Warm Thursday with high temps near 80 degrees in southern Minnesota. Storms will develop in the Dakotas and start to move into western Minnesota later in the evening. Get the latest on Updraft.
Rural providers of emergency medical services say they have a mismatch between their costs and reimbursements, so they turned to the state for help. A $30 million infusion is short of the request but could stave off some cutbacks.
Amid Sunday’s frenzied end to the legislative session, several development projects around the state ended up without the funding they anticipated. One of those was the East Phillips Neighborhood Institute (EPNI), making for a new hurdle in the years-in-the-making community project.
The Justice Department filed a sweeping antitrust lawsuit against Ticketmaster and parent company Live Nation Entertainment on Thursday, accusing them of running an illegal monopoly over live events in America — squelching competition and driving up prices for fans.
From Mankato Free Press: After Council President Mike Laven filed for a sixth nonconsecutive term on the opening day of the two-week candidate filing period on Tuesday, Council members Dennis Dieken and Jenn Melby-Kelley — both two-term incumbents — filed for another four-year term on the second day.
