Economic development Duluth News Tribune: Local View: Mining isn’t Minnesota’s future; natural resources are Finance & Commerce: Rochester-area fund looks to spur development Star Tribune: Counterpoint: We must welcome investment…
For those following at home, the links, key dates, and key events included below provide a road map to the story, as it has unfolded. Not one person has been…
These were some of the headlines in Minnesota’s media last week: Kare 11: Minnesota’s unemployment rate is lower than it was before the pandemic Pioneer Press: Minnesota unemployment drops to lowest level…
Labor market KSTP: Minnesota recruits teens to health care jobs amid workforce crisis Kare 11: Record-high job vacancies in Minnesota as pandemic worker shortages continue WJON: Central Minnesota to Experience…
On Thursday, some 200 law enforcement officers raided the offices of the St. Anthony, Minnesota-based nonprofit Feeding Our Future and related organizations at more than a dozen locations. Records available…
Want to know why we’re worried about public safety? Ask the judges and prosecutors who keep returning thugs to our streets.
The epidemic of carjackings in Minneapolis has now spilled over into the adjacent suburbs. As Minneapolis is approaching 500 carjackings for the calendar year, car thieves are looking for new…
We have been pointing out for several months now that Minnesota’s revolving door courts pose a risk to the safety of the state’s residents. In a number of cases, it…
I’ve written before about a ‘War on Public Safety’ being waged by some of Minnesota’s non-profits, District Attorneys, and judges, all of which are contributing to the explosion of violent…
One aspect of the rise in violent crime in the Twin Cities has been the increase in carjackings. On November 5, Kare 11 reported that Minneapolis has seen 457 carjackings…
Labor market Kare 11: Retailers ramp up hiring for the holiday shopping season KEYC: Childcare shortage impacts southern Minnesota families, economy Bemidji Pioneer: Minimum wage set to increase 2.5% as…
A poll carried out for the Star Tribune, MPR News, KARE 11, FRONTLINE and the PBS series sheds some fascinating light on the ongoing debate on policing in Minneapolis. Some…
Economic development Hometown Focus: Business, infrastructure, and trail projects receive economic development funding Minn Post: The Iron Range may soon be home to one of the largest solar panel manufacturing…
State and local taxes and spending KAAL TV: Gov. Walz announces allocation of $103 million of federal money Brainerd Dispatch: Area cities receive DEED grants Star Tribune: Minnesota keeps top…
As the new school year starts, schools are facing what has been a familiar issue to most businesses over the last couple of months — a worker shortage. School districts in…
Economic growth Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal: Minnesota venues call SBA relief ‘critical’ to pandemic-era survival State and local taxes and spending Twin Cities Business: Minnesota’s Angel Tax Credit Program Renewed…
A tale of two Starbucks Downtown Minneapolis has been a strange place to go for more than a year now. First, COVID-19 hit in March last year. Businesses were closed…
It took Gov. Tim Walz well over a week to see how Rep. John Thompson’s latest brush with the law played out with the press and public. But the governor…
Coming out of the pandemic, one of the biggest questions in policy research has been whether COVID-19 restrictions hurt or helped our state. One way that this question has been…
Economic growth KPVI: Minnesota ranks 5th worst in new economic outlook analysis State and local taxes and spending Sun This Week: Burnsville will study ‘participatory budgeting’ Pioneer Press: With divided…
A version of this op ed appeared in the Duluth News Tribune on June 21, 2021 In March, the median price of a home sale in Duluth hit $217,000, up…
When you point out the phenomenon of lots of job openings coexisting with elevated numbers of people unemployed, a common response is, “Well, they should just pay them more.” Well,…
State and local taxes and spending Minn Post: Is a state government shutdown looming in Minnesota? Naaaaah. Minnesota Reformer: Lawmakers poised to miss self-imposed deadline on $52 billion budget Southernminn.com:…
I wasn’t a fan of President Trump’s trade policy. In April 2018, I wrote: ‘Trump’s tariffs could spark trade war that will cost many Americans‘; in May 2019, I wrote:…