Business

The University of Minnesota Board of Regents is meeting Friday to vote on a budget that contains a 3.8 percent hike in undergraduate tuition for the 2026-27 school year. The university’s proposed budget also calls for about $44 million in cuts to programs. The proposal estimates that reduction will cut at least 165 academic jobs,…

Hundreds of people crammed into an open house hosted by Google Wednesday night in Hermantown, where the tech giant attempted to assuage community concerns and answer questions about the proposed large-scale data center it’s seeking to build just outside Duluth. People lined up to ask questions of representatives of Google and others involved in the…

There is new, temporary leadership at a prominent Minnesota business advocacy group after the sudden departure of the prior top executive. The Minnesota Business Partnership named Erika Nelson and Abby Loesch as interim co-CEOs after the resignation of Kurt Zellers. Zellers had run the organization since September 2023. He has a background in Republican politics,…

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency won't require an environmental impact statement for a proposed dairy expansion in Morris. The company Riverview has proposed expanding its dairy facility in Morris from about 8,000 to nearly 19,000 cows. If completed, it would be the state's largest dairy operation. Some local residents, as well as sustainability groups, had…

Health insurance companies are proposing double-digit rate hikes for 2027 Minnesota individual plans ranging from 10 to 13 percent for individuals and as high as 21 percent for small groups, according to the state Department of Commerce. Providers asking insurers for higher prices, medical inflation and more patients utilizing care are driving the rate increases,…

The Minnesota Star Tribune announced layoffs and buyouts for 24 union employees on Monday as part of a broader effort to reduce its workforce. The company announced aims to cut about 15 percent of its employees company-wide earlier this month. Earlier this monthStar Tribune planning job cuts, exploring new ownership model From NPRIs going non-profit…

Craig Leipold may be one of downtown St. Paul’s biggest boosters. He’s the owner of the Minnesota Wild, and his company manages the venues that bring 2 million people downtown every year for games, concerts and other events: the Grand Casino Arena, the Saint Paul RiverCentre and Roy Wilkins Auditorium. This year, he expanded his…

An Inver Grove Heights City Council meeting ended with shouting and boos Monday night after council members delayed a move to pause construction of new data centers. The city council was scheduled to have a final reading of a one-year moratorium on data center construction to allow time to study their impacts. But council members…

The exterior of a building in the former Wells Fargo corporate complex, a 25-acre campus real estate developers say they'll transform into housing, retail, technology and medical properties. Elizabeth Shockman | MPR News An investment group on Monday announced plans to build a $250 million multiuse complex in the former Wells Fargo corporate campus off…

For 14 years, Beauty Lounge Minneapolis has been more than a place to get a haircut. The Uptown salon built a loyal following by serving clients of all hair textures and backgrounds under one roof — an approach owner Melissa Taylor says remains uncommon in the Twin Cities beauty industry. Now, after more than a…