State and local taxes and spending
Star Tribune: Opinion | Small businesses are strained ― this tax change could help
Y105.FM: Minnesota Tax Collections Miss Target in February and March
Star Tribune: Opinion | Why Walz’s proposed social media tax is a bad idea
CBS News: Minnesota lawmakers propose $100M property tax refund plan for nearly 600,000 homeowners
Northern News Now: Minnesota lawmakers propose one-time property tax rebate as bills rise
Pioneer Press: MN lawmakers weigh property tax relief; GOP wants $4B, DFL wants focused aid
KAAL TV: Minnesota lawmakers to discuss revoking sales tax funding for Rochester sports complex
Alpha News: Christine Snell: ‘Climate Superfund’ really just a new tax on Minnesotans
Le Sueur County News: Rep. Stier: Minnesota’s Tax Policy: Out of touch, but not yet out of time
Faribault Daily News: Sen. Draheim: Slow progress, murky process and proposed tax hikes
KSTP: Proposal for a property tax task force making its way through the Legislature
Labor market
MPR News: Minnesota lost 6,100 jobs in February; state officials link decline to ICE surge
Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal: Minnesota unemployment hits 5-year high as immigration enforcement takes toll
Rochester Post Bulletin: Rochester-area employment grew fast in 2025. Expect it to continue
Minnesota Reformer: Report: Operation Metro Surge cost Minnesota thousands of jobs in hospitality, construction
Economic growth
Alpha News: Minnesota’s economic outlook among worst in the nation, new report says
Star Tribune: Ramstad: Tariffs slowed Minnesota’s economy last year. Will war tip it into recession?
CBS News: Operation Metro Surge drained more than $600 million from Minnesota’s economy, court filing says
Star Tribune: Tariffs taxed Iron Range firm that’s now closing, laying off 75
Minneapolis / St. Paul Magazine: Hospitality Minnesota Sounds Alarm for Ailing Industry
Economic development
Grand Forks Herald: Federal mining ban repeal draws mixed reactions from Minnesota lawmakers
Star Tribune: Opinion | The Iron Range needs jobs, not hysteria over the Boundary Waters
Duluth News Tribune: Our View: Federal action gives modern mining the chance it deserves
