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OF NOTE The University of Minnesota announced that Melisa López Franzen will serve as executive director of Government and Community Relations. López Franzen is a former Minnesota state senator and Senate minority leader, an adjunct professor at the U of M’s Humphrey School of Public Affairs, and co-founder of NewPublica, a multicultural communications consulting firm. […]

Minimum wage ripple effect: Extra business costs could fall to customers 7 Apr, 2021 09:00 PM 6 minutes to read Watchdog Security Group chief executive officer Brett Wilson. Photo / File The ripple effect of increasing the minimum wage has meant some employees already receiving $20 per hour are now also expecting a pay rise, business leaders say. Meanwhile, business owners already struggling post-lockdown may have to reduce hours, cut jobs, and pass extra costs on to clients....