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OFFICIALS SEIZE MARIJUANA MIXED WITH JALAPEÑO PEPPERS

Officials say they seized $2.3 million worth of marijuana mixed in with a shipment of jalapeño peppers at a Southern California port.

BUSINESSES HAVE CAUTIOUS EXPANSION PLANS AS ECONOMY WEAKENS

Owners are juggling different strategies to grow and weather a slowdown if one becomes reality.

U.S. HEALTH CARE SYSTEM MUST ADOPT NIMBLER, MORE TRANSPARENT MODEL

Forging this path doesn't require rancorous public-policy debates, but instead health care looking outside itself.

AGENCY VETERAN SEEKS TO HELP WRITE NEW CHAPTER IN RETURNING TO FALLON

Kara Buckner is in a new dual role as managing director and chief strategy officer.

CEO PAY UP 940.3% OVER LAST FOUR DECADES

Over the same time period, the pay of an average worker has increased 11.9%.

INDIANA LAWMAKER UNDER FIRE FOR POSTING NOOSE PICTURE

An Indiana lawmaker who posted nooses under a Facebook story about a black man pleading guilty to rape is drawing criticism for using...

TRADE WAR'S LOSERS COULD INCLUDE MICROCHIPS, ENERGY, BANKS

Looking across the stock market, it's hard to find a company that isn't vulnerable in some degree to the U.S.-China trade war.

TRUMP ECONOMIC ADVISER PLAYS DOWN FEARS OF LOOMING RECESSION

President Donald Trump's top economic adviser is trying to play down fears of a looming recession after last week's sharp drop in the...

BACKERS OF RURAL DENTAL CARE FIND SOMETHING TO SMILE ABOUT

It can be hard to keep smiles healthy in rural areas, where dentists are few and far between and residents often are poor and lack...

TRUMP WIELDS SANCTIONS HAMMER; EXPERTS WONDER TO WHAT END

Call it the diplomacy of coercion.

PORTLAND 'GROUND ZERO' FOR PROTESTS BETWEEN RIGHT, LEFT-WING

Hundreds of far-right protesters and anti-fascist counter-demonstrators swarmed downtown Portland, Oregon, on Saturday for a long-hyped...

AS NEW HOUSING GROUPS CONVENE, SOME ASK: IS THIS JUST MORE TALK?

Groups off to a slow start in assessing and implementing the 2018 recommendations.

ABRAMS BRINGS FAIR FIGHT 2020 TO GEORGIA

Democrat Stacey Abrams has launched a new multistate voter protection initiative in Georgia.

GUN CONTROL ADVOCATES CALL FOR NEW GUN LAWS AT RALLIES

DEMAND FOR HALAL MEATS CONNECTS MINNESOTA MUSLIMS, FARMERS

Demand for halal meats builds bridge between farmers, faithful

IN IOWA, AMY KLOBUCHAR LOOKS FOR ROOM TO GROW

State offers high stakes to candidate banking on her appeal in the Midwest

WHAT OTHER STATES ARE DOING ABOUT GUN VIOLENCE AS PUSH FOR NEW MINNESOTA LAWS INTENSIFIES

Other states pass "red flag" and background-check bills - but not Minnesota.

ILLINOIS SUES COMPANY AFTER LEAD FOUND IN VILLAGE'S WATER

Illinois alleges that a company that provides water to a Chicago suburb made changes without permission from state regulators that...

EDINA FOCUS GROUP PART OF SERIES WITH SWING VOTERS IN KEY STATES

DFL POLITICS SHAPED BY MINNESOTA'S FORTUNE 500 CULTURE