economy

What Van Jones' Appointment Means for Community Organizers

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Sanford Pulls $700m From School Funding To Pay Off State Debt, Potentially Forcing 7,500 Teacher Layoffs

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Hindsight - From Minnesota 2020 » Blog Archive » Unemployment Hits Rural Minnesota Hard

Greater Minnesota is seeing jobless rates that top the national average, according to a story in the Star Tribune today. While unemployment in the Twin Cities is 7.4 percent, some areas of Minnesota are seeing unemployment as high as 11 percent–all the more reason for Governor Pawlenty and our state legislators to think carefully about how their policies impact rural areas in these tough economic times.

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Stimulus money shrinks state budget hole - TwinCities.com

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Minnesota: the Hotdish Revolution needs YOU! – Tild~

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Smart Politics - Breaking News Analysis: Minnesota's January Unemployment Numbers Set State Records

Every month Smart Politics writes a new analysis on the latest dire unemployment numbers released by the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED), and each month our analysis unearths new trends behind the numbers that document why the current economic trend is the worst in generations.

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Minnesota 2020 -- Growing Jobs in a Shortfall

Just another day for the US economy, and more bad news for hard working Minnesotans. Your daily indicator of the Minnesota economy: 41%. That's the percentage decline in fourth quarter profits Target stores experienced.

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MinnPost - Lots of jobs for Minnesotans in stimulus bill, Oberstar says

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Bluestem Prairie: news about Tim Walz (MN-1): Town hall meetings in Southern Minnesota: state budget

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