Minnesota’s economic news, w/e 11/1/19
Economic development
Wahepton Daily News: Port Authority approves funding for local business
Mesabi Daily News: Polymet and Twin Metals say they’ll create thousands of jobs
Labor market
Star Tribune: Why hiring people with disabilities will improve your bottom line
West Central Tribune: As thousands of trucker positions remain vacant, Ridgewater to offer more CDL training opportunities
State and local taxes and spending
The Globe: Senate’s Capital Investment committee hears local requests for bonding money
Duluth News Tribune: Here’s where Minnesota schools get their money and how it is spent
Grand Forks Herald: Wilkin County officials impose taxes on Clay County property owners in spillover from diversion dispute
Brainerd Dispatch: Crosslake: City reviews possible .5% sales tax
Mankato Free Press: Gambling tax vexes Mankato council
Brainerd Dispatch: Pine River-Backus: School board approves Blackline tax abatement
Agriculture
Rochester Post Bulletin: Closing the farm gate: Struggling farmers take emotional step to forge new career paths
Rochester Post Bulletin: Minnesota to share funds to help stressed farmers
John Phelan is an economist at the Center of the American Experiment.