State and local taxes and spending
KSTP: Fate of license tab bill that would lower fees remains up in the air in Minnesota Senate
Elk River Star News: State needs comprehensive property tax reform
The Gliobe: Letter: The cost of Minnesotans’ selective outrage
KLGR: Republicans Vow Not to Raise Taxes This Session
MPR News: As property tax statements arrive, pressure grows on Minnesota lawmakers to address hikes
Economic growth
Detroit Lakes Online: With unemployment creeping up, Becker County’s economy could go either way
MPR News: Do good neighbors make good economies? Minnesota could be a test case
Grand Forks Herald: Upper Midwest labor market outperforms national trends as inflation cools
MPR News: As spring planting season nears, Minnesota farmers feeling economic impacts of war in Iran
Star Tribune: First tariffs, now Iran war causing financial woes for Minnesota farmers
Star Tribune: Ramstad: Minnesota’s economic growth needs a surge. Here’s a report card on three approaches
Labor market
Inforum: Letter: Employers, consider this hidden pool of job candidates
Fox 9: Minnesota unemployment rate increases, job growth remains flat: Data
Kare 11: MN shows little job growth in January as unemploment rate rises
KSTP: Minnesota job growth was flat during peak ICE surge, data shows
MPR News: Minnesota’s job engine stalled in January
Star Tribune: Minnesota unemployment rate in January is highest in five years
WCCO: Minnesota’s unemployment rate has usually been well below the national average. Not anymore
Detroit Lakes Online: Minnesota’s jobs flat over January as unemployment rises
KIMT 3: Minnesota job market weakens as unemployment climbs to 4.4%
KEYC: Minnesota Unemployment Rises in January as Private Sector Sheds Jobs
Axios: What’s behind Minnesota’s bad January jobs report
Economic development
Star Tribune: Mining boosters see a golden opportunity for the Iron Range, if it doesn’t slip away
Star Tribune: Brown: Data centers are coming. How will we regulate them?
