Minneapolis Federal Reserve President Neel Kashkari said Wednesday that price growth remained a concern despite the latest data coming in cooler than economists predicted. “Inflation is still too high,” Kashkari told CNBC’s Steve Liesman in an exclusive one-one-one interview as part of a Council on Foreign Relations event in New York. Read more comments from Kashkari:

Minneapolis to Nebraska is getting the literal arse and of microwave explosions this morning(shaped like an arse) And I just wanna point out in the Pacific that the giant stream of microwave cook ocean it’s not even connected to the name storm . Like I’ve been saying for a few months now, these storms and disturbances are primarily about creating an endless stream of moisture and nano materials to create storms that are happening like the one in the Midwest.

Minneapolis-based Yardstik, a provider of workforce monitoring tech, raised a $30M Series B led by Harbert Growth Partners, taking its total funding to $65M (@mike_wheatley / SiliconANGLE) (Visit Techmeme dot com for the link and full context!)

Minneapolis Public Schools spent $25k per student this past year. Results? Black students: > Science: 95.2% are NOT proficient > Reading: 83% are NOT proficient > Math: 89.1% are NOT proficient Overall students: > Science: 77.2% are NOT proficient > Reading: 59% are NOT proficient > Math: 64.2% are NOT proficient