monsanto by arguing that its Roundup … Continued
By CHRISTOPHER WEBER LOS ANGELES (AP) — An estimated 31,000 registered nurses and other front-line Kaiser Permanente health care workers will return to work on Tuesday after a four-week strike in California and Hawaii to demand better wages and staffing. … Continued
By JAMEY KEATEN GENEVA (AP) — A U.S. official focusing on arms control on Monday provided what he called new, declassified details of a Chinese underground nuclear test nearly six years ago and urged countries to press China and Russia … Continued
After months of keeping hope alive that rumors of a grocery store revival are true, downtown St. Paul residents have received the closest thing to official confirmation that discount grocer Aldi is moving into the former Lunds and Byerlys space … Continued
Longtime KARE 11 meteorologist Belinda Jensen is retiring after spending 33 years at the NBC affiliate. KARE 11 meteorologist Belinda Jensen (Courtesy of KARE 11) “KARE 11 has been more than a workplace; it has been family,” Jensen said in … Continued