Minnesota’s economic news, w/e 8/23/19
State and local taxes and spending
Forest Lake Times: Highlights from the state budget deal
MPR News: Court defeat could cost Minnesota treasury $100 million
The Neighbor: By the numbers: Minnesota ranks 18th highest on state and local sales taxes
Star Tribune: Loss in court slices millions from Minnesota state budget
Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal: Court decision on trusts law could cost Minnesota more than $100 million
Pioneer Press: Tax ruling will cost Minnesota tens of millions in revenue
River Towns: Editorial: Tax reciprocity should come back
WCCO: Loss In Trust Account Tax Case Could Cost Minnesota Millions
The Neighbor: By the numbers: Minnesota ranks 10th highest on beer taxes
KEYC: Loss in trust account tax case could cost Minnesota millions
Labor market
Brainerd Dispatch: Minnesota unemployment increases to 3.4% in July
Knox News Radio: MN Unemployment Rises Slightly
KDAL: Minnesota Unemployment Up In July
KWLM: Minnesota unemployment rate edges up in July
Minn Post: Clean energy jobs are big in Minnesota. But they often go to people from out of state
Rochester Post Bulletin: Workforce summit seeks to forge alliance between rural schools and employers
Faribault Daily News: Jobless rate dips slightly over most of region in July, DEED reports
Redwood Falls Gazette: State unemployment rate increases to 3.4% for July
Agriculture
The Sleepy-Eye Herald Dispatch: U.S. Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue visits southern Minnesota
KMTV: Latest bankers survey indicates shrinking rural economy
Ag Week: Farmer frustration grows with trade war and ag economy
Trade
Brainerd Dispatch: As trade war looms, Walz, other governors chart new trade paths around China
Economic development
Faribault Daily News: Growing the local foods economy
John Phelan is an economist at the Center of the American Experiment.