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Minnesota’s Minimum Wage to Rise January 1st, 2025
UNDATED (WJON News) -- The Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry is reminding employers ahead of January 1st that new minimum-wage rates will be going into effect. The 2024 legislature revised the law to remove the reduced minimum wages for small employers so that the minimum wage rate will be $11.13 for all employers including J-1 visa wages for hotels, motels, and lodging businesses. The changes also include workers under 18-years-old.
Minnesotans try to beat the heat amid excessive heat warning
MINNEAPOLIS — The heat can't be ignored on Monday."We are slowing down our pace a little bit, but we're doing OK," Paul Burke said in the middle of his walk around Lake Harriet.An excessive heat warning is consuming much of the state on Monday."I mean it's like a sauna," Beth Kalin said. "You don't have to get in the sauce, you're in the sauna."While the heat index made it well into the 100s, it didn't stop some Minnesotans from getting their steps — or laps in."It's heating up," Greg Shobert said after his swim across Lake Harriet. "It's nice to...
Excessive Heat Warnings Now Issued In These 12 Minnesota Counties
For those who thought summer weather was behind us and were already in a pumpkin spice frame of mind, the start of this week served as a great reminder that summer is still very much here. Throughout Minnesota and Wisconsin, the story of the day Monday was the hot weather,...
Minnesotans Urged To Follow The 7 Second Rule Today
I think most people have heard of the 5-second rule, which suggests that food is safe to eat if you pick it up within five seconds of dropping it. So that you know, that's not always true. Bacteria can stick to food as soon as it touches the floor, and even floors that seem clean can have bacteria. Whether or not they should, many people still follow the 5-second rule.
2 hurt, one from possible stabbing, at Minnesota State Fair on Saturday night
FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. — Minnesota State Fair police say its officers had to respond to two violent incidents on Saturday night, including a possible stabbing.Police say "an altercation involving multiple individuals" broke out at Underwood Street and Carnes Avenue just before 9 p.m. One person suffered an apparent head injury and was treated by medics on-site. Soon after in the second incident, police say a fairgoer was found with "a non-critical injury to his leg" near the DNR Building off Carnes Avenue and Nelson Street. He was also treated and released by fair medics.Police say it's unclear how he was...
Power & Politics: VP Harris, Minnesota Gov. Walz officially secure nomination at DNC
The Democratic National Convention in Chicago has wrapped up. Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz officially secured the party's nomination with just over 2 months to go before Election Day.
Harris-Walz co-chair: ‘We really think that we have a chance to win Georgia’
Mitch Landrieu, national co-chair for the Harris-Walz campaign, said Sunday he is optimistic about Vice President Harris’s chances of winning Georgia in the general election this November. “We really think that we have a chance to win Georgia,” Landrieu said in an interview on MSNBC’s “The Weekend.” “They’re going to compete there in a very…
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