economy

An effort has begun to brand an old blue-collar Duluth neighborhood as a collection of like-minded businesses, to not only sell more goods, but to help rebuild the neighborhood with jobs and commerce.

Every year St. Cloud sees a shift in its economy when nearly 25,000 students return to the area for fall semester.

It's a day thousands will never forget. A community forever changed after a devastating incident Memorial Day 2012. Four years ago, May 28th 2012, an explosion and devastating fire destroyed the Sartell Verso Paper Mill, leaving one dead and injuring several others.

The 6th annual Global Goes Local Conference wrapped up Tuesday at St. Cloud State University, featuring various guest speakers and events to bring to light perspectives on the immigrant experience in Minnesota. Saket Soni, executive director of the National Guestworker Alliance in New Orleans, delivered a presentation called "The New Economy: Organizing Immigrant Guest Workers and Day Laborers."

The 6th annual Global Goes Local Conference is going on this week at St. Cloud State University, featuring various guest speakers and events to bring to light perspectives on the immigrant experience in Minnesota. Dr. Bruce Corrie, an economics professor at Concordia-St. Paul, laid out the positive impact immigrants have on the economy in his lecture titled "What If We Looked at Immigrants Differently?"

Leaders from Minnesota's black community have answered Gov. Mark Dayton's call to assemble a plan tackling economic gaps.

St. Cloud State Economist and Dean, School of Public Affairs King Banaian was my guest on WJON today. He talked what he expects from the local, state and national economy in 2016.

St. Cloud State Dean, School of Public Affairs and Economics Professor King Banaian talked with me on WJON today. Topics discussed included the local unemployment rate, gas prices, the interest rate, and the economy feasibility of a new High School for Tech.

A data-science group has recently ranked the St. Cloud metro area as a top destination in the United States for law graduates looking to start their career. The GoodCall research team ranked St. Cloud #8 in the county using data from the Census Bureau, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and indeed.com.

St. Cloud State Economist and Dean, School of Public Affairs King Banaian was my guest today on WJON. He says gas prices may go up this spring but doesn't see $3 a gallon gas anytime soon.