DEED in the News
Shawntera Hardy, the commissioner of DEED, is one of the many Cabinet members from Gov. Mark Dayton’s administration who have not applied to stay on the job once DFLer Tim Walz takes over the governor’s mansion in January.
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The unemployment rate in Pine County dropped to 2.5 percent in September 2018 – a new record for the lowest jobless rate ever recorded in Pine County – before rising to 2.9 percent in October 2018, which is still the second-lowest all-time unemployment rate in Pine County since records were first kept in 1990 by DEED.
In recent years, the Chicago metro area has seen its population stagnate, then shrink. As many metro areas see growth, it’s one of just a few big metro areas in the U.S. experiencing a population drop. Among the gainers from Chicago’s loss? Minnesota.
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Recent Blog Post
Racial Disparities Through Recession and Recovery
The impacts of the Great Recession were not felt equally by all Minnesotans. How did minority students fare in the job market before, during and after the Great Recession? DEED Project Manager Alessia Leibert uses a variety of metrics in this study to better understand the impact of the recession and recovery by race. See more on the DEED Developments blog.
Filling the Medical Lab Pipeline
People have a good idea what doctors, nurses and x-ray technicians do, but what about medical and diagnostic laboratory workers? They work behind the scenes and rarely interact with the public; therefore, their roles in the profession aren’t nearly as well-understood. See more on the DEED Developments blog.
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