Bureau of Labor Statistics

We cannot expect the economy to return to normal while restrictions remain.

The Franchise Formerly Known as the Redskins should take a leaf out of the Packers' book and take their name from the city's employment. 

Compared to states that instated a shutdown, states that stayed open did not have worse health outcomes from COVID-19. In fact, most of them were among the top states with…

Pro-mining DLFers in Minnesota lost an ally yesterday, as State Senator Erik Simonson lost his primary race to anti-mining political newcomer, Jen McEwen. The results of this primary, along with…

Teacher salaries have risen over the last decade by 19.3 percent, but teachers' total compensation (salary and benefits) have increased even more, by 28.5 percent over the same time period,…

Congresswoman Betty McCollum, who represents St. Paul, has once again taken aim at Minnesota’s mining industry by inserting language into a federal spending bill that would prevent federal agencies from…

Mining opponents in Minnesota often argue that instead of developing some of the largest undeveloped deposits of copper and nickel in the world, Northeastern Minnesotans should instead focus on creating…

Minnesota's economy weathered the first three months of 2020 better than the US as a whole, but worse than its neighbors to the south and west.

On Tuesday, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced that the agency will prepare a detailed Environmental Impact Statement to thoroughly analyze the potential environmental impacts of the proposed Twin…

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…

From April to May, forty-four states saw their unemployment rates fall. Minnesota saw an increase, and the largest increase in the United States.

Outside of these facilities Minnesota is safer than average, but data shows that we're failing to protect those most vulnerable.

Standing on the banks of the Mississippi River in Cohasset, Minnesota, the Boswell Energy Center is the most productive, lowest-cost source of electricity in the entire state. Because Minnesota’s mining…

Nearly everyone acknowledges that the lack of housing available for people of low and middle income is one of the most serious problems facing the Twin Cities today. Experts use…

The states with the higher percentages of public-sector union members are overwhelmingly Democratic, and those with the lower percentages are overwhelmingly Republican. 

While it may seem like the choice is between either saving the economy or saving people's lives, that is not the case.Closing the economy altogether in order to save lives…

The April jobs report is terrible and when Minnesota's numbers come out they are unlikely to be any better. Indications are that poorer counties and lower paid occupations will have…

In the wake of the coronavirus, state governments got to decide which businesses are essential and which ones are not. Coincidentally, a lot of these essential businesses happen to pay…

In a recent press conference, Gov. Walz said: “I’ve said from the very beginning of this, sheltering in place til a vaccine comes is…is not sustainable.” He is right. Sen.…

The burden, in terms of lost jobs, of fighting the Coronavirus has been heavier in some parts of our state than others.

Environmentalists’ call to shutter the Boswell Energy Center would devastate the Iron Range economy, with no measurable impact on future global temperatures.

More than 300,000 Minnesotans have applied for the state unemployment insurance program since March 16th, but there are still some people out there looking to hire.

We’re delighted to report that Senator Jason Rarick (R) cited American Experiment’s research on copper nickel mining in Minnesota in his piece to the Mitchell Hamline School of Law Journal…

Many people in the Twin Cities are vaguely aware of the fact that Minnesota mines iron ore, but few understand the scale or importance of mining to the communities who…