La Crosse students protest Wis. anti-union budget fix Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and the Republican-led legislature want to eliminate collective bargaining as one way to help cut that state's budget deficit.February 17, 2011
Thousands protest anti-union bill in Wisconsin Thousands of teachers, prison guards and
students descended on the Wisconsin Capitol for a second day
Wednesday to fight a move to take union rights away from government
workers in the state that first granted them more than a
half-century ago.February 16, 2011
Move against Wis. public employees booed in Minn. Unionized workers in Minnesota are
opposing a measure that would strip most Wisconsin public employees
of their collective bargaining rights.February 16, 2011
AFSCME members OK tentative deal with Duluth Members of the largest single union
representing Duluth city workers have ratified a tentative labor
contract with the city.February 10, 2011
Bernanke encouraged by sharp drop in unemployment Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told
Congress on Wednesday that the sharp drop in unemployment over the
last two months is encouraging but cautioned that it will take
several years for hiring to return to normal.February 9, 2011
US unemployment falls to 9.0% , only 36K new jobs The unemployment rate dropped sharply last
month to 9 percent, the lowest level in nearly two years. But the
economy generated only 36,000 net new jobs, the fewest in four
months.February 4, 2011
Fewer people applied for jobless aid in US last week The number of people applying for unemployment
benefits plunged last week, reversing a spike from the previous
week largely caused by harsh winter weather.February 3, 2011
Iron Range: mining Otherworldly sounds groaned out of digger trucks, crushers, and explosions.January 27, 2011
Argentine workers' strike blocks soybean export ports Cargill Inc. and Bunge Ltd. soybean- and grain-export terminals in Argentina are blocked Wednesday after workers began a strike to demand higher salaries.January 26, 2011
At the Ordway in St. Paul, moving a 70-ton wall is a breeze Even when the house is empty, the inside of St. Paul's Ordway Theater is a sight to behold. From the stage, plush seats fill your line of sight row after row and extend to a third balcony.January 25, 2011
Obama seeks to highlight economic successes President Barack Obama wants to cast some
light on economic success stories in the shadows of a slow
recovery. And he is looking to find some more.January 21, 2011