Paul TostoWhile we weren’t looking, Minnesota eclipsed Wisconsin last month in total jobs, continuing a decade-long trend of economic dominance over the Badger State. Read more →
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Tag: Economy
Bob CollinsHousing prices nationally have hit record highs, although that’s not the case in Minneapolis, one of the 20 cities making up the index.
The average national home price is now 0.1% above the June 2006 price, although the index does not account for inflation. Read more →
Vice President Joe Biden will laud the 2009 federal stimulus bill today at St. Paul’s Union Depot. But while it helped patch up the state’s budget, it’s hard to see long term effects. Read more →
Maybe Americans did learn a few things from the economic collapse of 2008. An interview with an executive of Fidelity suggests so, anyway. People are saving money. Maybe. Read more →
Faribault mirrors the nation’s economy. Things look better than they were, but everyone’s worried about what’s ahead.
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Who’s going to live in the McMansions the parents of millennials are building in the Twin Cities suburbs? Apparently, it won’t be the millennials.
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Minnesota’s economy outperforms Wisconsin’s economy. It’s been that way for years. Those trends have accelerated since the end of the Great Recession. Read more →
Sometimes, you just have to stop and think about a sentence for a bit in order to realize just how bad things really are. Read more →
Minnesota is generally considered a high-tax state but the Thumbtack.com survey found that taxes was not statistically significant in defining whether a state is friendly to small businesses. Read more →
Opponents of frac sand mining in Winona County have lost a legal challenge at the Minnesota Court of Appeals.
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But Lake Elmo didn’t want to be like everyone else and today it finally won a battle against the Metropolitan Council’s order that it needs to get bigger. Or did it win? Read more →
The people being left behind, in praise of the plow driver, the scourge of value pricing at sporting events, the women of Williston, and the last mail call for John Latimer. Read more →
Minnesota is the land of 10,000 lakes, but it’s got 10 times as many millionaires.
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What do you take with you after a lifetime of dedication to a company? The Pioneer Press, still with a beating heart if not much more, is saying goodbye to employees who have taken a buyout in its parent corporation’s latest round of cost cutting. It’s another test in the great American journalism experiment: How Read more →
The reality for Baby Boomers nearing retirement is most of them know that if they lose their jobs today, they’re done. Read more →