Minnesota’s economic news, w/e 1/18/19
State and local taxes
Grand Forks Herald: Cities hope state funding will offset future property tax increases
Sun Focus: New Brighton Council approves 2019 budget, tax levy
Alexandria Echo: Letter to the editor: Pull-tab charities are overtaxed
Crookston Times: Strandell’s The County Line – There’s more to property taxes than the bottom line
Forest Lake Times: New taxes not needed
Isanti County News: A few points of clarification on local option sales tax
Watchdog: Report: Minnesota has among worst business, individual tax climates in U.S.
Winona Daily News: Jacob Petraitis: Don’t raise taxes to fight opioid epidemic
Reader’s Digest: The Best (and Absolute Worst) States for Taxes
Labor market
Star Tribune: Top tips for older job seekers
Star Tribune: More Minnesotans are working past age 65 than ever
KAAL: Experts Discuss Rochester’s Changing Workforce
Minn Post: Minnesota’s persistent higher-ed gap: Are new efforts making a difference?
Austin Daily Herald: Working together to meet pressing workforce needs
Star Tribune: Minnesota gets closer to job peak, but companies are still hiring
Pioneer Press: Minnesota unemployment steady as state adds 500 jobs. Here’s who’s hiring.
KEYC: Mankato Leads the Way in Job Growth as Unemployment Holds Steady
KSTP: DEED: Minnesota unemployment rate holds steady at 2.8 percent
Twin Cities Business: Minnesota Adds 500 Jobs in December, Unemployment Rate Steady at 2.8 Percent
Agriculture
Star Tribune: Buffer tax credit, capital expenses deduction high on corn and soybean lobby’s list
Rochester Post Bulletin: Rural bankers in 10 states worry over farm loan defaults
Economic development
Pioneer Press: Real World Economics: More gimmicks, this time ‘opportunity zones’
KIMT: Rochester’s Chamber of Commerce economic summit
Rochester Post Bulletin: Economic Summit: Rochester outlook is looking good
Mankato Free Press: Our View: Mankato: State of City offers opportunity
Economic growth
Bemidji Pioneer: An economic power play: Hockey Day Minnesota expected to give Bemidji a boost
KSTP: New survey shows Minnesota manufacturers expecting stable conditions in 2019
Pioneer Press: ‘Optimistic’ Minnesota manufacturers expect an improving or stable 2019
KIMT: Southeast Minnesota sees growth in construction and services
John Phelan is an economist at the Center of the American Experiment.