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Minnesota social service agencies trying to do more with less
Graph from United Way Survey
More clients, more issues, more stress, and more "intense" issues, with less resources, lower budgets and no prospects for better days - that's the report from a sample of 89 Minnesota social service agencies, according to a survey released today by the <MORE »
Minnesota food shelves give more, need more this year
Demand at local food shelves skyrocketed in the past year, as more Minnesotans face layoffs and job insecurity.
Graph from Hungers Solutions report
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State’s employers cut payrolls to weather recession
In late January, International Paper, the world’s largest pulp and paper company, announced plans to shutter its Roseville plant. At the time, the container-board production facility employed 106 workers, including 88 members of United Steelworkers Local 264.
International Paper, like many of Minnesota’s employers, is looking to survive the global economic downturn by cutting labor costs.MORE »
Immigrant workers struggle to support families back home
Semenyo Ahli gathers stray carts in the Wal-Mart parking lot on University Avenue in St. Paul. He came to the United States four years ago for economic opportunity and to attend college to become a registered nurse. Despite being qualified to work as a nursing assistant, Ahli has been unsuccessful in finding a second job in addition to Wal-Mart.MORE »
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Downbeat goes on "Who'll stop the pain?" asks Paul Krugman, but finds no answer as a meeting of bankers at the Federal Reserve predicts high unemployment through the end of 2011.MORE »
“Shockingly awful” and “spectacularly grim” job figures
"This is a terrible time to be a parent of young adult children," my friend told me at lunch in St. Paul a few weeks ago.MORE »
Teens speak out on economic downturn
"I had to quit the team."
"We moved from a house with six bedrooms, three bathrooms, a big kitchen, a nice large living room, and a great front, back and side yard to a two-room, one-bathroom apartment with a garage."
"But at the back of my mind, the thought of my future keeps prodding my brain as an overwhelming feeling of dread begins to consume me."
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"We moved from a house with six bedrooms, three bathrooms, a big kitchen, a nice large living room, and a great front, back and side yard to a two-room, one-bathroom apartment with a garage."
"But at the back of my mind, the thought of my future keeps prodding my brain as an overwhelming feeling of dread begins to consume me."
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Economic snapshot for November 2008
The U.S. economy is settling into a deep trough that will likely worsen before it improves. The labor market continues to weaken at an accelerated pace, families are looking at trillions of dollars in lost wealth, and economic growth is heading south.MORE »
Finding comfort away from Halloween, elections, and market fright
It's three days to Halloween, a week until the elections, and declarations of national and global recessions seem to be moments away. But if you live in Minnesota, you need not hide behind the curtains or crawl back under the covers.MORE »
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