Minnesota’s economic news, w/e 12/6/19
State and local taxes and spending
Star Tribune: Minneapolis City Council to consider budget that would add police, money for 2020 elections
Pioneer Press: ‘Handout to the affluent.’ How Minnesota replaced low-income college savings grants with tax breaks for high earners
Mankato Free Press: For Mankato homeowners, a moderate rise in property taxes
KRFO: Check Out How Much Sales Tax You’ll Pay Cyber Monday in Rochester
Knox News Radio: MN Tax Hikes
KAALTV: Breweries brace for barrel tax hike
Austin Daily Herald: Residents take issue with higher property taxes at county’s Truth in Taxation meeting
MPR News: Forecast: Minnesota has a $1.3 billion budget surplus
Pioneer Press: Here’s how Minnesota went from budget deficits to a $1.3 billion surplus in a decade
Marshall Independent: Minnesota budget: $1.3B surplus projected
Wahepton Daily News: Minnesota predicts a $1.3 billion surplus
Star Tribune: $1.3 billion Minnesota surplus estimate sparks new spending debate
Grand Forks Herald: Minnesota officials forecast slow economic growth, warn of uncertainties
KTTC: Billion dollar budget surplus for Minnesota draws different reactions
Hibbing Daily Tribune: $1.3 billion surplus for Minnesota
Knox News Radio: MN budget officials project $1.3 billion surplus (Update)
Economic development
WNAX: Minnesota Farm Bureau Focusing On Trade, Ag Labor, Infrastructure And Broadband Issues
Finance & Commerce: Q&A: The right launch pad for Minnesota startups
WDRB: Labor Unions, Enbridge Sign Project Labor Agreement
Hutchinson Leader: Innovation grants available for startups through Launch Minnesota
Park Rapids Enterprise: It’s time for a safer energy economy
Rochester Post Bulletin: Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation awards $101,740 in economic impact grants
Labor market
Hutchinson Leader: State’s unemployment rate steady at 3.2 percent
Star Tribune: Minnesota lags as sentiment builds against noncompete deals
Economic growth
Duluth News Tribune: After a bump from tariffs, will steel’s slowdown harm Iron Range?
Duluth News Tribune: Our View: Heed mixed biz barometer
WCCO: Survey Suggests Economy Slowing Down In 9 Midwest States
Star Tribune: Manufacturing slumps in Minnesota and across the country
Finance & Commerce: Survey suggests Midwest economy slowing
Pioneer Press: More people moving into Minnesota improves state economy
Trade
KSTP: China trade war: Missed opportunity for Minnesota pork producers
Star Tribune: Forever war: US and China struggle to defuse trade conflict
Star Tribune: Minnesota exports fall in third quarter
Agriculture
Grand Forks Herald: UND analyst expects local economy to feel effect of 2019 crop losses
John Phelan is an economist at the Center of the American Experiment.