Kristen Leigh Painter
@kristenpainter.bsky.social
Business Editor, Minnesota Star Tribune
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Vikings players, staffers + coaches are wearing shirts that honor the shooting victims from the Aug. 27 tragedy at Annunciation Church in South Minneapolis. @carlosgphoto.bsky.social with the photo, in which the backs of the shirts read:
Be Kind
Be Respectful
Be Inclusive
Be My Best Self
Be Brave
Be Kind
Be Respectful
Be Inclusive
Be My Best Self
Be Brave
September 8, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Vikings players, staffers + coaches are wearing shirts that honor the shooting victims from the Aug. 27 tragedy at Annunciation Church in South Minneapolis. @carlosgphoto.bsky.social with the photo, in which the backs of the shirts read:
Be Kind
Be Respectful
Be Inclusive
Be My Best Self
Be Brave
Be Kind
Be Respectful
Be Inclusive
Be My Best Self
Be Brave
Ramstad: Staggering, swaggering growth gives way to humility at UnitedHealth Group
Ramstad: At UnitedHealth HQ, it was humble pie for breakfast
Returned CEO Stephen Hemsley says nation’s largest health care company needs a “real cultural shift.”
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July 29, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Ramstad: Staggering, swaggering growth gives way to humility at UnitedHealth Group
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President Donald Trump raised a record amount of cash for his inauguration, including donations from several companies with operations in Minnesota.
Target gave $1M to Trump inauguration fund, a first for the company
President Donald Trump raised a record amount of cash for his inauguration, including donations from several companies with operations in Minnesota.
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April 30, 2025 at 12:23 PM
President Donald Trump raised a record amount of cash for his inauguration, including donations from several companies with operations in Minnesota.
The divide between hybrid and return-to-office advocates grows in Minnesota.
By downtowns reporter Katie Galioto and economy reporter @emmamarienelson.bsky.social.
By downtowns reporter Katie Galioto and economy reporter @emmamarienelson.bsky.social.
The divide between hybrid and return-to-office advocates grows in Minnesota
From federal workers and Amazon at the national level to 3M and U.S. Bank in the state, workplaces are dialing back remote policies. But a return to pre-pandemic norms seems unlikely.
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March 14, 2025 at 1:29 PM
The divide between hybrid and return-to-office advocates grows in Minnesota.
By downtowns reporter Katie Galioto and economy reporter @emmamarienelson.bsky.social.
By downtowns reporter Katie Galioto and economy reporter @emmamarienelson.bsky.social.
Calling it quits can pay well for CEOs at big nonprofit groups in Minnesota — particularly for those at health insurance companies.
The results of Chris Snowbeck's annual tradition of analyzing the federal tax filings and state documents for health NGOs.
The results of Chris Snowbeck's annual tradition of analyzing the federal tax filings and state documents for health NGOs.
Pay starts flowing when nonprofit CEOs leave the job
In recent years, Medica and Blue Cross of Minnesota provided millions in pay to their chief executives at the end of the road.
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March 14, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Calling it quits can pay well for CEOs at big nonprofit groups in Minnesota — particularly for those at health insurance companies.
The results of Chris Snowbeck's annual tradition of analyzing the federal tax filings and state documents for health NGOs.
The results of Chris Snowbeck's annual tradition of analyzing the federal tax filings and state documents for health NGOs.
Five years ago, the ventilator was a symbol of the pandemic.
Medtronic ramped up production and made blueprints public so others could replicate.
Now, it's shuttering that business.
Inside the slow rise and sudden death of its lifesaving ventilators. By @vstef.bsky.social
Medtronic ramped up production and made blueprints public so others could replicate.
Now, it's shuttering that business.
Inside the slow rise and sudden death of its lifesaving ventilators. By @vstef.bsky.social
Inside the slow rise and sudden death of Medtronic’s lifesaving ventilators
Medtronic’s Puritan Bennett devices were some of the world’s most important in 2020, but profits dipped as clinical preferences shifted. Experts disagree on what their extinction means for the future...
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March 13, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Five years ago, the ventilator was a symbol of the pandemic.
Medtronic ramped up production and made blueprints public so others could replicate.
Now, it's shuttering that business.
Inside the slow rise and sudden death of its lifesaving ventilators. By @vstef.bsky.social
Medtronic ramped up production and made blueprints public so others could replicate.
Now, it's shuttering that business.
Inside the slow rise and sudden death of its lifesaving ventilators. By @vstef.bsky.social
Five years ago, the ventilator was a symbol of the pandemic.
Medtronic ramped up production and made blueprints public so others could replicate.
Now, it's shuttering that business.
Inside the slow rise and sudden death of its lifesaving ventilators.
www.startribune.com/inside-the-s...
Medtronic ramped up production and made blueprints public so others could replicate.
Now, it's shuttering that business.
Inside the slow rise and sudden death of its lifesaving ventilators.
www.startribune.com/inside-the-s...
Inside the slow rise and sudden death of Medtronic’s lifesaving ventilators
Medtronic’s Puritan Bennett devices were some of the world’s most important in 2020, but profits dipped as clinical preferences shifted. Experts disagree on what their extinction means for the future...
www.startribune.com
March 13, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Five years ago, the ventilator was a symbol of the pandemic.
Medtronic ramped up production and made blueprints public so others could replicate.
Now, it's shuttering that business.
Inside the slow rise and sudden death of its lifesaving ventilators.
www.startribune.com/inside-the-s...
Medtronic ramped up production and made blueprints public so others could replicate.
Now, it's shuttering that business.
Inside the slow rise and sudden death of its lifesaving ventilators.
www.startribune.com/inside-the-s...
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Minnetonka-based Cargill, Inver Grove Heights-based CHS Inc. and Minneapolis trader Sinamco sold a total of $70 million in sorghum, wheat and peas to the agency’s Food for Peace program, according to records shared with the Minnesota Star Tribune on Thursday.
Shuttering of USAID could mean the end of millions in income for Midwest farm operations
Frozen by Elon Musk’s DOGE personnel, the USAID program purchased $70 million in commodities in 2024 from Minnesota vendors.
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February 6, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Minnetonka-based Cargill, Inver Grove Heights-based CHS Inc. and Minneapolis trader Sinamco sold a total of $70 million in sorghum, wheat and peas to the agency’s Food for Peace program, according to records shared with the Minnesota Star Tribune on Thursday.
So-called "health and wellness" pulse oximeters don't require extensive testing, despite criticism they're less accurate on darker skin.
@vstef.bsky.social spoke w/ MN-based Nonin Medical, which launched the fingertip device in 1995, about its FDA-cleared device and the unregulated (cheaper) market
@vstef.bsky.social spoke w/ MN-based Nonin Medical, which launched the fingertip device in 1995, about its FDA-cleared device and the unregulated (cheaper) market
New FDA rules to reduce racial bias in some common devices measuring oxygen in blood
But so-called “health and wellness” pulse oximeters available at drugstores and online will not be subject to the FDA’s draft guidelines.
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January 9, 2025 at 2:52 PM
So-called "health and wellness" pulse oximeters don't require extensive testing, despite criticism they're less accurate on darker skin.
@vstef.bsky.social spoke w/ MN-based Nonin Medical, which launched the fingertip device in 1995, about its FDA-cleared device and the unregulated (cheaper) market
@vstef.bsky.social spoke w/ MN-based Nonin Medical, which launched the fingertip device in 1995, about its FDA-cleared device and the unregulated (cheaper) market
"The six-day gap between the killing of Thompson and the capture of Luigi Mangione led the American public to rampant speculation on the motive for the crime, with a narrative coalescing for some around the idea of a measure of symbolic justice." On Tuesday, new questions arose over class and wealth
December 11, 2024 at 4:33 PM
"The six-day gap between the killing of Thompson and the capture of Luigi Mangione led the American public to rampant speculation on the motive for the crime, with a narrative coalescing for some around the idea of a measure of symbolic justice." On Tuesday, new questions arose over class and wealth
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The Minnesota Star Tribune’s top editor, Suki Dardarian, is retiring in February after more than a decade at the news organization and 43 years in journalism.
The Minnesota Star Tribune editor Suki Dardarian announces retirement
Her 43-year career in journalism is defined by award-winning coverage and steadfast leadership during times of dramatic change
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December 11, 2024 at 4:00 PM
The Minnesota Star Tribune’s top editor, Suki Dardarian, is retiring in February after more than a decade at the news organization and 43 years in journalism.
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The suspect, identified as Luigi Mangione, was carrying a manifesto that criticized health care companies for putting profits above care, police said.
Who is Luigi Mangione, person of interest ID’d in UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s killing?
The suspect was carrying a manifesto that criticized health care companies for putting profits above care, police said.
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December 9, 2024 at 8:38 PM
The suspect, identified as Luigi Mangione, was carrying a manifesto that criticized health care companies for putting profits above care, police said.
Minnetonka-based Medica temporarily closes its headquarters amid swelling anger at health insurers.
The manhunt for UnitedHealthcare CEO's killer stretches into Day 3.
The manhunt for UnitedHealthcare CEO's killer stretches into Day 3.
Medica shuts down Minn. HQ as manhunt for UnitedHealth CEO killer stretches into Day 3
Citing ‘an abundance of caution,’ the nonprofit health plan’s move responds to safety concerns after shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO
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December 6, 2024 at 2:30 PM
Minnetonka-based Medica temporarily closes its headquarters amid swelling anger at health insurers.
The manhunt for UnitedHealthcare CEO's killer stretches into Day 3.
The manhunt for UnitedHealthcare CEO's killer stretches into Day 3.
Health care reporter Jeremy Olson delves into the company's reputation re: claims denials.
Why UnitedHealthcare is a four-letter word to critics
Some mourn the shooting of chief executive but still have scorn for the insurance company he ran.
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December 6, 2024 at 1:03 AM
Health care reporter Jeremy Olson delves into the company's reputation re: claims denials.
Business columnist Evan Ramstad addresses the mood in wake of UnitedHealth exec slaying.
Ramstad: Murder of UnitedHealth exec incites anger — not at the killer, but at him and the company
The lack of empathy over the shooting of a Minnesota executive is emblematic of a new norm in the national conversation. It also shows a sense of powerlessness over health care, one of the most import...
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December 5, 2024 at 9:22 PM
Business columnist Evan Ramstad addresses the mood in wake of UnitedHealth exec slaying.
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New York police have released a photo showing the face of a “person of interest” in the fatal ambush of Brian Thompson, the UnitedHealthcare executive who was killed Wednesday in New York City.
The suspect remained at large as of late morning Thursday.
The suspect remained at large as of late morning Thursday.
Police release new photo of ‘person of interest’ in manhunt for UnitedHealthcare CEO killer
Brian Thompson, 50, of Maple Grove was killed in what authorities described as a targeted attack in NYC.
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December 5, 2024 at 5:27 PM
New York police have released a photo showing the face of a “person of interest” in the fatal ambush of Brian Thompson, the UnitedHealthcare executive who was killed Wednesday in New York City.
The suspect remained at large as of late morning Thursday.
The suspect remained at large as of late morning Thursday.
As the manhunt for UnitedHealthcare CEO's killer stretches into day 2, whether the slaying was ideologically motivated, personal or other remains unconfirmed. Here's the latest:
Manhunt continues for killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO
Brian Thompson, 50, of Maple Grove was killed in what authorities described as a targeted attack in NYC.
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December 5, 2024 at 4:20 PM
As the manhunt for UnitedHealthcare CEO's killer stretches into day 2, whether the slaying was ideologically motivated, personal or other remains unconfirmed. Here's the latest:
The latest on the father of two, executive from Maple Grove who was killed in what NYPD call a "brazen, targeted attack" with manhunt underway.
UPDATE: At a news conference in New York City, police displayed a poster offering a $10,000 reward for information on what they described as a homicide. “At this time, every indication is that this was a premeditated, pre-planned, targeted attack.”
UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson is shot and killed in New York City in what appears a ‘targeted murder’
Local news outlets reported the killing; executives were meeting for investor conference, which was closed abruptly.
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December 4, 2024 at 5:56 PM
The latest on the father of two, executive from Maple Grove who was killed in what NYPD call a "brazen, targeted attack" with manhunt underway.
Updated information on what NYC Mayor Eric Adams called a 'targeted murder'
December 4, 2024 at 4:42 PM
Updated information on what NYC Mayor Eric Adams called a 'targeted murder'
The comedown following pandemic-era commodity highs.
About 475 in-person and remote jobs will be cut at the company’s Minnetonka headquarters. The cuts come amid a corporate restructuring in response to falling sales and profits.
Cargill laying off about 8,000 people, 5% of global workforce
The cuts come amid a corporate restructuring in response to falling sales and profits.
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December 3, 2024 at 4:33 PM
The comedown following pandemic-era commodity highs.
Medtech reporter Victor Stefanescu takes us inside a Mayo Clinic cardiac lab — and inside a multibillion dollar innovation race — for a safer, faster treatment of AFib (irregular heart rhythm), which affects 10M Americans.
Inside the procedure at the heart of a multibillion-dollar race to a safer AFib treatment
Medtronic, Boston Scientific and other medtech leaders are competing to commercialize catheter technology with roots in Minnesota that’s making atrial fibrillation treatment safer.
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December 2, 2024 at 5:14 PM
Medtech reporter Victor Stefanescu takes us inside a Mayo Clinic cardiac lab — and inside a multibillion dollar innovation race — for a safer, faster treatment of AFib (irregular heart rhythm), which affects 10M Americans.
Minnesota’s large companies and their emissaries are getting chattier about tariffs.
Minnesota business leaders say Trump’s proposed tariffs would result in higher prices for consumers
Canada, Mexico and China are Minnesota’s biggest trading partners, and the tariffs could disrupt companies from 3M and Cargill to Target and Polaris.
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November 27, 2024 at 2:26 PM
Minnesota’s large companies and their emissaries are getting chattier about tariffs.
Forever an airlines nerd 🙋... so loving this column. Don't let the low fares fool you, writes Evan Ramstad. Minneapolis-based Sun Country has quietly refashioned itself. (Spoiler alert: it's working!)
Ramstad: How Sun Country quietly became one of the most profitable airlines in the country
Don’t let the low fares fool you. The Minneapolis-based airline has a business model that works.
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November 27, 2024 at 3:16 AM
Forever an airlines nerd 🙋... so loving this column. Don't let the low fares fool you, writes Evan Ramstad. Minneapolis-based Sun Country has quietly refashioned itself. (Spoiler alert: it's working!)