Minnesota’s economic news, w/e 5/8/20
Labor market
Minn Post: How COVID-19 could exacerbate inequalities in Minnesota’s workforce
Grand Forks Herald: Not quite ready to return to work during COVID-19? Your job could be in jeopardy
Southernminn.com: Minnesota adds another 74.8K to unemployment rolls, down 18K from previous week
Star Tribune: Cities, states need federal aid to save jobs
Twin Cities Business: After Coronavirus, Which Industries Are Still Hiring?
Business North: Cook County unemployment reaches 31.5%
MPR News: Today’s grads carry dreams of a bright future into a dim jobs market
KTOE: Workers’ rights as Minnesota’s economy starts to reopen
Duluth News Tribune: Food workers lead unemployment claims in Northeastern Minnesota
KEYC: COVID-19 continues to impact Minnesota economy as unemployment rises
Economic growth
KTTC: BREAKING: Walz extends stay-at-home order until May 18, allows curbside pickup for retail stores
ABC Newspapers: Column: Thoughtfully reopening Minnesota
Monticello Times: Minnesota Senate Pass Economic Recovery for Small Businesses, Farmers, Schools
KTOE: MN Senate passes COVID recovery bill, Dems say unwise given budget situation
Star Tribune: Manufacturing plummets in April in Minnesota, across the nation
Morrison County Record: Stand aside, governor, or you’ll be trampled
KROC: Minnesota Economic Indicator Drops to Great Recession Levels
Star Tribune: Iron Range endures yet another downturn: ‘The strong survive’
Rivertowns.net: Column: Be open to initiatives to boost our economy
Star Tribune: Minnesota’s small businesses bear biggest burden of the COVID recession
KSTP: Coronavirus Daily Briefing: Walz, state leaders outline getting businesses reopened
Faribault Daily News: Minnesota Republicans keep up pressure to reopen businesses
Hibbing Daily Tribune: ‘We were going really good, then this hit’
WCCO: Meatpackers Cautiously Reopen Plants Amid Coronavirus Fears
Sahan Journal: Hudda Ibrahim: Coronavirus hits central Minnesota’s Somali-owned businesses hard
Bemidji Pioneer: Bemidji Chamber supports efforts to reopen economy in safe manner
Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal: On brink of collapse, Minnesota’s hospitality industry requests targeted relief
MPR News: Sorry, we have to cancel: Minnesota resorts worry about their survival
WDIO: Hospitality Minnesota proposes Economic Relief package
WCCO: Coronavirus Update: Hospitality Groups Press Lawmakers For Economic Relief
Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal: On brink of collapse, Minnesota’s hospitality industry requests targeted relief
ABC Newspapers: Column: Getting Minnesota back to work while providing economic security
State and local taxes and spending
Mankato Free Press: Our View: Economy: Legislature should pass stout bonding bill
MPR News: Dispute over taxes complicates state COVID-19 response
Minn Post: A fight over state employee pay raises interrupts the Legislature’s COVID-19 comity
Monticello Times: Sherburne County takes the sting out of late payments
Albert Lea Tribune: Editorial: A state bonding bill could help jumpstart economy
International Falls Journal: Our View: Fund local, valued projects
KBJR6: Local government officials respond to possible blockage on bonding bill
Albert Lea Tribune: COVID-19 damage to state budget assessed this week
Rochester Post Bulletin: Cities, counties face budget crunch due to COVID-19 shut down
Star Tribune: With a lot of money and limited time, state and local governments scramble to capture and spend emergency federal funds
Brainerd Dispatch: Minn. Senate pass bill to support businesses, farms, schools
Star Tribune: Make a deal on a state bonding bill
Bloomberg Tax: Minnesota Staring at $2.4 Billion Budget Gap as Revenue Slides
Star Tribune: New Minnesota budget projection: $2.4 billion deficit
KAALTV: MN estimates nearly $4 billion plunge in budget
KAALTV: Proposed bill would stop new local sales tax requests
KAALTV: Freeborn Co. has approved property tax relief during COVID-19 pandemic
KSTP: COVID-19 Daily Briefing: State leaders address budget, future of economy
KSTP: UPDATE: Latest projection shows Minnesota budget deficit of $2.4B
Star Tribune: What people are saying about Minnesota’s projected budget deficit
WJON: Minnesota Faces $2.4-Billion Deficit Due to Coronavirus Pandemic
Wadena Pioneer Journal: Minnesota legislative leaders, Walz say they’ll press forward with bonding bill
Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal: Pandemic punches big hole in Minnesota’s budget
Minn Post: Can Minnesota county budgets survive coronavirus?
Wahepton Daily News: Minnesota budget projections show $2.4 billion deficit
Forest Lake Times: Washington County delays deadline for property tax payments
Austin Daily Herald: State faces $2.4B budget hole due to virus
Star Tribune: Raises for state workers up for debate as Minnesota’s budget heads into the red
KWLM: State facing 2.4 billion dollar deficit…Miller blames Walz
WIZM: Pandemic projected to take $4B bite out of Minnesota budget
Inforum: Letter: A healthy bonding bill will aid economic recovery
Economic development
The Globe: Column: Let’s get Minnesota’s economy moving
Agriculture
Mankato Free Press: Experts warn rural areas to beware of COVID challenges
WNAX: Farm Bureau Official Says Minnesota Senate Tax Package Positive For Agriculture
Owatonna People’s Press: Renewable Fuel Standard benefts Minnesota’s farmers, economy