🗳️ A top election forecaster has shifted the rating for Minnesota's 2026 U.S. Senate race from "likely Democratic" to "leans Democratic" in light of U.S. Tina Smith's decision to resign. (Sabato's Crystal Ball)
🏢 UnitedHealthcare has offered buyouts to an unspecified number of employees, who will need to make a decision by March 3. (CNBC)
If the company doesn't get enough takers, it will conduct layoffs, sources who saw an internal website told CNBC.
✈️ Delta Airlines is offering $30,000 with "no strings attached" to each passenger aboard the flight from Minneapolis that flipped over during a crash-landing. (NBC News)
📚 St. Paul's new schools superintendent, Stacie Stanley, will be paid $270,000 her first year under a three-year contract approved by the school board this week. (Star Tribune)
🏛️ St. Paul City Council members voted to block Ryan Companies' plans for less density at Highland Bridge, a key development project where residential construction has been sluggish. (Pioneer Press)
👀 A proposal to build more apartments, along with retail and a biotech district, near Brooklyn Park's border is attracting pushback from officials in neighboring Champlin and Maple Grove, who say the plan would increase traffic and hurt property values. (Star Tribune)
Brooklyn Park Mayor Hollies Winston accused critics of "regional redlining" and said his focus is what his residents want.
