
Minnesota unemployment rate reaches all-time low
Minnesota's unemployment rate sunk to 2% for the month of May, breaking another record.
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Minnesota's unemployment rate sunk to 2% for the month of May, breaking another record.
Gov. Tim Walz sharply criticized the Minnesota Legislature on Wednesday for failing to break its impasse over an unemployment insurance tax increase that businesses are already starting to pay.
Minnesota's unemployment rate has fallen to its lowest level in more than 20 years as more people return to work.
Employers across Minnesota are getting bills for higher unemployment insurance taxes after legislative leaders failed to reach a deal by a Tuesday deadline to avert an automatic hike.
Minnesota's unemployment rate dropped to pre-pandemic levels in December, hitting 3.1% for the first time since 2019.
More Minnesotans are returning to work as the state's unemployment rates decreased, according to numbers released today by the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development.
The nationwide unemployment rate in August was 5.2%. A year ago, in August 2020, the Wisconsin unemployment rate was 6.1%. Wisconsin lost 8,200 private sector jobs in August. Compared to a year ago, 70,300 more people were working in the private sector.
Thousands of Minnesotans are losing their federal unemployment benefits Sunday.
Minnesota's unemployment rate held steady at 4% in June as the state recorded its first month of job losses since December.
From a Minneapolis post office to a pizza staple in Grand Marais, the plea for workers is plastered nearly everywhere you look.
Minnesota's unemployment rate continued to decline in April, dropping to 4.1%. That's down from 4.2% in March as more Minnesotans find work or return to jobs lost during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Employers in Minnesota reported more than 127,000 job vacancies in the last quarter of 2020, according to the Department of Employment and Economic Development.
State officials say Minnesota's unemployment rate dipped to 4.2% in March, down from a revised 4.4% in February, though people of color continue to feel the deepest impact of job loss due to the pandemic.
Minnesota's unemployment rate dropped to 4.3% last month from 4.5% in January, state officials said Thursday, but the state still needs to make up ground on the road to economic recovery.
State officials announced Thursday that Minnesota's unemployment rate dropped to 4.3% last month, down from 4.5% in January.
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Gov. Tony Evers signed a bipartisan tax cut bill into law Thursday and signaled support for another bipartisan measure to help update the state's unemployment insurance system, rare compromises that come as Republicans have roundly denounced much of his state budget proposal as a liberal wish list.
The Wisconsin Senate is poised Thursday to approve a bipartisan bill designed to begin updating the state's antiquated unemployment insurance system that Gov. Tony Evers has blamed for causing delays in the processing of claims filed during the coronavirus pandemic.
State officials say Minnesota's unemployment rate dropped slightly last month as more Minnesotans left the workforce and the state shed nearly 50,000 jobs amid the tightened COVID-19 restrictions.
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State officials say Minnesota's unemployment rate dropped significantly in October. However, they noted that the main reason for the drop is that more Minnesotans are leaving the workforce.
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Wisconsin's unemployment rate dropped from 6.3% in August to 5.4% in September, below the national rate but 2 points higher than a year ago as the state deals with a surge in coronavirus cases.
Spending from the first round of stimulus propped up the economy. But that money is gone, and a more stimulus is unlikely in the coming weeks.
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Officials saying it appears they were speeding when the vehicle hit a tree. The crash happened around 11 p.m. Thursday on Xylite Street.
Two people face multiple felony counts after 10 pounds of meth that was supposed to be delivered to them ended up at the wrong address, according to recently filed charges.
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Officials have issued a warning about what people can dump in the sewer, after several explosions forced evacuations near the University of Minnesota.
Police in St. Paul say they're investigating a homicide after they found a dead body on the 600 block of Dale Street North overnight.
Kelly faces a solicitation case in Hennepin County, Minnesota. But the case has been on the back burner while the federal cases play out.
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Sheryl Herschman and her sister, Judy Sellgren-Ehle, moved back to Forada, their hometown, in the spring and inherited their family's campground business. "We didn't know we'd get baptized by fire, or in this case, wind," Herschman said.
Officials have issued a warning about what people can dump in the sewer, after several explosions forced evacuations near the University of Minnesota.
Police in St. Paul say they're investigating a homicide after they found a dead body on the 600 block of Dale Street North overnight.
Two people face multiple felony counts after 10 pounds of meth that was supposed to be delivered to them ended up at the wrong address, according to recently filed charges.
The new law now governs the packaging, the sale and the makeup of the products, which may not contain more than 5 mg of THC per serving, and no more than 50 mg per package.
Officials say it appears they were speeding when the vehicle hit a tree. The crash happened around 11 p.m. Thursday on Xylite Street.
Two people face multiple felony counts after 10 pounds of meth that was supposed to be delivered to them ended up at the wrong address, according to recently filed charges.
The new law now governs the packaging, the sale and the makeup of the products, which may not contain more than 5 mg of THC per serving, and no more than 50 mg per package.
"We have zero tolerance for people boating under the influence," said Lt. Adam Block, a boating law administrator with the DNR.
Sheryl Herschman and her sister, Judy Sellgren-Ehle, moved back to Forada, their hometown, in the spring and inherited their family's campground business. "We didn't know we'd get baptized by fire, or in this case, wind," Herschman said.
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The decision essentially prevents a governor from replacing the previous governor's appointees without Senate confirmation. The ruling left Democrats stunned.
Conservatives on the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a conservation group couldn't challenge an agency's decision to sell state park land for the construction of a high-end golf course along the shores of Lake Michigan.
Wisconsin Democratic Gov. Tony Evers has filed a direct challenge to the state's 1849 criminal abortion law that bans nearly all abortions.
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A conservative group has already spent $620,000 on an advertisement targeting Rep. Angie Craig in what's likely just the beginning of a battle by both parties to win a critical district.
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Delta, one of the nation's largest airlines with a hub at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, has a free flight change policy for the Fourth of July holiday weekend, as the company expects a record number of travelers since the pandemic began.
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Police in St. Paul say they're investigating a homicide after they found a dead body on the 600 block of Dale Street North overnight.
Two people face multiple felony counts after 10 pounds of meth that was supposed to be delivered to them ended up at the wrong address, according to recently filed charges.
Kelly faces a solicitation case in Hennepin County, Minnesota. But the case has been on the back burner while the federal cases play out.
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The state's case growth rate, stands at 23.9 per 100,000 residents. That's still well above the high risk line of 10, but showing signs of slowly going down.
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Kelly faces a solicitation case in Hennepin County, Minnesota. But the case has been on the back burner while the federal cases play out.
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