Minnesota’s Economic News – W/E 7/24/20
State and local taxes and spending
Pioneer Press: MN small business relief grant winners selected from pool of 27,400 applicants
Grand Forks Herald: Minnesota awards companies through grant relief program
KAAL: No bonding bill agreement could hurt environment, raise local taxes
Labor market
Star Tribune: Half of Black workers in Minnesota have lost work during pandemic
Kare 11: $600 unemployment benefit to end this week, here’s how it will impact the Minnesota economy
Duluth News Tribune: Some Minnesota employers happy to see extra jobless benefits end
Morrison County Record: Connecting Minnesotans who need work with jobs in demand
WDIO: Northland job figures show slight improvement
Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal: Minnesota DEED chief Steve Grove on end of $600/week federal benefit: Aid, and jobs, are out there
St. James Plaindealer: Minnesota’s unemployment rate falls to 8.6 percent in June
Economic development
Lonsdale Area News Review: New report highlights greater Minnesota’s ‘brain gain’
MPR News: Study: Your dollar goes further in rural Minnesota, if you can find a place to live
Economic growth
The Timberjay: Economists: Recovery from current recession could take years
John Phelan is an economist at the Center of the American Experiment.