Minnesota’s Economic News – W/E 2/12/21
State and local taxes and spending
Minn Post: Comparing state income taxes and sports teams’ performance
The Neighbor: Forgiveable PPP business loans will be taxed by Minnesota
MPR News: Walz targets smoking, vaping with higher taxes
St. Cloud Times: ‘No new taxes’: The same debate, 13 years later
KTTC: Minnesota small business owners discuss governor’s budget proposal
Alexandria Echo Press: Small business group, including an Alexandria member, supports some of Walz’s recovery budget
Duluth News Tribune: Our View: Work together on COVID exit strategy
Minn Post: Minnesota continues to see higher state revenue numbers than expected
Economic development
Albert Lea Tribune: Senate Report: Efforts focused on building rural parts of Minnesota
Duluth News Tribune: Reader’s View: Line 3 has ripple-effect benefits
Crookston Times: Letter to the Editor: Livings are being made along and beyond the pipeline
The Center Square: Second court rules in favor of Enbridge’s Line 3 pipeline
Economic growth
Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal: 2021 economic outlook: Executives discuss global, national and Minneapolis/St. Paul trends
West Central Tribune: Latino businesses share COVID-19 experience in statewide study
Marshall Independent: Role of technology in economic rebound cannot be overstated, or ignored by political leadership
West Central Tribune: Did COVID crush businesses in 2020? In Minnesota, businesses register to open, but not to close
KSTP: House GOP offers plan to reopen hospitality businesses, DFL has plan to protect workers
WCCO: COVID Policies: Minn. House GOP Calls For Lifting Business Restrictions By May 1
Pioneer Press: COVID-19 hitting Minnesota’s Latino businesses hard, researchers say
Inforum: Letter: Child care crisis prevents economic growth in Greater Minnesota
Sun This Week: Two sides of COVID-19 economy in Lakeville
KAAL TV: Increasing the minimum wage or not
WJON: DEED: Diverse Economy Kept St. Cloud Strong Amid Pandemic
KVRR: Proposed bill ensures job security for laid off Minnesota workers
KBJR6: New MN bill would require hospitality industry to rehire workers
Finance & Commerce: Minnesota’s rural jobs quagmire drags on
The Globe: Worthington businesses examples of statewide labor shortage
John Phelan is an economist at the Center of the American Experiment.