Minnesota’s Economic News – W/E 7/9/21
State and local taxes and spending
Associated Press: Walz celebrates budget as House leaders credit ‘win-wins’
Southernminn.com: Legislature passes final budget bills
Star Tribune: Minnesota’s new budget includes major spending boost, but legislators keep a wary eye on the future
Fergus Falls Journal: Historic tax credit extended: FF RTC one of many benefactors
Minnesota Reformer: Legislative score card: Who won and who lost in $52 billion state budget
Stillwater Gazette: State Legislature passes tax bill to finish $52B budget
WDIO: Statewide film incentive may bring more movies to Minnesota
Economic development
Duluth News Tribune: Reader’s View: Be thankful for Line 3’s investment, impact
Minnesota Reformer: Sulfide mining advocates say they’ll deliver jobs, but how many?
Labor market
Star Tribune: Hoping for a post-COVID boom, Minnesota resorts face severe labor shortage
Associated Press: Tourists returning to Minnesota resorts but workers are not
Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal: The Post-Pandemic Payroll
Economic growth
KTTC: New small businesses on the rise in Minnesota
Minn Post: Prices are higher for all kinds of goods in Minnesota lately. Is it a pandemic blip or permanent?
KNSI: St. Cloud Area, State of Minnesota See Bump in New Business Filings During Pandemic