Omar bill seeks to ease path for mobile home residents to buy their parks
The bill would ease the tax burden involved in selling a manufactured home park.
Economy
It’s a pretty good time to find a summer job for Minnesota teens — but fewer of them are
Teenagers have been rejoining the workforce since the Great Recession, but the share of teens in the workforce hasn’t rebounded to early 2000s levels.
As trade war escalates, Minnesota soybean farmers wonder: What’s the plan?
Minnesota is the third largest producer of soybeans in the country after Illinois and Iowa.
Macro, Micro, Minnesota
What ‘Econ 101’ arguments misunderstand about taxes
Yes, it’s possible to oppose Trump’s tariffs and support raising Minnesota’s gas tax.
Macro, Micro, Minnesota
Paper, plastic, neither, both? Assessing a grocery-bag fee in Minneapolis
A grocery bag fee probably would reduce their use — but that has some side effects.
Environment
Squirrel net’ zappers: The furry menace threatening Minnesota’s power grid
To most power customers, the question of consequence in the midst of a power outage is when the lights, the refrigerator and the TV will be back on. Not what caused the outage. But lots of the time, the answer to that question is squirrels.
Education
How bad is Minnesota’s student-debt situation?
Minnesota ranks highly among states for student debt per-capita, but the details matter.
Macro, Micro, Minnesota
Vice President Pence is in Minnesota Thursday to promote the administration’s income redistribution policies. (He might not frame it that way.)
Talking tariffs.
Economy
Minnesota retail closures have ramped up in recent years. That hits particularly hard in Greater Minnesota
In small Minnesota towns, tax bases are smaller and shoppers have fewer options.
Economy
Why it’s so expensive to build a house in Minnesota right now
The inflation-adjusted median price of a new home in Minnesota is more than double what it was in 1970.
Economic Vitality in Greater Minnesota
For all the talk of an urban-rural divide, Minnesota’s small towns and big cities face a lot of the same challenges
The Minnesota Equity Blueprint is an ambitious set of policy ideas aimed at addressing some overlapping problems in rural and urban areas.
New Americans in Greater Minnesota
‘We live together’: How a group dedicated to helping Rochester’s immigrants and refugees has evolved to meet community needs
Rochester’s Intercultural Mutual Assistance Association is a 35-year-old nonprofit dedicated to helping newcomers find stability, self-sufficiency, independence and community in a new country.
Twin Cities Business
Bill McGuire’s stadium-sized goals for Minnesota United
TCB spoke with Dr. Bill McGuire from a broadcast booth overlooking the pitch at Allianz Field, where they discussed the economics of soccer and his goals for its future.