Minnesota’s economic news, w/e 1/24/20
Economic development
Prairie Business: Minnesota awards $5.3 million to nine cities for projects
Park Rapids Enterprise: Line 3 supporters rally for pipe tour
Economic growth
Ripon Advance: Stauber, Emmer denounce Minnesota job-killing bill
Labor market
WCCO: Public Hearing To Address Push To Raise Minimum Wage At MSP Airport
WCCO: Minnesota Supreme Court Upholds Minneapolis’ Minimum Wage Ordinance
KSTP: Supreme Court upholds Minneapolis’s $15 minimum wage ordinance
KFGO: Supreme Court upholds Minneapolis minimum wage
Minn Post: Minnesota Supreme Court upholds Minneapolis $15 minimum wage
Star Tribune: Minnesota Supreme Court says Minneapolis’ $15 minimum wage can stand
MPR News: Supreme Court upholds Minneapolis minimum wage
Star Tribune: Unemployment holds steady in Minnesota, and job growth slows to a near-stop
Pioneer Press: Minnesota unemployment steady at 3.3 percent; adds 200 jobs in December
KTOE: Mankato Area With the Highest Percentage Job Growth in 2019 Among Minnesota Metro Areas
WJON: New Wage Theft Law Causing Headaches for Minnesota Businesses
State and local taxes
Star Tribune: How to pay for roads and bridges? Funding battle to continue at State Capitol
The Neighbor: Minnesota levies a total tax on lodging of 6.9%
Star Tribune: St. Paul wants to impose 1% sales tax for streets, housing, pre-K
Grand Forks Herald: East Grand Forks sends new sales tax to the Legislature
Sun Sailor: Some St. Louis Park Council members are ‘conflicted’ on city sales tax
MPR News: Airport officials consider joining move to $15 minimum wage
Grand Forks Herald: New law may be new hurdle for East Grand Forks sales tax
Pioneer Press: St. Paul City Council considers 1 percent sales tax for housing, roads, transit and pre-K
John Phelan is an economist at the Center of the American Experiment.