Solar panel grants now open, what Minnesota is doing to protect consumers from rising health care costs, and more





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"September 25, 2025"

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$14.5 Million in Grants for Solar Projects on Public Buildings [ #grants ]


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As Federal Law Pushes Health Premiums Up, Minnesota Acts to Protect Consumers [ #premiums ]


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Free Film Screening and Director Q&A [ #movie ]


* Commerce in the News [ #gd_top ]





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solar
$14.5 Million in Grants Available for Solar Projects on Public Buildings

The Minnesota Department of Commerce is now accepting applications for a new round of funding for the Solar on Public Buildings program. Up to $14.5 million in grants are available to local governments and Tribal Nations to install solar energy systems on or adjacent to publicly owned and operated buildings.

*Learn more* [ [link removed] ]

medical
As Federal Law Pushes Health Premiums Up, Minnesota Acts to Protect Consumers

Minnesotans are facing unnecessarily higher health insurance rate hikes, and the blame lies with new Republican-led federal policy changes passed in Washington, says Minnesota Commerce Commissioner Grace Arnold.  

“While HR1 has been dubbed the “One Big Beautiful Bill” by Republicans, many in our state will find nothing beautiful in health insurance premium increases they’ll experience for 2026,” Arnold said. “These will be the highest rate hikes since 2017 for individual and group markets.”

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movie night
Free Film Screening and Director Q&A

Join us on Tuesday, October 14 at 6pm for an exclusive screening of the award-winning documentary called This is Not Financial Advice, followed by a panel with the film’s Los Angeles-based director, Chris Temple - whose past films have played on Netflix, HBO and Amazon - and representatives from FINRA and the MN Professor, Andy Whitman, MN Dept of Commerce - Financial Institutions. This event is for you, if:


* You’re a film lover
* Craving financial education
* Have crypto intrigue
* Want to become a smart and strategic investor
* and simply like FUN!

*RSVP here* [ [link removed] ]






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Commerce in the News

Watch Commerce’s Deputy Commissioner of Energy, Pete Wyckoff, talk about rising electricity prices and what you can do to save money on Fox 9 Good Day [ [link removed] ] from earlier this month.






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