If I had $9,000, I would buy you a burrito (but not a Chipotle burrito, that’s cruel)

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From the 1960s through the 1990s, Minnesota’s economic growth beat the national average. It was an era that gave us Minnesota icons like the Spoonbridge and Cherry, First Avenue, Prince and the Replacements. But for the last 25 years, our growth has lagged behind the nation as a whole. Whether you attribute that to coastal bias, deindustrialization or me moving here, the data is clear.

“If Minnesota had kept pace with the nation, the typical family would be earning roughly $9,000 more every year today,” said CEO of the Twin Cities Land Bank Aarica Coleman. “Think about that.”

A radar outage appears to be the cause of the suspension of flights out of Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport that began at 2:30 p.m. on Thursday. 

Shortly after a report by The New York Times that ICE has threatened sheriffs with prosecution over access to inmates, Hennepin County Sheriff Dawanna Witt says federal officials have been threatening her with arrest over her department’s actions during Operation Metro Surge. 

The salmonella outbreak caused by jalapeños at Mexican restaurants has landed Chipotle in legal trouble now that a Minnesota woman is suing the company. The woman “fainted, registered a fever of 102 degrees and suffered, chills, muscle aches, joint pain, cramping, vomiting and diarrhea.” Or as Taco Bell regulars call it, Tuesday.

A judge has found probable cause in the complaint against Republican gubernatorial candidate Mike Lindell for handing out pillows at a parade in Delano, Minn. 

Minnesota law says that a person who “pays, gives, promises or lends any money, food, liquor, clothing, entertainment or other thing of monetary value …. in order to induce a voter to refrain from voting, or to vote in a particular way, at an election, is guilty of a felony.” The statute says that refreshments or food with a value up to $5 consumed on the premises of a public or private gathering is exempt.

According to the campaign, the pillows were only worth $4.90, and whether they were “consumed” at the parade remains an open question.

Related: Voting machine company settles defamation lawsuit against Mike Lindell

The Department of Homeland Security introduced a new rule that would move asylum seekers straight into deportation proceedings without an interview. There are estimated to be 35,000 asylum seekers working in Minnesota and awaiting a decision on their claim.

And finally: It’s Northwest Airlines’ 100th birthday this year, an event that’s being celebrated at the Northwest Airlines History Center. After merging with Delta, the airline’s final flight was in 2010, but it lives on in the title of local band Love-cars’ best song.

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