Minnesota’s economic news, w/e 1/17/20
Labor market
Marshall Independent: Hiking minimum wage won’t boost the economy
St. Cloud Times: St. Cloud MSA has ‘strong’ 2019 in jobs added, especially in construction industry
Twin Cities Business: Airports Commission Floats $15 an Hour Minimum Wage
Star Tribune: Forum: It is time for the Legislature to ban noncompete clauses
Economic growth
Ag Week: Here’s why the region’s economic outlook is a mixed bag
KTTC: Minnesota seeing impact as fewer refugees resettle across the US
Finance & Commerce: Grove stresses innovation in workforce development
The Neighbor: Minnesota ranks 11th worst in new economic outlook analysis
WDIO: Survey of Plains, Midwestern Bankers Says Rural Economy Growing
State and local taxes
Brainerd Dispatch: Reader Opinion: Taxes
Grand Forks Herald: North Dakota leads all states in tax collection growth since Great Recession
Star Tribune: Minnesota Senate GOP rolls out its 2020 agenda
Sun Sailor: St. Louis Park Council is considering a city sales tax
Bemidji Pioneer: MN Senate Majority Leader sees tax relief, bonding as 2020 priorities
Duluth News Tribune: An Economist’s View Column: Minnesotans are fleeing to avoid estate tax, so repeal it
Grand Forks Herald: East Grand Forks sales tax heads toward a vote
Minn Post: GOP priorities for 2020 Legislature: bonding bill, tax cuts, addressing prescription drug costs
Bemidji Pioneer: City to focus on sales tax at 2020 session
Faribault Daily News: Did the Vikings lose because of Minnesota’s high taxes?
Economic development
Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal: Court rejects PolyMet copper mine permits, orders new hearing
Duluth News Tribune: Opinion / Minnesota Chamber: All economic development in Minnesota threatened by PolyMet ruling
John Phelan is an economist at the Center of the American Experiment.