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2 weeks ago | 
mprnews.org | Angela Davis |Chris Farrell |Cari Dwyer
Create an account or log in to save stories. Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories. President Donald Trump’s administration said it will soon resume collections on defaulted student loans for the first time in five years. The office of Federal Student Aid may start taking funds out of borrowers' tax refunds, Social Security benefits and — eventually — paychecks.
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3 weeks ago | 
mprnews.org | Angela Davis |Maja Beckstrom
When the norms and expectations of the workplace aren’t working for you, what do you do? If you’re Alex West Steinman, you create your own workplace. In 2017, West Steinman left a career in advertising and communications and joined three colleagues to found The Coven. Eight years later, The Coven has two co-working sites in the Twin Cities and another five franchise locations in Minnesota and Wisconsin.
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3 weeks ago | 
mprnews.org | Angela Davis |Chris Farrell |Cari Dwyer
For decades, Minnesotans and Canadians have been friends and trading partners. But President Donald Trump’s tariff policies have raised questions about the future of the relationship between Minnesotans and our neighbors to the north. MPR News host Angela Davis and Chris Farrell, senior economics contributor for MPR News and Marketplace, drove up the North Shore and across the border to talk with Canadians living in Thunder Bay, Ontario.
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4 weeks ago | 
mprnews.org | Nina Moini |Angela Davis |Chris Farrell |Cari Dwyer
For decades, Minnesotans and Canadians have been friends and trading partners, easily moving and trading across our shared border. But President Donald Trump’s tariff policies and calls for Canada to become the United States’ 51st state have raised questions about Minnesotans relationship with our neighbors to the north.
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1 month ago | 
mprnews.org | Angela Davis |Maja Beckstrom |Nikhil Kumaran
Scams are becoming more common and more expensive. Last year, more than 2.5 million Americans reported that they had been scammed. And that number has been increasing, along with the losses. The amount of money lost to scammers in 2024 topped more than 12 billion dollars. That’s up from about $2 billion in 2019, according to the Federal Trade Commission.
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1 month ago | 
mprnews.org | Angela Davis |Maja Beckstrom |Chris Farrell |Cari Dwyer
Create an account or log in to save stories. Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories. The U.S. stocks plummeted this morning as investors worried about potential economic devastation from President Donald Trump's tariffs. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1,200 points, or more than 3 percent, shortly after the open on Monday, and was headed to a third consecutive day of steep falls.
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1 month ago | 
mprnews.org | Angela Davis |Maja Beckstrom
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, remote work surged. And many employees came to appreciate how working from home can make it easier to juggle home and job responsibilities. Minnesota has the highest rate of people working remotely in the Midwest, according to the Minneapolis Federal Reserve. More than a third of workers in the state worked at home at least part time in 2023. But now, five years after the pandemic, the great experiment of remote work is shaking out.
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1 month ago | 
mprnews.org | Angela Davis |Maja Beckstrom
Tens of thousands of federal employees across the country have been laid off over the last two months. And some surveys suggest private employers have started to slow hiring because of concerns over tariffs and the future of the overall economy.
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2 months ago | 
mprnews.org | Angela Davis |Cari Dwyer |Chris Farrell
Create an account or log in to save stories. Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories. It's been hard to keep up with the whirlwind of economic policies during the first month of President Trump’s second administration. The news is full of reports of layoffs, firings, funding cuts, and tariffs. And inflation is persistent.
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Feb 14, 2025 | 
mprnews.org | Angela Davis |Maja Beckstrom
Create an account or log in to save stories. Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories. Just a few weeks into his new administration, President Trump has issued a blizzard of executive actions. Sweeping orders from the White House have included a federal spending freeze, massive federal layoffs, gutting the United States Agency for International Development and ending birthright citizenship. A question many people are asking is — can he do that?
