Minnesota’s Economic News — W/E 7/29/22
Labor market CBS News: Minnesota unemployment rate hits a record low of 1.8% in June Axios: Minnesota unemployment rate drops to historic low KIMT 3: Minnesota’s unemployment rate hit another…
Labor market CBS News: Minnesota unemployment rate hits a record low of 1.8% in June Axios: Minnesota unemployment rate drops to historic low KIMT 3: Minnesota’s unemployment rate hit another…
On Wednesday, August 3rd, the major candidates for Minnesota Governor will square off in a debate at Farm Fest. Thus far, it is the only scheduled debate between Governor Tim…
According to ABC News, The Virginia Board for Barbers and Cosmetology voted to reduce the number of hours required to obtain a cosmetology license from 1,500 hours to 1,000. The…
Isaac Orr joined Jon Justice on Twin Cities News Talk to discuss the deal struck by Senator Joe Manchin and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to spend $369 billion on…
ACTION: Tomorrow (July 29) at 9:30am PELSB’s Board Meeting will address the R4615 Rulemaking Project, which includes adding in the “Racial Consciousness and Reflection” standard. You can attend the meeting…
Nearly two years after the 2020 election, concern over the integrity of the electoral process still runs deep in Crow Wing County. A core group of skeptics often attends county…
Seems to be the question on a lot of people’s minds. Earlier today, the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) released GDP data for the second quarter of this year. And…
In September, 2016, the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal reported: Starbucks is expanding its presence in the Twin Cities with several new shops in the works, including one in downtown Minneapolis.…
American Experiment released a report today that exposes the flawed legal and economic analyses that the Biden administration is using to justify their efforts to stop the state of Georgia…
Last week, the sitting Governor of Illinois, J.B. Pritzker, donated $2 million to the Minnesota-registered Democratic Governors Association (DGA) Victory Fund to support the re-election of Minnesota Governor Tim Walz…
Minnesota’s childcare crisis hurts parents, children, and the communities they live in.
In May, I wrote about Census Bureau data which showed that in 2021 Minneapolis lost 3,678 residents (a decline of 0.9% in its population): To put this in context, in…
Minnesotans are losing confidence in their public school classrooms.
According to a new study, In the United States, higher taxes on electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) are associated with decreased ENDS use but increased cigarette smoking among 18-25 year-olds,…
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in a Q&A about America’s path forward in 2022 and beyond.
The Board of Directors for the regional electric grid to which Minnesota belongs, Midcontinent Independent Systems Operator (MISO), recently voted to approve nearly $10.3 billion in new transmission lines—$2 billion…
Last night was a new low for public safety in our signature city. “SHOTS FIRED in the 4th Precinct lot. “100 shots” in the lot. OFFICER HELP CALL. Vehicle fleeing.…
Likely voters in battleground states have more confidence in Republicans on education than Democrats, according to a poll commissioned by the American Federation of Teachers (AFT). Thirty-nine percent of respondents…
A majority of the more than 400 registered nurses at the Mayo Clinic Health System in Mankato voted Monday to do away with union membership by decertifying the Minnesota Nurses…
Minnesota’s lawmakers had a chance to make the honor roll; they chose to settle for ‘Did Not Pass’ instead.
Last week, state officials announced the unemployment rate for June. The 1.8 percent level recorded was the lowest ever logged, not just for Minnesota, but for any state in the…
The Walz administration is trying to conceal the outrageous costs of his California Fuel Standards proposal until after the election.
Yesterday I noted that in Minnesota the state government accounts for a much larger share of the total tax burden faced by citizens than in all but two other states.…
Thousands of passengers concerned for their safety simply no longer take a chance on riding the Twin Cities light rail lines due to rampant crime and vagrants. Just ask Met…