ByAmusement operators in Minnesota — providers of games, jukeboxes and ATMs to restaurant and bars — are the latest group to challenge in court the business restrictions put in place by Gov. Tim Walz during the pandemic.The Minnesota Operators of Music & Amusement Association, or MOMA, and a handful of other businesses filed a lawsuit Thursday against Walz and several of his commissioners arguing that the 11 p.m. curfew and other constraints on bars and restaurants are unconstitutional. The lawsuit notes that other establishments, such as retail stores, aren't subject to the same...…ByAmusement operators in Minnesota — providers of games, jukeboxes and ATMs to restaurant and bars — are the latest group to challenge in court the business restrictions put in place by Gov. Tim Walz during the pandemic.The Minnesota Operators of Music & Amusement Association, or MOMA, and a handful of other businesses filed a lawsuit Thursday against Walz and several of his commissioners arguing that the 11 p.m. curfew and other constraints on bars and restaurants are unconstitutional. The lawsuit notes that other establishments, such as retail stores, aren't subject to the same...WW…

More from the HomepageMajor consolidation will move employees to other locations, remote work. By Star TribunemoreCopy shortlink:Just how different the post-pandemic world of work will look came into greater focus on Thursday when Target Corp. announced that it will move out of City Center, a major downsizing that will reduce its office space in downtown Minneapolis by a third.Target, the largest employer downtown, said it no longer needs the nearly 1 million square feet it occupies in that skyscraper as it plans for a hybrid future in which workers will combine remote and on-site...…More from the HomepageMajor consolidation will move employees to other locations, remote work. By Star TribunemoreCopy shortlink:Just how different the post-pandemic world of work will look came into greater focus on Thursday when Target Corp. announced that it will move out of City Center, a major downsizing that will reduce its office space in downtown Minneapolis by a third.Target, the largest employer downtown, said it no longer needs the nearly 1 million square feet it occupies in that skyscraper as it plans for a hybrid future in which workers will combine remote and on-site...WW…

More from the HomepageThe name of the U of M's football stadium will change, along with bank branches. By Star TribunemoreTCF Financial, Minnesota's third-largest bank, is being swept up in another merger — and this time will lose its name.The bank, which moved its headquarters to Detroit from Wayzata with Chemical Financial last year, said it will join forces with Ohio-based Huntington Bancshares to become one of the nation's top 20 banks with $168 billion in assets.The combined company will use the Huntington name. That will lead to the renaming of TCF branches as well as venues...…More from the HomepageThe name of the U of M's football stadium will change, along with bank branches. By Star TribunemoreTCF Financial, Minnesota's third-largest bank, is being swept up in another merger — and this time will lose its name.The bank, which moved its headquarters to Detroit from Wayzata with Chemical Financial last year, said it will join forces with Ohio-based Huntington Bancshares to become one of the nation's top 20 banks with $168 billion in assets.The combined company will use the Huntington name. That will lead to the renaming of TCF branches as well as venues...WW…

More from the HomepageSubject of video said he believed some of the men were not tenants. By Star TribunemoreCopy shortlink:A Minneapolis venture capitalist’s office lease has been terminated after a video went viral showing him asking a group of black entrepreneurs if they were tenants of the building and thus allowed to use its gym.In the video posted Tuesday night, Tom Austin, who is white, said he was going to call 911 on the group. (He ended up calling the building’s property manager instead.)On Wednesday afternoon, Austin said he messed up. He had an office at the Mozaic East...…More from the HomepageSubject of video said he believed some of the men were not tenants. By Star TribunemoreCopy shortlink:A Minneapolis venture capitalist’s office lease has been terminated after a video went viral showing him asking a group of black entrepreneurs if they were tenants of the building and thus allowed to use its gym.In the video posted Tuesday night, Tom Austin, who is white, said he was going to call 911 on the group. (He ended up calling the building’s property manager instead.)On Wednesday afternoon, Austin said he messed up. He had an office at the Mozaic East...WW…

More from the HomepageSubject of video said he believed some of the men were not tenants. By Star TribunemoreCopy shortlink:A Minneapolis venture capitalist’s office lease has been terminated after a video went viral showing him asking a group of black entrepreneurs if they were tenants of the building and thus allowed to use its gym.In the video posted Tuesday night, Tom Austin, who is white, said he was going to call 911 on the group. (He ended up calling the building’s property manager instead.)On Wednesday afternoon, Austin said he messed up. He had an office at the Mozaic East...…More from the HomepageSubject of video said he believed some of the men were not tenants. By Star TribunemoreCopy shortlink:A Minneapolis venture capitalist’s office lease has been terminated after a video went viral showing him asking a group of black entrepreneurs if they were tenants of the building and thus allowed to use its gym.In the video posted Tuesday night, Tom Austin, who is white, said he was going to call 911 on the group. (He ended up calling the building’s property manager instead.)On Wednesday afternoon, Austin said he messed up. He had an office at the Mozaic East...WW…

More from the HomepageThe Minneapolis-based retailer also will rebuild other stores that have been damaged in this week's riots. By Star TribunemoreCopy shortlink:Target CEO Brian Cornell said the retailer, which calls Minneapolis its home, hopes to reopen its heavily damaged Lake Street store before the end of this year.That store, which has been a fixture in that neighborhood since 1976, is across the street from the epicenter of many of the protests and was one of the first to be looted and damaged.Cornell said the company hasn’t yet been able to safely send teams in to inspect the...…More from the HomepageThe Minneapolis-based retailer also will rebuild other stores that have been damaged in this week's riots. By Star TribunemoreCopy shortlink:Target CEO Brian Cornell said the retailer, which calls Minneapolis its home, hopes to reopen its heavily damaged Lake Street store before the end of this year.That store, which has been a fixture in that neighborhood since 1976, is across the street from the epicenter of many of the protests and was one of the first to be looted and damaged.Cornell said the company hasn’t yet been able to safely send teams in to inspect the...WW…

More from the HomepageMore than a dozen drugstores were targeted in rioting; dozens more shut down. ByandStar TribunemoreCopy shortlink:A few dozen pharmacies in the Twin Cities remained closed Tuesday in the aftermath of the riots, a loss of essential services that will take time to resolve and force their customers to look elsewhere for prescriptions.Cristina Pavlik pulled up to the Walgreens at the corner of 46th Street and Hiawatha Avenue in Minneapolis on Monday to pick up medication for her mom, who has pulmonary disease. But the drugstore, ransacked last week, was boarded...…More from the HomepageMore than a dozen drugstores were targeted in rioting; dozens more shut down. ByandStar TribunemoreCopy shortlink:A few dozen pharmacies in the Twin Cities remained closed Tuesday in the aftermath of the riots, a loss of essential services that will take time to resolve and force their customers to look elsewhere for prescriptions.Cristina Pavlik pulled up to the Walgreens at the corner of 46th Street and Hiawatha Avenue in Minneapolis on Monday to pick up medication for her mom, who has pulmonary disease. But the drugstore, ransacked last week, was boarded...WW…