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Legislative notebook: Economic development bill passes
By Don Davis Minnesota legislators voted to increase funding designed to produce jobs. The House voted 73-59 for the jobs and economic development bill that for the next two years provides $100 milli...
Posted on 5/16/13 at 10:09 PM
Mitt - Champ or Chump?
Mitt Romney, the chosen Republican presidential candidate for 2012, has said many times in the last several weeks things that I would like to re-familiarize all of us with. He's said that there are 2...
Posted on 11/2/12 at 3:32 PM
Annie's Kiosk Coming Soon to Schleswig Holstein
During my trip to Flensburg in May 2010, I did a pair of bike tours along the Flensburg Fjord, a bay area that is part of the Baltic Sea and enclaves the border city. On one day I toured the south e...
Posted on 6/12/12 at 4:55 AM
Free Teen Job Workshops
This is the time of the year to start looking for summer jobs. With the unemployment in its current situation it may be harder for teens to find jobs. The Fargo Public Library is hosting two hour-lo...
Posted on 4/11/12 at 7:41 PM
5 Technology Predictions for 2012
This post originally appeared on theconnectedwire.com The year has come to a close, which means its time to lay down the predictions for what next year is going to bring. So without further ado, the...
Posted on 12/31/11 at 3:07 PM
Obama talks jobs in visit to Minnesota 
By Jim Kuhnhenn and Patrick Condon , June 02, 2012
Twin Ports adds jobs in April 
Twin Ports employers added jobs in April, but not enough to offset a statewide loss of jobs in both Minnesota and Wisconsin, according to data released today by the two states’ employment departments.
By News Tribune staff , May 18, 2012
Deal with Caterpillar means jobs for Superior 
By Shelley Nelson , January 25, 2012
New November unemployment claims in Northland are lowest since 2007 
An economist is ever-careful in playing the seer, but Tony Barrett of the College of St. Scholastica was confident Friday that the Great Recession is folding fast.
By Mike Creger , December 10, 2011
Duluth's population gets younger
By John Myers , May 12, 2011
Gary-New Duluth foundry to expand, add jobs 
By Peter Passi , March 03, 2011
Minnesota job openings up more than 30 percent in 4Q 
With 206,000 unemployed people, the latest data means that there are nearly six unemployed people per job opening, compared to a little more than eight people for each opening in the same period a year earlier.
By Julie Forster , February 17, 2011
Wisconsin governor says he won't bargain with unions 
By Scott Bauer , February 12, 2011
After election upset, real work begins for Cravaack 
By John Myers , February 02, 2011
Dick Palmer: State exports may be up but nation still hurting 
Between 1980 and 2009, reported the Brookings Institution, the United States lost 7.1 million manufacturing jobs, about 38 percent of its manufacturing base. It lost most (two-thirds) of these jobs between 1980 and 2005, prior to the Great Recession.
By Dick Palmer , January 06, 2011
Duluth-area contractors’ cut of Red Plan: 39 percent
By Jana Hollingsworth , September 20, 2010
Want a better job? Here are some tips. 
People who are underemployed or jobless can help themselves by acquiring new skills, said Jon Obrecht, owner of Express Employment and a member of the Duluth Workforce Council.
By John Lundy , September 19, 2010
Northland underemployed are working, but not out of the woods 
By John Lundy , September 19, 2010
City of Duluth launches new effort to create jobs 
The city of Duluth unveiled a new job-creation initiative Thursday that Mayor Don Ness said is designed to get companies to “pull the trigger” on potential investments.
By Peter Passi , September 17, 2010
Wisconsin unemployment unchanged in August 
Wisconsin’s unemployment didn’t get any better last month. But it didn’t get worse, either.
September 16, 2010
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