Work & Economy

Neighborhood Notes: Eighty years of Hamline-Midway history in Iver H. Carlson & Son store

By Harry Kent, TC Daily Planet

Iver H. Carlson in 1942

Stepping into Iver H.

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House bill paves way for handout of I-35W bridge steel

By Jonathan Avise, Session Weekly/Session Daily

The Department of Transportation would be directed to distribute the surplus steel remains of the collapsed Interstate 35W bridge to interested survivors, research and historic preservation groups, under a bill the House passed 129-0 on Monday.

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What's up at Western and Dale? Big changes ahead in St. Paul

By Sarah Knispel, TC Daily Planet

The Frogtown/Rondo Action Network , part of the Aurora/St.

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Minimum wage hike clears House, heads to Senate

By Sue Hegarty, Session Weekly/Session Daily

 Rep. Paul Marquart congratulates Rep. Ryan Winkler with a pat on the back after the House passed its minimum wage bill, sponsored by Winkler, 68-62 May 3. Photo by Paul Battaglia

Minnesota’s $6.15 hourly minimum wage is one of the lowest in the country and among only four states that allow employers to pay below the federal level of $7.25, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. But that could change after the House voted to increase the minimum wage for some to $7 this summer and as high as $9.50 for others by 2015.

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Expanded alcohol sales bill off the table

By Branden Largent, The Minnesota Daily

A bill that would expand alcohol sales at the University of Minnesota’s Mariucci and Williams arenas was withdrawn Wednesday by Minnesota Rep. Dan Schoen, DFL-St. Paul Park.

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Mother of autistic child fights for equal care, says proposed laws could disadvantage Black and low-income people

By Michelle Lawrence, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder

Idil Abdull on her way to the legislature (Photo by Michelle Lawrence)

“State legislators want to create two different healthcare policies for kids with autism: one that generously covers the privately insured, and the other that gives minimal coverage to the poor and publicly insured, but both using state funds,” says Idil Abdull of Burnsville and mother of a 10-year-old son with autism.

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Northside Achievement Zone hiring mostly Northsiders, nontraditional approach seeks workers already 'connected to the Zone'

By Vickie Evans-Nash, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder

Lucretia Gill (Photos courtesy of NAZ)

Lucretia Gill is a connector. She talks to families with children in North Minneapolis to determine their family’s goals, and then she connects them to the organizations that can address the challenges hindering them from reaching their goals.

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St. Paul ponders future of Dorothy Day Center for needy

By Cynthia Boyd, MinnPost

The Dorothy Day Center, right, provides a shocking contrast to St. Paul successful entertainment and sports venue, Xcel Energy Center across the street. (MinnPost photo by Jana Freiband)

Many cities have familiar gateways: St. Louis, has its Arch; San Francisco, the Golden Gate Bridge; New York City, the Statute of Liberty.

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Farm laborers deserve the same rights as other workers in our state's economy

By Dale Moerke, Bluestem Prairie

I spent some time yesterday watching the Minnesota Ways & Means committee debate the proposed minimum wage changes. While there are many things about the debate that caused a spike in my blood pressure, I am really concerned about those who think farm workers do not deserve the same rights as other workers in our state’s economy.

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