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What are the prospects for wages in Minnesota?
Wages have been rising in nominal terms in Minnesota, but inflation has taken much of that increase. Fortunately, if the Federal Reserve does its job, the prospects look better. ...
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Metro transit, unable to hire enough drivers at $19.94 an hour, launches an apprentice program
If Metro Transit can’t hire drivers at $19.94, there is no need at all for a legally mandated minimum wage of $15....
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A tip credit will go some way towards mitigating the harm that St. Paul’s leaders want to do to the city’s labor market
"The only restaurants that are going to be able to survive this (minimum wage hike without a tip credit) are big corporate chains. Small restaurants just can’t afford it" says Jennifer Schellenberg ...
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Minnesota’s ‘labor shortage’ offers the opportunity for higher wages
The economy we should want for Minnesota should be one of high investment driving rising wages. It is the economic model Germany had so much success with in the post-war decades. The state's supposed ...
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Mayor Carter: The grinch who stole Independence Day
In July, Saint Paul's Mayor Melvin Carter cancelled the city's Independence Day fireworks citing lack of funds. But the Star Tribune reports that he turned down private offers to fund the event. ...
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