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Wal-Mart, the world’s largest retailer, violated the law more than 2 million times over a six-year period by denying workers time for breaks and forcing them to work “off the clock” for no pay, a Minnesota judge has ruled. MORE »

Are they being used incorrectly as a weapon against immigrants? MORE »

The employer was bound to a card-check agreement under the terms of financing provided by the City of Minneapolis to help build the hotel. The City provided $6 million in tax increment financing for the $100 million development, which renovated a historic 1930 Moorish-style tower as part of a larger project that includes 136 hotel rooms, 92 condos, and a 17,000 square foot health club. MORE »

If further proof is needed that Minnesota is not a “big government” state, the U.S. Census Bureau’s annual report on public employment has provided it. Both total state and local government employment per capita and public payroll as a percent of personal income in Minnesota have fallen below the national average. MORE »