Minnesota’s economic news, w/e 3/22/19
Federal taxes
Star Tribune: Tax filing season headache: Gov. Tim Walz, GOP Senate far apart on a fix
State and local taxes
Faribault Daily News: Gov. Walz: Budget makes historic investment in Greater Minnesota
Albert Lea Tribune: Peggy Bennett: Gas tax would be bad for southern Minnesota
Morrison County Record: State must define what ‘fully’ funding public education means
Mankato Free Press: Empty and full big boxes seeing taxes cut as they challenge valuations
Star Tribune: Gov. Tim Walz takes his gas tax push on the road to Anoka
WCCO: Walz Takes Proposed Gas Tax Hike On The Road
MPR News: Showdown looms over school scholarship tax credit
MPR News: Daily Digest: Health care and taxes
Star Tribune: Number of top income tax filers continues to rise in Minnesota
Duluth News Tribune: Walz broadens campaign to pass gas tax hike, faces continued opposition from GOP
Perham Focus: State gas tax debate tied to county roads
Brainerd Dispatch: Brainerd Public Schools: Tax abatement to fund district parking projects
Austin Daily Herald: Proposed tax bill raises concerns for businesses; State and local chamber of commerces look for affordable options
Economic development
Grand Rapids Herald Review: Advocating for broadband, Line 3 and roads
St. Cloud Times: With Line 3 decision, Gov. Walz fails his first challenge as governor
Wahepton Daily News: Minn. House hears bills to boost LGA
Duluth News Tribune: Our View: Restoring LGA a sound investment
International Falls Journal: Study: Forest products industry has capacity for mass timber manufacturing
Business North: Study sees potential for area to profit from new type of wood construction
Mankato Free Press: Our View: Economy: Government will suffer from retail trade changes
Duluth News Tribune: Statewide View: Skyrocketing electricity prices threaten Minnesota mining
Finance & Commerce: DEED seeks $70 million for rural broadband
West Central Tribune: Ken Warner: Chamber supports immigration bill
WCCO: Small Town Leaders Rally At Capitol For Pothole Repair Funding
Mankato Free Press: Our View: Broadband: Big investment still critical need
Labor market
Hibbing Daily Tribune: Aging population leaves jobs unfulfilled
MPR News: Paid-leave debate splits Minnesota business owners
Star Tribune: Snow, cold wiped out nearly 9,000 Minnesota jobs last month, may signal a bigger turn
Finance & Commerce: Minnesota’s job growth turns negative
KDUZ: MN job growth slips/unemployment at 3.1%
MPR News: MN jobless rate ticks up to 3.1 percent; jobs down from a year ago
KARE 11: Uptick in unemployment blamed on brutal winter
Economic growth
St. Cloud Times: QBR: Steady economic growth continues; firms report modest fear of local recession in 2020
KBJR 6: Survey: Bankers losing confidence in 10-state farm economy
John Phelan is an economist at the Center of the American Experiment.