 DEED Commissioner Shares Pillars of State's Thriving Economy
Minnesota Business-08/21/14
Commissioner: 'Talent, Innovation, and Trade make Minnesota a great place for expanding or relocating companies.'
Employers Who Look Beyond Disabilities Find Dedicated Workers
Star Tribune-08/31/14
According to DEED, about 27 percent of Minnesotans over age 16 with a disability had a job, compared with 22 percent nationally, based on 2012 figures.
Fosston Downtown Development Among Projects Following 2013 Fire
Grand Forks Herald-09/02/14
Fosston is changing: More than 200 jobs have been created in the past five years in Fosston, located about 70 miles east of Grand Forks.
Moving Company Gives Job Seeker Hope, New Direction
Twelve.TV-08/26/14
Dennis Verrett owns 1st Choice Training Center, a moving company that helps employ young African-American men.
This year's Capitol Christmas tree will come from the Chippewa National Forest. Do real trees have an economic impact?
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Foreign Students are Valuable Assets to Twin Cities Businesses, Economy
Brookings Institution: From 2008-2012, international students contributed more than $206M in tuition and more than $144M in other expenses to the Minneapolis-St. Paul economy.
The Neenah, Wis., company is adding 15 jobs and expanding its operations. Menasha Packaging, which has been in business for 165 years, is one of the nation’s oldest companies,
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The agriculture and food industry is the 2nd largest employer in Minnesota: 367,000 jobs are directly or indirectly related. And we wouldn't have a State Fair if it wasn't for the ag industry.
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 Tax field auditors, stationed across Minn, are an important part of the internal control structure in the Unemployment Insurance (UI) program. About 125,000 employers in Minnesota are covered under the UI law. Field auditors review about $4 billion in wages every year. Most employers do an excellent job meeting their UI tax reporting requirements. As a result, the audit process is most often used to educate employers and help them reduce time they spend on UI tax reporting. |
