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Minnesota Life Insurance Co.
Minnesota Life Insurance both directly and through its subsidiaries, provides a diversified array of insurance and financial products and services designed principally to protect and...
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Judge Finds Wal-Mart Violated Minnesota Labour Laws
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Minnesota judge has ruled that Wal-Mart Stores Inc WMT violated state wage and hour laws, requiring employees to work off the clock, and the discount retailer could now face more than $2 billion in possible fines. Minnesota District...
Tags: Retail, Minnesota, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., salary, retail company, Judge, New York, Thomson Reuters Corp., training, worker
News items 2008-07-01
Alliant Energy Case Study: Albert Lea, Minnesota
A Conservation Improvement Program CIP project co-sponsored by the Minnesota Department of Commerce DOC and Alliant Energy is now capturing methane biogas produced by the wastewater treatment process and cleanly burning the gas to generate electricity and heat. The City of Albert Lea and the Minnesota DOC each purchased two...
Tags: Alliant Energy, Minnesota, U.S. Department of Commerce
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Onamia Elementary School, Onamia, Minnesota
The Onamia Elementary School may be a one story "little red school house," but the it's also one of the more modern, technically sophisticated buildings in this northern Minnesota resort community 100 miles north of Minneapolis. This little red school house is heated and cooled by a computer-controlled GeoExchange geothermal...
Tags: Geothermal Heat Pump Consortium, Minnesota, geothermal energy, computer
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Conoco's "Skunk Creek" Service Station, Minnesota
Marvin Hansen's "Skunk Creek" is located in Sandstone, Minnesota, just off Interstate 35 about halfway between the Twin Cities and Duluth; it has a 24-foot cathedral ceiling and a bright cherry-red roof to make it more visible from the freeway. While GeoExchange heating and cooling systems are still relatively rare...
Tags: Geothermal Heat Pump Consortium, Minnesota, cost savings, small business, benefit
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GeoExchange Comfort in Princeton, Minnesota
Located in the middle of the State of Minnesota where temperatures can range in one year from 90EF with 95% humidity to -18EF with windchills of -70EF, a GeoExchange geothermal heating and cooling system comfortably and efficiently heats and cools this 3,400 sq ft home. In an area where natural...
Tags: Geothermal Heat Pump Consortium, GeoExchange, Minnesota, geothermal energy, natural gas
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St. Mary's Medical Center, Duluth, Minnesota
St. Mary's Medical Center is a 326-bed hospital located in Duluth, Minnesota. Western Lake Superior Sanitary District WLSSD staff began the mercury reduction project by meeting with Hospital management to ensure their interest and commitment. Once support was assured, an existing team of Hospital employees worked with WLSSD staff on...
Tags: HEALTHCARE, Minnesota, hospital, hospital management, monitoring, team
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Regions Hospital-St. Paul, Minnesota: Duplex Chillers Solve Plant Capacity Challenge for Hospital
Regions Hospital in St. Paul, Minnesota recently installed two large chillers to overcome a pressing plant capacity problem. According to hospital chief engineer Mike Barnaal, the new plant met several needs, including improving plant efficiency, serving a new wing on the hospital, and replacing two older chillers, which were no...
Tags: American Standard Inc., hospital, Minnesota
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Minnesota School Combines Indoor Air Quality With Energy Efficiency
Students and teachers in Red Wing, Minnesota are enjoying a new high school that uses the latest in efficient, quiet HVAC technology to provide optimal indoor air quality. While the increase in outdoor air supply could not come too soon for those who are sensitive to poor indoor air quality,...
Tags: Construction, American Standard Inc., HVAC, acoustics, energy efficiency
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Minnesota Hospitals Case Study
In October of 1999, hospital administrators from the HealthEast Care System and Childrens Hospitals and Clinics in St. Paul signed Transition Agreements with the Minnesota Nurses Association that would allow nurses from both hospitals to remain in their current positions or to transfer to a newly constructed, co-owned hospital in...
Tags: HEALTHCARE, hospital, Minnesota
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Economic Importance of Minnesota's Poultry Industry
This report is on the poultry industry in Minnesota. The Minnesota poultry industry is an important component of the state's and the nation's agricultural systems. In fact, Minnesota is the nation's second largest turkey producer, exceeded only by North Carolina. In egg production, Minnesota is the nation's seventh largest producer....
Tags: Minnesota, industry
White papers
Regulatory Frameworks And Policy Options For Broadband Growth
Two concerns form the background for this paper. One concern was to understand more about the current regulatory parameters that affect the historically dominant telecommunications service provider in Minnesota, namely Qwest Communications, and to consider it's role as a provider of unregulated broadband services. The second concern was to focus...
Tags: Broadband Internet, Network technology, Telecom & Utilities, University of Minnesota, Minnesota, broadband, telecommunications, telecommunications service, broadband service
White papers 2006-06-28
Intelligent Transportation Systems And Other Technological Assistance
The objective of this paper is to understand how Intelligent Transportation Systems ITS and other technologies can be used to provide better paratransit services (also known as Community-Based Transportation or CBT) for various populations in Minnesota. The study has three stages: survey, in-depth interview, and data analysis. CBT serves diverse...
Tags: Computer-based training (CBT), training and certification, University of Minnesota, computer-based training, Minnesota, data analysis, transportation, survey
White papers 2004-11-12
Value of Time for Commercial Vehicle Operators in Minnesota
This paper studies the value of time for commercial vehicle operators in Minnesota. The spring load restriction policy of Minnesota has been in effect for over 50 years with little consideration given to the cost that it imposes on the freight industry. A cost-benefit study was recently commissioned to examine...
Tags: University of Minnesota, Minnesota, analysis, industry
White papers 2003-12-01
Distributed Generation in Minnesota
This paper describes about Distributed Generation in Minnesota. Minnesota has no "traditional" indigenous energy resources. Minnesotans spend $9,000,000,000 each year on energy. Most energy dollars leave the local economies as payments for energy bills. Minnesota currently has the 4th greatest amount of operating wind capacity in the nation. St. Paul...
Tags: Minnesota, payment
White papers 2003-05-13
Approaching Universal Coverage: Minnesota's Health Insurance Programs
While a high rate of private insurance coverage is an important reason for Minnesota's success relative to other states, the state also operates five public health insurance programs that collectively cover nearly all adults and children without private coverage. Together, these programs cover about 11 percent of the state's non-elderly...
Tags: HEALTHCARE, Benefits, payroll solutions, Vertical industries, Minnesota, health insurance, public health, health care, insurance
White papers 2003-02-01
Statewide Policy: Appropriate Use of Electronic Communication and Technology
The State of Minnesota provides a variety of electronic tools such as telephones, computers, facsimile machines, pagers, electronic mail systems, and Internet access for employees whose job performance would be enhanced by the technology. The State faces the challenge of making maximum use of the benefits of such tools, meeting...
Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Benefits, Recruitment & Selection, executive branch, electronic communication, pager, tool, fax, Internet access, e-mail, benefit, phone, job, Internet, computer
White papers 2002-10-30
The Feasibility of Meat Goats in Minnesota
Recent increases in immigration and the subsequent increase in ethnic populations that are familiar with and prefer goat meat, have created an optimistic and enthusiastic atmosphere among current and potential goat producers. While interest and optimism have increased, a limited amount of formal work has occurred toward assessing the feasibility...
Tags: feasibility, goat, Minnesota
White papers 2001-01-20

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Well, life pretty much sucks in Minnesota. It's always 50 below and there ain't any die-hard skaters here because everyone snowboards, and they always brag about where they went to go snowboarding. There's only like two weeks where you can skate and then by the end of July there's four...
Articles 2008-07-01
Charlie Russell and the Mysterious Photographs
Have you ever picked up an old photograph and wished you knew the story behind it? Well, I did recendy when I received a phone call from historian Joe Crosby of Oklahoma City. Joe had come across two real photo postcards, both marked "Photo by Dean-Forsyth, Mont." and "At Fort...
Articles 2008-06-30
More rain adding to flood woes
WINFIELD, Mo. -- Crews laboring to strengthen fortifications along the swollen Mississippi tackled new dirt slides and seepages on a fragile earthen levee Wednesday as forecasters said more heavy rain could cause a second round of big crests. As much as 8 inches of rain fell on...
Articles 2008-06-26
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