Here is the latest Minnesota news from The Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) – Workers at a Target store in New York are expected to vote tonight on whether to join the country’s largest retail union.
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Here is the latest Minnesota news from The Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) – Workers at a Target store in New York are expected to vote tonight on whether to join the country’s largest retail union.
Read more on KSFY Sioux Falls
[News] Pirates choose Argo
CHAMPAIGN — Junior center fielder Willie Argo was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday, becoming the fourth member of the 2011 Illinois baseball team to be selected. On the final day of the MLB amateur draft, Argo was chosen in the 43rd round. He joins teammates Adam Davis, Josh Parr and Corey Kimes, who were drafted one day earlier.
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[News] Richmond responds on Twitter
Jereme Richmond, who has left the Illinois basketball program, is on Twitter telling his side of the story. Click here
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[News] Klee’s bracket
East — 1. Ohio State Illinois preparing for large national media contingent at Saturday’s game vs. Buckeyes
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Bad News For Our Chicago Readers: Illinois House Committee Passes Bill To Hike Taxes
From Dow Jones Illinois House Committee Passes Tax Bill To Cut Deficit Illinois Income Tax Would Jump To 5% From 3% Illinois Corporate Tax Would Jump To 7% From 4.8% Illinois Bill Now Goes To Full House h/t London Dude Trader
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Vision as top research university: U of M faces new reality | MedCity News
Dr. Frank Cerra has hitched his wagon to outgoing University of Minnesota President Robert Bruininks. Cerra, medical school dean and head of the school’s Academic Health Center, is retiring at the end of the year partly because Bruininks is doing the same. “My good fried Bob Bruininks is stepping down,” Cerra said in a previous interview with MedCity News. “I agreed to stay as long as he did. He …
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CBS4 RTV4 WHBF Quad Cities, IL / IA News Weather SportsGroup says Illinois in bad shape
A group of Illinois business leaders wants people to know just how broke the state actually is. Members of the civic committee met with QC business leaders on Tuesday to talk about reforming Springfield.
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News In Kansas
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Agricultural Statistics Service has released a mostly upbeat assessment of the state’s winter wheat crop. The agency on Monday rated winter wheat condition as 8 percent excellent and 48 percent good. Another 33 percent of the crop was in fair condition.
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News Briefing: Statements From Enbridge News Briefing on Romeoville, Illinois Pipeline Leak, September 17, 2010
ROMEOVILLE, ILLINOIS–(Marketwire – 09/17/10) – Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P. (NYSE: EEP – News ) Excerpt from Joint News Conference, 2 p.m. Eastern Time, September 17, 2010 Romeoville, Illinois. Art Meyer, Senior Vice President, Enbridge Inc. Enbridge continues to treat this leak and the safety of the public and personnel working onsite as our top priority and we are staying focused on …
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CBS4 RTV4 WHBF Quad Cities, IL / IA News Weather SportsIllinois unemployment rate falls to 10.1%
CHICAGO (AP) – Illinois’ unemployment rate fell to 10.1% in August. The Illinois Department of Employment Security says August represents the eighth consecutive month the rate was steady or declined. It was down slightly from July’s rate of 10.3%.
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