 | G&J News | | A selection of news articles and opinion pieces featuring economic issues.
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Grim news expected in Minnesota economic update
10/10/2008 7:58 AM
With the state facing another potential huge budget deficit, DFL House Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher said all budget options should be on the table including spending cuts and a potential tax increase on wealthier Minnesotans in this MPR story by Tom Scheck. |
Job losses signal recession
10/4/2008 12:00 PM
Faster pace of cuts in September, led by manufacturing and retail, shows economy in a tailspin. A story by Kevin G. Hall that appeared in the Pioneer Press. |
Financial turmoil, credit crisis hurt funding for public works projects
10/1/2008 10:01 AM
Debt offerings on deck: a $42 million revenue bond issue originally scheduled for next week has been delayed and the status of the $450 million general obligation bond issue scheduled for October is uncertain. A Finance and Commerce article by Charley Shaw and Burl Gilyard. |
Meltdown hobbles Minnesota colleges
10/1/2008 9:58 AM
22 schools face major losses, trouble making payroll, as investment fund cuts off their cash. By Doug Belden and Nicole Garrison-Sprenger, St. Paul Pioneer Press. |
Pawlenty appoints crisis team
9/29/2008 10:32 AM
Has the financial crisis that’s wiped out some of America’s once venerable financial institutions reared its ugly head in Minnesota? By Charley Shaw, St. Paul Legal Ledger. |
Freeport wants money
9/26/2008 5:59 PM
A city in Central Minnestoa sent the state an invoice for work done on the city's Main Street. A City Pages story by Beth Walton. |
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