Minnesota’s Economic News — W/E 4/7/22
Economic growth
Star Tribune: Minnesota’s economy slowed but remained resilient in last months of 2022
Star Tribune: Many women 65 and older struggle to stay above Minnesota’s poverty line
Regulation
Duluth News Tribune: Local View: Let’s help, not hurt, disabled workers in Minnesota
Fox 9: Advocates push to end subminimum wage for Minnesotans with disabilities
State and local taxes and spending
Star Tribune: Minnesota’s 30% budget jump is spend-it-while-you-can thinking
Star Tribune: Minnesota Democrats consider tax and fee increases
Pioneer Press: MN Legislature weighs increases in taxes and fees for transportation
Minnesota Reformer: Taxes are the price Minnesotans pay for prosperity
Star Tribune: New taxes will make leaving Minnesota pay
MPR News: Details on Minnesota tax relief to become clearer next week
Minnesota Reformer: Even sales taxes can make society more equal
Minnesota Reformer: Cities and counties want new sales taxes; House chair won’t hear of it
CBS News: DFL proposes sales tax increase in metro to fund affordable housing programs, rental assistance
Pioneer Press: St. Paul sales tax proposal stalls as MN House looks to regional tax for affordable housing
Reason: Minnesota Taxpayers Could Be Pillaged for $280 Million in Vikings’ Stadium Upgrades
KTTC: Exclusive: Gov. Walz talks budget, taxes, and more in sit-down interview
Yahoo: Minnesota is the most expensive state to start a business, new study finds
Pioneer Press: St. Paul sales tax proposal stalls as MN House looks to regional tax for affordable housing
Lakefield Standard: Fogelman opposes DFL ‘delivery tax’
Duluth News Tribune: Statewide View: Solve shortage of investments in youngest Minnesotans
KFGO: Minnesota cities and counties want share of legal cannabis revenue
Detroit Lakes Online: Sen. Paul Utke column: An alternative to high-spending budget targets
Labor market
Hometown Focus: Minnesota posts another month of strong job growth new data says
Minnesota Reformer: Franchise owners are colluding to suppress Minnesota workers’ wages