State and local taxes and spending MPR News: GOP pushes to end taxes on Social Security, but many don’t pay them KNSI: Deal to Stop Minnesota’s Business Tax Increase Remains…
On Feb. 24, Russia invaded its neighbor, the Ukraine. This unjustifiable act of aggression has, understandably, outraged many around the world. In their eagerness to demonstrate this outrage — possible…
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…
State and local taxes and spending Minn Post: A new Minnesota law is saving certain kinds of businesses a boatload in federal income taxes Star Tribune: Minnesota lawmakers face $7.7B…
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…
From time to time, local Minnesota media will mention how deserted downtown Minneapolis has become. The local CBS affiliate, WCCO, ran a story today under the headline, ‘It’s Just a…
Labor market Alexandria Echo Press: New year, new minimum-wage rates as of Jan. 1 Fergus Falls Daily Journal: Minimum wage increase Duluth News Tribune: ‘More of what workers want’: Wage…
Despite an attempt to quickly put his DUI conviction in the rearview mirror, Hennepin County Sheriff David Hutchinson faces increasing pressure to resign amid new questions about his conduct in…
Five suburban Minnesota cities have banded together to fight surging crime in their communities, especially carjacking. And the first thing that they are asking for is help from their county…
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…
Economic growth Star Tribune: Supply chain trouble takes big bite out of Minnesota’s small food producers Minn Post: Long-term thinking is they key to Minnesota’s economic prosperity KPVI: Minnesota is…
State and local taxes and spending Pioneer Press: Adopt tax policies that attract people to Minnesota, not repel them Minn Post: Spending Minnesota’s share of the infrastructure bill is likely…
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…
Economic development Bemidji Pioneer: Other View: Thanks to Line 3, a windfall was felt by some Minnesota communities this summer Grand Forks Herald: Airports in North Dakota, Minnesota look toward…
Walz vigorously avoids talk about public safety.
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…
In August, St. Paul wasn’t seeing a surge in homicides in 2021 over 2020’s already-high numbers comparable to that seen in Minneapolis. At the time, St. Paul had just recorded…
A gunfight broke out in a bar on St. Paul’s popular West 7th Avenue in the early hours of Sunday morning leaving 14 people injured and 27-year-old Marquisha Wiley dead. So far, this…
Economic growth WCCO: Business Confidence In Economy Plummets, Midwest Report Says WCCO: Smaller Products, Rising Prices: Shrinkflation Hitting Grocery Store Shelves Star Tribune: Duluth tourism rebound ‘the recovery year we…
State and local taxes and spending Minnesota Reformer: Wave of workers’ comp claims, settlements worsen Minneapolis budget outlook Stillwater Gazette: Minnesota’s Main Street COVID relief grant application open Austin Daily…
It might come as a shock to many of you, but, abroad, the common image of the United States is of an unregulated, capitalistic, free market utopia where taxes are…
Minnesota’s entrepreneurs are getting creative in the face of the state’s ‘labor shortage.’ WCCO reports: The workforce shortage continues to be one of the biggest challenges facing the hospitality industry.…
Last week, my colleague Bill Walsh noted the resolute refusal of Governor Tim Walz to address the explosion of violent crime in Minneapolis, the biggest city in his state. In…