Rochester Public Schools recently approved a bid of $562,548 for seven “advanced autonomous floor-scrubbing robots.” This, the Rochester Post Bulletin reports, “led to a discussion about the role of technology…
Yesterday, I wrote about the Chamber of Commerce’s new 2023 state of business retention and expansion in Minnesota report which identified “Minnesota’s high state tax rates and lack of available workers…
Recently, I wrote about the Chamber of Commerce’s new 2023 state of business retention and expansion in Minnesota report. Its key finding was that businesses were reluctant to expand in Minnesota.…
Last week I wrote about data showing that the number of people out of the labor force since the pre-pandemic peak has seen its 13th greatest increase in Minnesota. One…
Last week I noted that Minnesota is one of only 13 states not to have regained its pre-pandemic number of private sector jobs. This came after the state lost 5,700…
Last month, Minnesota’s media celebrated the fact that our state had recovered all the private sector jobs lost in pandemic — none mentioned that this was after 34 other states…
Minnesota’s media is in celebratory mood: Star Tribune: Minnesota has finally recovered all private sector jobs lost in pandemic KTTC: DEED: Minnesota private job sector recovers from pandemic job loss,…
Minnesota’s media is reporting that the state added 14,100 new jobs in January. What is being reported somewhat less is that the number of Minnesotans actually employed fell by 423.…
Often, advocates of minimum wage hikes present them as the fabled "free lunch" — the workers gets better off and, to the extent that anyone gets worse off, it is…
These are some of the headlines in Minnesota’s media: KNSI: Walz Says Minnesota Added Jobs For 14th Straight Month Pioneer Press: Minnesota sees 14th straight month of job growth; 6,800 jobs added…
There has been a lot of focus on Minnesota’s historically low unemployment rate. As of April 2022, the BLS reported that Minnesota’s unemployment rate stood at 2.2 percent. Certainly, this…
‘Minnesota job growth outpaces US, unemployment at 3.3%‘ – Duluth News Tribune ‘Jobless rate in Minn. hits pre-pandemic level‘ – MPR News ‘Minnesota jobless rate falls to 3.3%, lowest since…
The Bureau of Labor Statistics earlier today released data on the change in employment in the leisure and hospitality industry. As to be expected the changes in the industry are…
Renewable energy advocates often claim that subsidizing and mandating wind and solar will produce long-term job benefits, but the newly-released 2020 U.S. Energy and Employment Report contains data that calls into…
The Clean Energy Economy Minnesota jobs report will likely draw favorable media coverage, but a deeper look at the numbers exposes the fact that these numbers are artificially inflated by…
"MN jobless rate ticks up to 3.1 percent; jobs down from a year ago"; "Snow, cold wiped out nearly 9,000 Minnesota jobs last month, may signal a bigger turn"; "Aging…