For Minneapolis and St. Paul to remain prosperous, we should learn from other cities, like Denver.
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Minnesota’s unemployment rate dropped to 4.8 percent in October, a rate last seen in January 2008; a declining labor force participation rate, however, has contributed to the trend.
Due to a decline in unemployment insurance, the state recently approved a reduction in related taxes.
View the acceptance speeches of five members of local business boards who won 2013 Outstanding Directors Awards.
Xcel Energy was the highest-ranked Minnesota company on this year’s list.
The International Institute of Minnesota has trained and graduated close to 2,000 nursing assistants over the last two decades.
The business group released a 60-page report that makes a case for immigration reform.
A recent list ranked Minneapolis as a top city for veterans to live in, despite significant unemployment disparities between vets and non-vets in Minnesota.
Jamey Erickson, owner and creative director of Minneapolis-based Sevnthsin, is encouraging other businesses to hire his former employees as he wraps up outstanding projects for clients.
The 3M spin-off sold one of its businesses in an attempt to turn itself around, but its quarterly loss was worse than analysts expected.
Digital River added Ted Cahall, a former vice president of Microsoft, to its C-suite.
The economic development group said it has helped attract dozens of projects, but what does it mean for the organization to “assist” on a deal?
Rochester and Minneapolis have both lost a large chunk of their local government aid over the last few years, resulting in spending cuts.
CenturyLink and union officials said that they have reached a contract deal, which was ratified by union members and concludes more than a year of negotiations.
A local ad agency gave its staff 12 weeks off, no strings attached.
Sour notes at the MIA.
While the federal government is still in the process of developing a plan to require greater accountability from for-profit colleges, Capella is giving students a new way to judge their employable skills progress.
Keith Ellison is among those who have vowed to renew focus on the passage of immigration reform.