Minnesota’s economic news, w/e 11/29/19
Labor market
KROC: Rochester area jobless rate reflects worker shortage
Alexandria Echo Press: Retaining new hires a challenge
Mankato Free Press: Seasonal workers available despite general worker shortage
Economic development
Bemidji Pioneer: Commentary: Economic development is a race for talent
Duluth News Tribune: Reader’s View: Another day, another project delayed
State and local taxes and spending
Fox 9: Audit: Minnesota towns facing more debt, less revenue
Pioneer Press: In St. Paul, 2020 will be a tough tax year for low-value homes; here’s how to understand property taxes
Lake Superior News: Getting to know the Iron Range Fiscal Disparities Program
Mankato Free Press: Council rejects new charitable gambling tax
Pine Journal: Utility companies pay fewer taxes in 2020, Carlton County residents more
Bemidji Pioneer: Roadwork drives up township expenditures, report says
Rochester Post Bulletin: Minnesota lawmakers, hoteliers still not sure what to make of vacation rental apps
Economic growth
Fillmore County Journal: Affordable housing leads to economic vitality
Agriculture
Marshall Independent: Speaker urges area ag community to farm locally, think globally
Minn Post: Four years after bird flu scare, things are looking up for Minnesota’s turkey farmers
Brainerd Dispatch: Central Minnesota farmers express optimism after grueling harvest season
Regulation
Duluth News Tribune: Our View: Another blow to business being pushed
City Pages: Your favorite restaurant is closer to going under than you think. Here’s what they’re trying to do about it
Trade
Xinhua: Interview: Collaboration with China “critical” to Minnesota: economic official
John Phelan is an economist at the Center of the American Experiment.