Minnesota’s economic news, w/e 2/15/19
State and local taxes
Star Tribune: Tax credits proposed to spur business investments in Minnesota
Duluth News Tribune: Central Minnesota politicians make push to slash taxes on charitable gambling
Brainerd Dispatch: Ruud, Lueck make push to slash taxes on charitable gambling
Labor market
Star Tribune: Solar jobs are up in Minnesota, but down nationally
Twin Cities Business: Minnesota’s Solar Workforce Has More Than Doubled Since 2015
Economic development
Duluth News Tribune: Line 3: Here’s what people are saying about Walz’s decision to continue appeal
Brainerd Dispatch: Legislators respond to governor’s Line 3 appeal
John Phelan is an economist at the Center of the American Experiment.