Tag: employment
group name: mneconomy
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September 24, 2009 09:05 AM EDT --
Here's a look at what we're looking at this morning.
From Minnesota Public Radio News
Gov. Tim Pawlenty is downplaying warnings that Minnesota's state budget will face a significant . . .
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September 22, 2009 05:18 PM EDT --
We talked recently about anecdotal evidence that Minnesota's economy may be turning around. So, OK, here's the other side: Data show the state remains weak relative to most of its neighbors . . . .
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April 27, 2009 02:08 PM EDT --
Working a couple part-time jobs is a rite of passage for many young adults. I juggled a few right after college until one -- a tiny newspaper -- offered me a full-time gig.
That's a lot different, . . .
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September 23, 2009 09:07 AM EDT --
Here's a look at what we're looking at this morning.
From Minnesota Public Radio News
Many of us rely on our employers to provide health care. But my colleague Mike Caputo has an . . .
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April 27, 2009 06:50 PM EDT --
"I am writing because we have hundreds of people in need of work."
That sentence threw me. Yes, there's record high unemployment in Minnesota . But the person who wrote that sentence . . .
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July 08, 2009 05:08 PM EDT --
Manufacturing's a big deal in Minnesota and it's been one of the hardest hit sectors of the economy. But did the state's manufacturing sector bottom out earlier this spring?
I ask that after . . .
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September 02, 2009 11:45 AM EDT --
We asked in early July if Minnesota manufacturing had turned a corner given upticks in hours worked and wages during the spring. Those indicators promptly dropped in the next report! New data, . . .
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October 13, 2009 02:21 PM EDT --
A recovery may be coming, but many Minnesotans still haven't felt it.
Minnesota Public Radio News checked in recently with folks in our Public Insight Network who'd told us in the past they were . . .
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June 24, 2009 11:24 PM EDT --
Caught this story today on the USA Today Web site: "Moonlighting's a way of life for workers in tough job market ." We know about tough markets and moonlighting in Minnesota.
The Northern . . .
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September 08, 2009 06:36 PM EDT --
As we map the economic stories of Minnesotans in this recession, it's not often we get one labeled "good news." So it caught our attention when Bill Punyko emailed recently to say, " Duluth/Superior . . .
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September 18, 2009 06:46 PM EDT --
Lots of "good news, but..." reactions from the MN jobs data. Yes, the jobless rate slipped to 8 percent. But thousands left the labor force. Discouraged workers? Not sure the data bear that out. . . .
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September 22, 2009 08:59 AM EDT --
Here's a look at what we're looking at this morning.
From Minnesota Public Radio News
St. Paul plans relief for businesses that may be hurt by construction of the Central Corridor . . .
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July 15, 2009 04:54 PM EDT --
The people who you will increasingly depend upon in your old age to pay taxes, keep your Social Security solvent, build Minnesota's economy and maintain its quality of life are the least prepared to . . .
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July 17, 2009 12:50 PM EDT --
I rolled out an economic argument for closing the achievement gap earlier this week. Here's a look at how to close it.
These are ideas to help kids pulled together from my 10 years writing . . .
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July 09, 2009 05:36 PM EDT --
I'm in a rolling discussion with a very good local economist about whether this recession is worse than the early 1980s.
I'm taking the 1980s. I think I have a pretty good case.
I realize . . .
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September 17, 2009 01:36 PM EDT --
Minnesota's summer tourism season was mixed at best. But if your business was in outfitting, resorts or camping, the data we're seeing and stories we're hearing indicate you had a solid year.
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MinnEcon
Location: St. Paul, MN
Created: Jan 16, 2009
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