Regulation
Minn Post: Minnesota should end sub-minimum wage for workers with disabilities
WQOW: Minneapolis smokers to pay some of the highest cigarette prices in US with a $15 per-pack minimum
Star Tribune: Minimum wage proposed for Minnesota’s nursing home workers
Axios: The biggest hurdle facing Minnesota’s possible Uber, Lyft deal
Minnesota Reformer: Minnesota’s new labor board votes for nearly $23.50 an hour minimum wage for nursing home workers
Sahan Journal: Minnesota board takes big step toward statewide pay standards for nursing home workers
Minnesota Reformer: Uber and Lyft alternatives say they will launch in Minneapolis soon … just not today
Minnesota Reformer: Senate approves ban on ‘junk fees’
Star Tribune: Marijuana rescheduling will make pot businesses ‘significantly more profitable’
Economic development
Duluth News Tribune: In Response: Set the record straight about the industry that shaped our region
Economic growth
Star Tribune: Ramstad: State demographer drops a sweeping report on Minnesotans’ migration patterns
Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal: Minnesota isn’t great for business, say CEOs surveyed in state ranking
Duluth News Tribune: Statewide View: Four reforms enacted now could benefit all Minnesotans
State and local taxes and spending
KDHL: February & March Minnesota Tax Revenues Topped Estimate by 6.5%
Labor market
Star Tribune: A promised immigration crackdown if Trump wins re-election could cripple Minnesota’s workforce
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