Work & Economy

In Darfur, Minnesota, Another Kind of Siege

By Douglas McGill, TC Daily Planet
DARFUR, Minnesota -- Every once in a while, someone in this tiny speck of a prairie town catches sight of a “Save Darfur!” poster in a magazine or a newspaper, or on the flickering TV at the Darfur LoMORE »

And you thought the highways were bad?

By Conrad deFiebre, Minnesota 2020
Of Minnesota's 132,000 miles of streets and roads, only about 12,000 are part of the state and interstate trunk highway system that gets the bulk of state and federal transportation funds.MORE »

Workforce center offers hope to jobseekers

By Dennis Geisinger, Southside Pride
“Employers need you.MORE »

The silver lining to black gold's high price

By Conrad deFiebre, Minnesota 2020
It may be hard to appreciate as you're shelling out what seems like a small fortune at the gasoline pump, but there are silver linings hidden in the dark clouds of runaway oil prices.

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Going green and blue: millions ready to gain in new economy

By Barb Kucera, Workday Minnesota
More than 300,000 Minnesotans – and millions across the United States – are poised to take advantage of new job opportunities in the growing "green" economy, according to a new report released by a grMORE »

Send in the Ducks!

By Conrad deFiebre, Minnesota 2020
Faced with the loss of Minnesota's third major highway bridge across the Mississippi River in the past year (fourth, if you count six days of closure of the Hastings span for repairs scheduled later tMORE »

LRT: On the wrong track down Washington Avenue

By Nancy Rose Pribyl, TC Daily Planet
As the President of the Stadium Village Commercial Association, it was with dismay that I read the June 1 Voices article, Keeping the "U" on trackMORE »

Pawlenty vetoes resolution backing Employee Free Choice Act

By Steve Share, Workday Minnesota
This legislative session's record number of vetoes by Governor Tim Pawlenty included his veto of a resolution supporting federal legislation to make it easier for workers to organize unions.

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Thousands of contracts, millions of jobs

By Staff, Insight News
Van Jones is the founder and president of Green for All, a national organization working to get "green collar" jobs and opportunities to disadvantaged communities.MORE »

Postscript to Postville: This is what "getting tough" on immigration means?

By Paul Schmelzer, Minnesota Monitor
The mainstream media has all but forgotten about the May 12 raid at a kosher food factory in Postville, Iowa, but our sister site in Iowa continues to report on the story behind the story: while a polMORE »
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