Can energy companies help Minnesota’s economy recover from the COVID pandemic?
MPUC Commissioner Joseph Sullivan challenged the state’s major energy companies to speed up the completion of projects that could put people to work.
Economy
Economic impacts of pork shutdowns will reach well beyond Minnesota farmers
A team from the University of Minnesota found Minnesota pork farms generated an average of $1.5 million in economic activity apiece and $33,100 in state and local taxes.
Minnesota isn’t going to run out of meat
Supply of specific meats and cuts may fluctuate, but a meat shortage is unlikely in the U.S.
Authentic coverage: Nine months in, Sahan Journal reports with nuance on Minnesota’s immigrants and refugees
During the pandemic, a report on Somali workers at an Amazon warehouse in Eagan was aided by Mukhtar Ibrahim’s ability to interview them in their native language.
‘We’re just in the second inning’: Kashkari, Osterholm offer bleak assessment of what is yet to be wrought by COVID-19
One day after Minnesota moved to further ease restrictions imposed in response to COVID-19, two Minnesota thought leaders — Neel Kashkari, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, and Michael Osterholm, director of the U of M’s Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy — had gloomy news for what is yet to come from the pandemic.
Can Minnesota county budgets survive coronavirus?
Counties face falling revenues and increased demand for services during coronavirus pandemic.
How do you run a regional sports network when there are no sports?
At a time when Fox Sports North is normally gearing up for one of its busiest stretches, COVID-19 has brought the sports calendar to a halt. So how does Minnesota’s regional sports network choose what to put on TV?
Unemployment benefits for Minnesota freelancers have started, but not everyone has been paid yet
While DEED has already processed 10,000 applications since implementing the program on April 24, it still has a ways to go.
Small farms are immune to safety investigations, even when a worker dies
In 1976, a few years after OSHA was created, Congress attached a rider to the agency’s budget that exempted farms with 10 or fewer employees from enforcement. The rider is included every year.
Minnesota’s farmers markets will be open soon. But they’re going to look different
COVID-19 has prompted drastic changes in the way farmers markets are planning to operate.
In the ‘climate refuge’ city of Duluth, a fight brews over the hometown utility
For those pushing for a carbon-free Duluth, the biggest roadblock may be a company that has long been critical to the region’s economy — and its identity: Minnesota Power.
The daily coronavirus update: Up to 100,000 Minnesotans could go back to work Monday
Minnesota also announced 21 deaths and 221 new COVID-19 cases.
Congress set to replenish small business rescue funds
Congress will add funds to the Paycheck Protection Program, even amid reports of misuse of the program.
Minnesota’s Cook County has no confirmed COVID-19 cases. But it’s seen the highest jump in unemployment anywhere in the state
Cook’s economy relies heavily on tourism, but it’s not clear when the tourists will come.
How the Walz administration is developing its plans for restarting Minnesota’s economy
Walz has not released a comprehensive plan for reviving business in Minnesota yet, a subject of growing frustration among some Republicans, but his administration has been working behind the scenes over the last week to build its strategy.
The employment sectors that have seen the biggest share of unemployment applications during the COVID-19 crisis
Some areas have seen a third or more of their workforce file for unemployment.
Self-employed and contract workers are now eligible for unemployment benefits in Minnesota. Here’s what you need to know
States have some discretion to determine who is covered, but essentially, any individual who has exhausted all rights to regular unemployment and is self-employed should qualify.
COVID-19 is a huge story for newspapers across Minnesota. For some, it could also be their undoing.
The massive decline in print advertising brought on by the coronavirus crisis is “going to separate the haves and the have-nots,” said Star Tribune Publisher Michael J. Klingensmith.
Getting by: How businesses in one Greater Minnesota town are dealing with ‘social distancing’ disruptions
“It’s a really tough time right now because of the uncertainty,” said Judy Hulterstrum, executive director of the Litchfield Area Chamber of Commerce, “but we’re staying as positive as we can.”
‘It’s a start’: How the Legislature’s COVID-19 bill aims to help Minnesota child care providers
Under the coronavirus aid package passed by the Minnesota Legislature Thursday, child care providers can apply for a $4,500 monthly grant, with larger centers eligible for an additional monthly grant of up to $15,500, based on capacity.
