Members of a major Minnesota nurses union have said they favor going on strike, if negotiations don’t resolve differences with management of several health systems in the Twin Cities and Duluth.

Around 15,000 members of the Minnesota Nurses Association cast ballots Monday on whether to authorize a strike, with the union announcing late Monday night that its members voted “overwhelmingly” in favor.

The vote sets up another phase in negotiations that go back to last March, according to the union. The disagreements appear to be over staffing levels, working conditions and paid family leave.

For nearly 30 years brides have been walking the aisles at the Mall of America, and not just in stores. Since 1994, couples exchanged vows at the Chapel of Love, the wedding venue and a staple of mall culture. 

But the chapel is set to lock its doors at the end of August. Felicia Glass-Wilcox, who bought the place from founder MaryAnne London 18 years ago, is retiring and she says that’ll be a wrap for her hitching hitch, after some 8,400 weddings.

 
“I’m gonna miss the people,” Glass-Wilcox said. She posted an official notice of the closing on Facebook this weekend.

“I got so many comments from people who were married here and how much they liked it. And that’s hard. Because you know, you feel like you let them down,” she reflected on the impending end of the Chapel of Love.