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A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.

The economic downturn has exposed the shaky financial underpinnings of several Duluth city-subsidized facilities whose existence depends heavily on tourism taxes. Not only to meet payroll, but also to make…

It’s hard for nervous parents who are unable to count on public schools fully opening this fall to miss the headlines popping up all over. Here’s a few recent examples.…

Duluth’s new superintendent of schools John Magas has hit the ground running in his first month on the job, considering it’s still uncertain whether students will be physically present at…

Sure it may be way out there to demand the immediate removal of the police officers assigned to Duluth schools for more than twenty years. But the students behind the…

A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.

A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.

From March to April, the unemployment rate in our state rose from 2.9% to 8.1% as the number of unemployed Minnesotans increased by 160,627.

Duluth faces a potential $38 million budget shortfall Mayor Emily Larson calls “absolutely catastrophic” in the wake of declining tax revenue  projections due to the economic impact of the coronavirus.…

A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.

Now they tell us. Three incumbent DFL state legislators who each recently lost the nod for their party’s endorsement suddenly sound more like conservative critics when it comes to allowing…

Gov. Tim Walz and his administration finally have to come to terms with the somber new fiscal reality for state government given the newly announced forecast of a $2.4 billion…

No, it’s not a misprint. It’s the same guy, DFL Sen. Erik Simonson, who raised conflict of interest questions and concerns in some quarters in his last public sector job…

Our health care workers are working tirelessly on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic. To help protect these heroes, Minnesota manufacturers have been producing medical products in short supply.

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.

The news that Costco was pulling out of a long-planned store in Duluth was disappointing enough in the midst of the economic fallout from Covid-19. But word that the sought-after…

The Coronavirus pandemic has exposed a flaw in the trendy plastic bag bans now in place in environmentally self-conscious states and cities. Concerns over the public health threat posed by…

The economic cost of Minnesota's war against the coronavirus may be one we need to pay, but it is already very high indeed. 

It will be safer and a bit more affordable for residents of Duluth to go to the grocery store for the time being.  Under pressure, the city council yesterday rolled…

It’s not too late for the Duluth City Council to reverse course and rescind the 5 cent plastic bag charge set to take effect, appropriately, on April Fool’s Day. The…

A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.

A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.

A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.

Taxpayers would spend $17 million a year to subsidize Duluth train.