THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT’S FREE AT-HOME TEST PROGRAM FOR COVID-19 WAS SUSPENDED EARLIER THIS MONTH. YESTERDAY, GOVERNOR WALZ ANNOUNCED THAT MINNESOTANS CAN NOW PLACE A THIRD ORDER FOR FOUR ADDITIONAL FREE AT-HOME RAPID TESTS THROUGH A STATE ONLINE PROGRAM. IT CAN BE DONE BY VISITING MN.GOV/COVID19. IF YOU HAD NOT ORDERED THE PREVIOUS ROUNDS FROM THE FEDERAL PROGRAM, YOU COULD NOW GET THE WHOLE 12 TESTS FROM THIS PROGRAM.
EMPLOYEES AT AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY ON TUESDAY VOTED TO ACCEPT A FOUR-YEAR LABOR CONTRACT PROPOSAL THAT WILL RAISE PAY BY A TOTAL OF 17% OVER THE FOUR YEARS, ALONG WITH ENHANCING OTHER BENEFITS.
AMTRAK SAYS THEY WILL BE SUSPENDING ALL LONG-DISTANCE TRAIN ROUTES, INCLUDING THE EMPIRE BUILDER, WHICH COMES THROUGH THE TWIN CITIES, FARGO, DETROIT LAKES, AND MINOT. IT COMES DUE TO THE POTENTIAL WORK STOPPAGE BY UNION RAIL WORKERS. AMTRAK WORKERS ARE NOT INVOLVED, BUT ALMOST ALL OF IT’S 21,000 MILES OF TRACK OUTSIDE OF THE NORTHEAST CORRIDOR ARE OPERATED BY FREIGHT RAILROADS.
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