State and local taxes and spending
KNSI: More electric vehicles means less gas tax revenue: How this impacts Minnesota’s budget
Alpha News: Coalition of Minnesota mayors calling for end to fraud and high taxes grows to 241
Laker Pioneer: Our View: State leaders to face challenges, tough decisions
Owatonna People’s Press: City considers 0.5% sales tax to fund community center — pending state, voter approval
Star Tribune: Counterpoint | Tax increment financing is a tool of purpose, not peril
Economic development
Duluth News Tribune: In Response: On Twin Metals, new mining, focus on facts, not fear
Spokesman-Recorder: In search of opportunity, young Black Minnesotans are leaving the state
Labor market
KROC: Rochester Job Growth Hits 6.1%, Best in Minnesota
Star Tribune: Temp agencies flooded with requests as workers file for Minnesota’s new paid leave
Pioneer Press: Ellen Watters: Why are business leaders silent on the destructive workforce effects of this ICE operation?
Economic growth
Star Tribune: Minnesota manufacturers had a tough 2025. They hope tariffs spur reshoring
Kare 11: What to expect in 2026 in the economy, job market
Star Tribune: Minnesota’s biggest companies starting to feel heat from ICE surge
Star Tribune: Opinion | Fear is bad for business. Minnesota leaders can’t stay silent
Agriculture
Pioneer Press: ICE crackdown is disrupting Minnesota’s agriculture industry, leaders say
Bring Me the News: Farm employees ‘afraid to go to work’ as ICE stretches into Greater Minnesota