Twin Cities home builders are falling behind schedule as the federal immigration crackdown in Minnesota has fueled a shortage of roofing, drywall and other construction workers, according to developers and real estate agents.

People are not listing their existing homes as planned because their new-build homes are not ready, said Redfin real ...Read more

A new potential buyer has thrown its hat in the ring for the Daily Herald, a newspaper serving Chicago's northern, northwestern and western suburbs.

On Sunday, the Chicago Tribune took out a full-page ad in its own paper offering the employee owners of the Daily Herald a 30% premium over “anyone else” to acquire their newspaper.

The ...Read more

DEARBORN, Michigan — New pushes for anti-drunken driving policies have been underway as deadlines to set standards for technologies that monitor for impairment and distraction in future cars and trucks have come and gone. U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Michigan, in December introduced a bill that would order car and truck makers to add alcohol ...Read more

Some federal workers aren’t leaving public service altogether. They’re landing jobs in local government.

A job-seeking platform managed by national nonprofit Work for America is helping some workers find those new roles. The service is relatively new but predates President Donald Trump’s efforts to shrink the federal workforce in 2025.

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SEATTLE — Eddie Bauer's store operator plans to permanently shutter its headquarters in Seattle and lay off 60 workers in the process, according to a state filing.

The Seattle-based outdoor apparel brand's Sodo office at 2200 First Avenue South will close, and all 60 employees who work there will lose their jobs between April and June, per a ...Read more

A landmark civil trial that will ask jurors to decide whether social media companies can be held liable for pushing a product that they allegedly knew was harmful to children began Monday in Los Angeles County Superior Court, with attorneys sparring for more than four hours in combative opening arguments.

The closely watched test case could ...Read more

Sunday’s Super Bowl LX, featuring some 66 ads costing corporate brands an average $8 million for half a minute, shone a light on America’s snacking trends, tracked closely by Gopuff, the Philadelphia-based national delivery service.

The game between the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots, also featuring Bad Bunny’s Spanish-...Read more

Target Corp. is cutting about 500 roles to simplify operations, a move it says will improve the customer experience in stores.

The company is aiming to “streamline our field structure and better empower our store directors to meet guests’ needs,” Chief Stores Officer Adrienne Costanzo and Chief Supply Chain and Logistics Officer Gretchen...Read more

WASHINGTON — United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain, fresh off negotiating a tentative contract at a Volkswagen AG plant in Tennessee, presented a bold goal Monday of adding 25,000 new members employed by foreign automakers in the U.S. South within the next two years.

The labor leader, addressing the UAW's national political conference in ...Read more

One of the key figures behind the national spread of sports betting in the United States has taken up the fight against prediction markets as a form of wagering.

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie serves as an adviser to the American Gaming Association on prediction markets, the entities that sell event contracts to investors on current ...Read more

In recent years, the Chicago Auto Show has been steering toward electric vehicles, following the ambitious state and national agenda to convert the industry from combustion engines to cleaner technology, incentivized by governmental tax credits and rebates.

While EVs are still center stage at the 2026 auto show, which opens today at McCormick ...Read more

Previously undisclosed correspondence between Jeffrey Epstein and former Microsoft executive Nathan Myhrvold released by the Justice Department last month point to a longtime connection between the two men.

Epstein, the financier and accused sex trafficker, and Myhrvold frequently exchanged emails and regularly met, both in Seattle and New York...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Ford Motor Co. employee who heckled President Donald Trump during a January visit to the company's Dearborn Truck Plant still has his job and "has no discipline on his record," a union official confirmed Monday.

"TJ, we got your back," United Auto Workers Vice President Laura Dickerson said during a Washington, D.C., speech ...Read more

Stellantis NV on Friday sold its 49% stake in a Canadian battery plant for $100 after the automaker behind brands including Jeep and Dodge announced $26.5 billion in electric vehicle-related losses amid a major pivot back to gas-powered vehicles.

South Korean battery maker LG Energy Solution now fully owns the Windsor, Ontario, battery plant ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — America's car dealers are coming to a stark realization: The new vehicles on their lots too often cost too much, and that could create trouble for their businesses in 2026.

As the economy enters a moment of uncertainty, attendees of the annual National Automobile Dealers Association convention in Las Vegas last week kept ...Read more

Wealthy individuals from California and Washington are flocking to the Las Vegas Valley to escape tax policies and politics from their home states, according to several area real estate agents.

It a “full-scale migration of wealth,” said Virtue Real Estate co-owner, broker and CEO Darin Marques, who just opened a brokerage in Henderson.

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California's ticketing industry could be undergoing some major changes.

On Thursday, state Assemblymember Matt Haney, D-San Francisco, introduced a new bill, the California Fans First Act, that would impose price caps on tickets sold in the resale market, limiting prices to no more than 10% above the ticket's face value.

By making it illegal ...Read more

Boeing will move engineering work for the 787 Dreamliner from the Puget Sound region to South Carolina, marking another move away from Washington five years after it shifted all final assembly for the 787 from Everett, Washington, to North Charleston.

Boeing told employees last week the “remaining 787 engineering work” would move from its ...Read more

The U.S. dollar’s value has fallen 8% over the past year, as the price of gold has skyrocketed, said the WSJ Dollar Index. Some think it is a good thing.

President Donald Trump said recently a weaker dollar is “great.” The idea is a weaker currency boosts exports and employment while a strong currency can throttle an economy.

While the ...Read more