Can energy companies help Minnesota’s economy recover from the COVID pandemic?
8 Jun 2020
In early May, Joseph Sullivan, a commissioner on the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission, challenged the state’s major energy companies to speed up the completion of projects that could put people to work in a COVID-19-ravaged economy.
Sullivan floated the idea in a memo to commissioners ahead of their May 7 meeting, noting that it could have the added benefit of helping the environment by getting green projects like wind and solar farms on the energy grid.
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The Red Wing Port Authority is making 1:1 matching grants available to eateries, cafes, bars and restaurants within the city limits that have received temporary Sidewalk Café Licenses from the Community Development Department. Up to $2,500 is available as a matching grant for eligible expenses, such as tables, chairs, barriers...
The Employment Situation - May 2020
Jun 5 2020News Release
Bureau of Labor Statistics
U.S. Department of Labor
The Mesabi Iron Range wasn’t the first iron range to be mined in Minnesota, but it has arguably been the most prolific. Since the 1890s, the Mesabi has produced iron ore that boosted the national economy, contributed to the Allied victory in World War II, and cultivated a multiethnic regional...