MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, April 12 -- Allianz Life Insurance Co. of North America (Allianz Life), a provider of retirement solutions, including fixed and variable annuities and life insurance for individuals, issued the following news release on April 11, 2024: Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America (Allianz Life) today announced $1.8 million in investments to four local nonprofits focused on increasing equitable access to economic opportunities and resources in the Twin Cities. Each org  more

AMES, Iowa, April 11 (TNSres) -- Iowa State University issued the following news release: If you're the Midcontinent Independent System Operator - the organization that manages the flow of high-voltage electricity across a central stripe of the U.S. and Canada, from Manitoba, Michigan and Minnesota through Iowa and all the way to Louisiana - you want energy supplies to meet the energy demands of 45 million people. "We make sure the right amount of electricity is generated and transmitted to ou  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, April 12 -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: A record 52 students from 13 teams across the U.S. competed in the fourth annual KU Professional Selling Program/King's Hawaiian Sales Competition on April 5-6 at Capitol Federal Hall. This year's competition featured teams from the University of Kansas School of Business, as well as the University of Arizona, University of Central Missouri, Indiana State University, University of Iowa, University of Georgia, Mar  more

DECORAH, Iowa, April 12 -- Luther College issued the following news: Luther College announces changes to the nursing program curriculum in order to better meet the needs of students and of the nursing profession. Beginning with the cohort entering in fall 2024, nursing students will spend their senior year working at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, rather than their junior year, to ease the transition into professional nursing after graduation. During the Rochester year, students a  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, April 10 (TNSres) -- Macalester College issued the following college news: The Covid-19 pandemic caught most nations and their public health systems by surprise. Yet there has always been considerable historical evidence to understand the emergence of infectious diseases that should have left us more prepared than we were. That's the subject of the recently released second edition of Emerging Infections: Three Epidemiological Transitions from Prehistory to the Present (ht  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, April 12 -- The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development issued the following news: Today, the Minnesota Senate voted to confirm Matt Varilek as Commissioner of the Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) for Governor Tim Walz and Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan's second term. Varilek has served as DEED commissioner since June 2023. Before joining DEED, Commissioner Varilek was president of the Little Falls-based Initiative Foundation,  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, April 12 -- The Minnesota House Democratic-Farmer-Labor Caucus issued the following news release on April 11, 2024: Today, the Minnesota House of Representatives passed House File 4753 (https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=house&f=HF4753&ssn=0&y=2024), which would require the allocation of a portion of the budget surplus to the Disaster Assistance Contingency Account until the account reaches $50 million. Authored by State Representative Gene Pelowski (DFL - Winona),  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, April 12 -- The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency issued the following joint statement on April 10, 2024, with Minnesota Department of Health: * * * Following the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) National Primary Drinking Water Regulation announcement of new Maximum Contaminant Levels on certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in drinking water, the Minnesota Department of Health and Minnesota Pollution Control Agency issued this statement: Today's announ  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, April 12 -- The Minnesota Senate Republican Caucus issued the following news: Senate Democrats recently squashed an amendment (https://www.senate.mn/journals/2023-2024/20240404098.pdf) that would require foods containing bugs or lab-grown meat to be labeled. Senator Torrey Westrom (R-Alexandria) offered this proposal, SF 4219, as an amendment to the Senate agriculture policy bill (https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=senate&f=sf4225&ssn=0&y=2024), which passed out of  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, April 12 -- The Minnesota Senate Republican Caucus issued the following news on April 11, 2024: On Monday, April 8, the Minnesota Senate passed the Jobs and Economic Development Policy bill (https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=senate&f=SF4027&ssn=0&y=2024). This legislation does not address Minnesota's labor shortage or increase worker wages. Recent reporting indicates Minnesota still has 10,000 fewer jobs today than it did before the pandemic, lagging behind more t  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, April 11 -- The Minnesota Senate Republican Caucus issued the following statement on April 10, 2024, by State Sen. Jordan Rasmusson, R-Fergus Falls: * * * The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) recently announced the latest recipients of the Local Road Improvement Program (LRIP). This state program provides funding assistance to local agencies for construction, reconstruction or reconditioning projects. In Wheaton, a 5th Avenue North and 12th Street North proje  more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, April 11 -- The University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management issued the following news: By Charly Haley Chau Nguyen became an entrepreneur 30 years ago because she'd "been fired from literally every single job" she'd ever had. "I found out that I'm unemployable," she said. "But the cool thing about life is that when it throws you a curveball, it also throws you a blessing." Nguyen formed CHAOS Supplies, based in Phoenix, which sells safety glasses and other   more