Minnesota’s Economic News – W/E 12/11/20
State and local taxes and spending
KAAL TV: Rochester Public Schools reviews $69.3 million in proposed taxes for 2021
Mankato Free Press: Our View: State budget: Reserve, surplus allows robust Covid relief package
Faribault Daily News: Views from elsewhere: State should provide relief to businesses
KAAL TV: Minnesota’s Budget forecast Is both good and bad
Bemidji Pioneer: Budget details for 2021 pack Monday night City Council agenda
Sun Sailor: Wayzata Council approves final 2021 property tax levy
Grand Rapids Herald Review: City of Grand Rapids sets 2020/2021 levy up 4.43%
Minn Post: Walz calls legislators back for special session; lawmakers expected to take up economic aid package
MPR News: Minnesota lawmakers agree on help for businesses but not workers
Economic development
Business North: Minnesota owners cited labor quality as top business problem
Star Tribune: State utility regulators vote against a stay on Enbridge pipeline project
Duluth News Tribune: Reader’s View: C-store operators thankful for Line 3 project
KSTP: Minnesota has best 5-year business survival rate in US, data shows
Fillmore County Journal: Launch Minnesota awards nearly $750,000 in innovation grants for FY 2021
Grand Forks Herald: Minnesota ranks first in five-year business survival rate
MPR News: Record year for wind turbine shipments good for Minnesota economy, environment
Trade
Star Tribune: Minnesota’s exports fell 14% in third quarter, according to DEED report
Labor market
WCCO: November Unemployment Numbers Soar In Minnesota
KRFO: Many Minnesota Jobs May Not Return For 2 Or More Years
KSTP: Nursing becomes most in-demand job in Minnesota during pandemic
Star Tribune: New jobless claims in Minnesota spike amid renewed restrictions
WDIO: DEED seeks to connect Minnesotans to jobs in high demand
Pioneer Press: The pandemic and Minnesota workers: 5 takeaways
KSTP: Minnesota’s pandemic employment conundrum; lots of jobs, not enough people who want to work
Economic growth
Duluth News Tribune: Minnesota economy better, but not great, and government aid is tied up in politics
John Phelan is an economist at the Center of the American Experiment.