Lunch Take

via @fluencemedia a daily midday tip sheet on regional news, developing stories and capitalism in Minnesota; its morning companion is @morningtake

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[The Minnesota Star Tribune @StarTribune]

3M ending ‘Work Your Way’ remote flexibility with four in-office days https://t.co/LLilwiHmyv

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CASE WITHDRAWN! Nothing to see here no more…

[Lunch Take @lunchtakemn]

Café Ceres to Close | Twin Cities Business https://t.co/dLlL44JbRc

[Minnesota Chamber of Commerce @MN_Chamber]

NEW: Today, the Minnesota Chamber Foundation's Grow Minnesota! program released a report on immigration trends in the state and what those trends mean for our economy: https://t.co/N9HVVmaKu9

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[Lunch Take @lunchtakemn]

ICYMI- 🎯 traffic #'s

https://t.co/8CldHY3kyY

[Torey Van Oot @toreyvanoot]

Another WFH rollback --> General Mills calls the bulk of its corporate workers back to the office https://t.co/dM2vTbgnSt

[Blois Olson @bloisolson]

DFLer Hoffman Criticizes Walz Budget in @lunchtakemn

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[Lunch Take @lunchtakemn]

The Race for DNC Chair Is a Midwest Nice Fight - Rolling Stone https://t.co/fwLIphJMwe

[News Talk 830 WCCO @wccoradio]

WalletHub recently released a survey that says that inflation is worse in Minneapolis than in other major cities. Why is it such a struggle here? @bloisolson talks to WalletHub Analyst Chip Lupo about their findings.

https://t.co/ASFINRfInb

[Minnesota Chamber of Commerce @MN_Chamber]

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[Steve Grove @grove]

Always a great conversation w/ @DeRushaJ, who seems to know something about everything.

Thanks for having me on at the State Fair!

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[Blois Olson @bloisolson]

The new name / rebrand of the @StarTribune is The Minnesota Star Tribune

They will celebrate on Mon.

expect the mascot will be at @mnstatefair - it's a gray duck.

New typeface of the brand lines up with the StribVoices tease yesterday

Hoping to have a pic in @lunchtakemn

[Lunch Take @lunchtakemn]

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[Peter Callaghan @CallaghanPeter]

Last session MN DFL lawmakers raised the bar for how parties can gain major party status (which brings easier ballot access and state $)
Now state DFL party is saying Legal Marijuana Now didn't meet the threshold and should be demoted.
Background here.
https://t.co/7tjz5Fu8zL

[Jay Parsons @jayparsons]

Here are the top 12 markets for apartment demand in 2023-- each adding more than 7k new apartment renting households.

What do they have in common?

Rents were flat or negative in 11 of the 12 (exception being DC at +2.5%), as strong demand was offset by even more supply.

This is unprecedented in the modern era-- seeing the HOTTEST markets for DEMAND also ranking as the COLDEST markets for RENTS.

And it's resulting from this generational high in apartment supply, which will remain a factor in 2024 before dropping off in 2025-26... at which point (assuming economy remains healthy) demand should catch up with supply, and we'll likely see high-demand markets as above average rent growth markets again.

Build, build, build.

[Minnesota Retailers @MnRetailers]

The 2023 U.S. economy, in a dozen charts https://t.co/mOu77qKcJ0

[Brian Bakst @Stowydad]

A Minnesota Court of Appeals decision today involves handgun possession and "ghost guns" that lack serial numbers.

In short, the court held that an illegal gun possession charge shouldn't have been tossed by a lower court.

Key passage/footnote below:
https://t.co/a1XHByXZAX