Elliot Hughes at the Star Tribune reports: “President-elect Donald Trump has teased Canada for the past month, making comments about turning the country into the 51st state in the U.S., imposing tariffs on its products and using ‘economic force; to have it join the Union.
“That had Ontario Premier Doug Ford thinking about his own territorial gains.
While speaking to a reporter Monday, Ford joked: ‘…to the president, I’ll make him a counteroffer. How about if we buy Alaska and we’ll throw in Minnesota and Minneapolis at the same time?’”
Emily Peck and Kyle Stokes at Axios report: “Twin Cities renters paid an extra $26 per month on average when their landlords used rental pricing algorithms to determine what they pay, according to a White House analysis first shared with Axios.”
Dené K. Dryden with the Rochester Post Bulletin reports: “Registered nurses at Mayo Clinic Health System in Fairmont have voted to decertify their union affiliation with the Minnesota Nurses Association.”
Adam Uren at Bring Me the News reports: “The parent company of boutique TV shopping channel ShopHQ is laying off 122 workers from its facility in Eden Prairie.
IV Media, LLC confirmed the impending permanent layoffs in a notice to state authorities, with the layoffs expected to start on Feb. 24 at its control room at 6740 Shady Oak Road.”
From WCCO: “A Minnesota judge has ordered Mike Lindell’s MyPillow to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in a lawsuit from a package delivery company.
In the judgment filed last month in Hennepin County, MyPillow Inc. was ordered to pay $777,729.73 to DHL. The payment includes a principal amount, accrued interest, attorney’s fees and more.”
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