Minnesota’s economic news, w/e 3/30/17
Economic growth
Duluth News Tribune: While Minnesota and Wisconsin populations grow, Twin Ports remains stagnant
West Central Tribune: Emerging arts economy offers nearly $1 million impact in Renville County
Hutchinson Leader: Find out what Minnesota manufacturing executives think
Twin Cities Business: Minnesota Gets First Medtech-Specific Startup Accelerator Program
The Uptake: Big Goals, Little Progress on Fighting Poverty in MN
See our commentary on this here.
Employment
Star Tribune: Horizon Roofing lures workers with higher pay, training, as industry embraces apprenticeships
Knox Radio: MN Unemployment
MPR News: Why do employers struggle to keep employees of color?
MPR News: Solar jobs on the rise in Minnesota
Duluth News Tribune: Regional report shows the most people working, rejoining labor market in nearly 30 years
Twin Cities Business: Buffalo Wild Wings HQ to Shed 132 Jobs
Owatonna People’s Press: Mixed numbers on unemployment across the region
Finance & Commerce: Minnesota has more job openings than job seekers
Star Tribune: Latest sign of Minnesota’s ultra-tight job scene: Vacancy rate climbs 16 percent
Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal: Minnesota’s tight job market continues, job vacancies up 16 percent
Twin Cities Business: Minnesota Survey Reveals 114,000 Job Vacancies in Late 2017
Waseca County News: Report: Solar jobs in Minn. jumped 113% over 2 years
Mankato Free Press: Job vacancies soar 34 percent in local area
See our commentary on this here.
Agriculture
Albert Lea Tribune: Minnesota ag has much to lose in U.S.-China trade spat
University of Minnesota: Farm Incomes Take Another Dip in 2017
Faribault Daily News: Preserving our farming heritage and investing in the future
Taxes and spending
Pioneer Press: John Spry: For Minnesota, a tax cut or a tax hike?
Pioneer Press: Raises worth $287 million coming to Minnesota’s state workers
Mining
Duluth News Tribune: National View: Minnesotans of all politics uniting to protect BWCAW
See our commentary on this here.
Federal taxes
Star Tribune: Vice President Mike Pence: Our policies are working for Minnesotans
Minnesota Daily: Vice President Mike Pence visits Minneapolis to talk tax cuts
John Phelan is an economist at Center of the American Experiment.