Minnesota’s economic news, w/e 5/1/20
State and local taxes and spending
MPR News: More Minnesota counties grant tax deadline flexibility
Star Tribune: Will businesses suffer Minnesota tax headache from relief programs?
Star Tribune: Minnesota cities scramble as budgets take hits from the virus
Star Tribune: Less driving means fewer funds to fix Minnesota’s roads
Business North: Short-term rentals pose taxation dilemma
The Neighbor: Federal aid to Minnesota makes up 26% of its yearly general fund budget
Aitkin Age: County board weighing penalties on property tax
Star Tribune: Minnesota Republicans shelve state Social Security tax repeal
Park Rapids Enterprise: Businesses seek property tax relief during COVID-19
Star Tribune: Minnesota Senate clears tax breaks in face of coronavirus pandemic
MPR News: MN Senate passes GOP tax bill that delays payments
Economic growth
KTOE: Walz relaxing COVID restrictions on some MN businesses
WDIO: Walz sets criteria for businesses to reopen
Wahepton Daily News: Minnesota Chamber releases ‘best practices’ for returning to work safely
Mesabi Daily News: Reduction in production: Idling drops pellet forecast
The Globe: Column: Working together to keep the economy moving forward
Rochester Post Bulletin: What will it look like when Minnesota’s economy begins to open?
KIMT3: Reopening Rochester’s economy goes beyond the idea of lives vs. livelihoods
Star Tribune: As many as 20,000 Minnesota businesses could reopen Monday, but will they?
Duluth News Tribune: ‘It’s just one more kick in the stomach:’ Already reeling from COVID-19 closures, Iron Range braces for mining layoffs
KNSI: Minnesota senator voices concern over rural economy
KIMT3: Minnesota’s state economist: ‘It’s very uncertain to know what’s going to happen with the economy’
Star Tribune: Lawmakers weigh building projects to boost Minnesota’s economy in pandemic
KSTP: Cambria CEO urges Gov. Walz to reopen economy
MPR News: Latest on COVID-19 in MN: Walz to share plan for restarting economy
Le Sueur County News: Le Sueur County declines to abate late fees ahead of property tax deadline
Hibbing Daily Tribune: Lislegard discusses virus impact on the Range, plan to open
WCCO: Coronavirus In Minnesota: Struggling Small Businesses Band Together To Sue Gov. Tim Walz
Mankato Free Press: Lawmakers: No consensus on how fast state should reopen
Kare 11: Small business coalition sues state of MN for right to reopen
Labor market
KROC: Minnesota Now Paying Jobless Benefits to Self-Employed Workers
MPR News: MN jobs market has taken some hits, but it’s still standing
Business North: Northeast Minnesota’s unemployment still climbing
Alexandria Echo Press: Douglas County weathers staggering jobless claims
Wahepton Daily News: Minn. economic and employment
Mankato Free Press: Unemployment claims at 18% of Blue Earth County’s labor force
Economic development
Grand Forks Herald: Minnesota awards innovation grants to 11 companies
Agriculture
Star Tribune: Minnesota farmers trying to find markets for their hogs — and save their livelihoods
Regulation
MPR News: Minnesota nurses’ union criticizes order allowing out-of-state medical workers
Twin Cities Business: Craft Breweries Call for Regulatory Relief