Minnesota’s economic news, w/e 8/10/18
State and local taxes
Star News: Sherburne County’s local option sales tax plan is on the move
International Falls Journal: Bring sales tax to vote
International Falls Journal: International Falls voters to help decide local sales
Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal: Study: Minnesota among most expensive states for wealthy
MPR News: St. Paul mayor Carter proposes property tax rise, and to keep the number of officers level
Mining
Minn Post: Mining is critical to a sustainable 21st-century economy
Duluth News Tribune: Reader’s View: Ore produced here should be processed here, too
Duluth News Tribune: Has Minnesota really added 2,000 mining and mining-related jobs since 2017?
Labor market
Faribault Daily News: Minnesota needs immigrants to keep our economy strong
The Daily Caller: Minnesota’s wage hikes have slowed job growth
Star Tribune: State awards $2,7 million for workforce training for businesses
WCCO: St. Paul Seeks Feedback On Minimum Wage Increase
Finance & Commerce: Wisconsin, Minnesota construction gap stirs debate
West Central Tribune: Upper Minnesota River Valley sees rise in low-wage job openings
Faribault Daily News: State grant allows South Central to train Daikin employees
Mankato Free Press: MSU, SCC get grants for workforce training
WCCO: Gov. Dayton Touts Clean Energy Job Growth
Bemidji Pioneer: Minnesota experiencing clean energy job boom, but skilled workers are hard to find
MPR News: Report: Energy efficiency, renewables create nearly 60,000 Minnesota jobs
Trade
Star Tribune: China’s new tariff targets could reverberate in Minnesota
Economic growth
Star Tribune: For Minnesota firms, tax cuts gave a boost to robust spring, summer
John Phelan is an economist at the Center of the American Experiment.