economy

St. Cloud State University and St. Cloud Technical and Community College continue to leave a large footprint in our local, state and national economies.

The economy has not been kind to dairy farmers across the Midwest. With the third straight year of poor milk prices, many dairy farmers are selling out, including farms in Stearns County.

A study commissioned by Mayo Clinic calculates the health care giant's national economic footprint as well as other related benefits.

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.