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Rochester businesses worry that they might end up the losers in Mayo Clinic’s ‘bold’ $4 billion standoff with the state. Local economic leaders are watching this staredown between giants closely.

“Mayo relies on last-minute, Jerry-rigging, duct-taping tactics that are not acceptable for nurses and patients,” said Kari Wilkemeyer, a nurse at Mayo Clinic’s facility in Austin, Minn, during a Monday

The clinic is threatening to pull billions of dollars out of Minnesota.

A group of CEOs and other leaders is warning about two bills in the Minnesota legislature.

Mayo Clinic said it wants one bill scrapped and another significantly amended. But how would those proposals impact Minnesota's medical systems, staff and patients?

We should be able to count on our elected leaders to work for us, not for the big corporations.

Minnesota nurses are advocating in favor of the Keeping Nurses at the Bedside Act, which has drawn criticism from Minnesota hospital leaders.

Minnesota nurses are advocating in favor of the Keeping Nurses at the Bedside Act, which has drawn criticism from Minnesota hospital leaders.

MNA members, Mayo Clinic nurses and legislators who authored the "Keeping Nurses at the Bedside Act" blame hospital leaders for putting profits ahead of staff members and patients.

Rochester lawmakers reacted over the weekend to news of Mayo Clinic reconsidering planned investments in Minnesota if parts of the proposed Omnibus Health and Human Services bill are not removed before Governor Tim Walz signs the legislation into law.