Minnesota’s economic news, w/e 3/27/20
State and local taxes and spending
WDIO: Federal tax deadline extended to July 15, MN to follow
Duluth News Tribune: Reader’s View: Tax change could harm tourist spots
Star Tribune: Minnesota Tax Day pushed back to July 15
Elk River Star News: State gives additional time to file and pay Minnesota 2019 individual income tax
Duluth News Tribune: Reader’s View: New tax rate needed for condos, cabins
Fox 9: Minnesota tax deadline moved to July 15 per governor’s order
Albert Lea Tribune: More time to file for Minnesota income taxes
KTOE: ICYMI: Tax Deadline Moved to July 15th
The Neighbor: Minnesota posts a combined corporate tax rate of 28.7%
The Center Square: Top individual income tax rate in Minnesota is 9.85% in 2020
Duluth News Tribune: St. Louis County debates tax relief for small businesses
Economic growth
City Pages: Minnesota bar/restaurant workers prepare for the worst
Star Tribune: ‘It’s going to be devastating’: Minnesota arts, artists brace for coronavirus fallout
Minn Post: How well is Minnesota state government prepared to weather a COVID-19 recession?
WDIO: Survey suggests virus outbreak to slow the economy
Fox 9: Minnesota businesses impacted by COVID-19 can now apply for loans through SBA
KROX: Minnesota DEED to offer Minnesota small business owners emergency loans
Fox 9: Gov. Walz issues executive order to create small business emergency loan program
St. Cloud Times: Coronavirus dominates area economic outlook
MPR News: How Minnesotans are faring as the pandemic rocks our economy
Wadena Pioneer Journal: Businesses, customers work to ‘keep our little town going’
Pioneer Press: Immediate relief available for Minnesota small businesses hurt by coronavirus
Star Tribune: Minnesota offers emergency loans to help small business stay afloat
KAAL: Talking small business loans amid COVID-19 pandemic
Star Tribune: Minnesota limits on crowds could last ‘well beyond Easter,’ Gov. Tim Walz says
KSTP: Minnesota economist: There is only one way to return to normal quickly
Minn Post: Shelter-in-place strategy for coronavirus poses constitutional, economic problems
Star Tribune: Schafer: Stay home, Minnesota, and wait for the economic payoff to come
Labor market
Pioneer Press: Unemployed? Here are some places in Minnesota that are hiring amid COVID-19
Brainerd Dispatch: Minnesota job losses stoke fears of how people will pay rent, mortgages
KFGO: Minnesota unemployment claims hit record
Mankato Free Press: Unemployment spikes as COVID-19 bites into Minnesota economy
KSTP: At Issue: March 22 — DEED answers burning employment questions surrounding COVID-19
St. Cloud Times: Employers and employees alike consider how coronavirus affects job, pay
Finance & Commerce: Minnesota had 123,000 jobless claims last week
Twin Cities Business: Minnesota Unemployment Applications Approach 150K
Agriculture
Star Tribune: Minnesota ethanol producer ramping up production of industrial alcohol used in sanitizers
KTOE: GreenSeam Launches First Ever Minnesota State of Ag Report