Policy
Working Families Day rally focuses on jobs
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Cement mason Jessica Keeley had a message for lawmakers Wednesday at the state Capitol: “We want to collect paychecks – not unemployment checks!” With video.
Policy
Unions say job stimulus bill provides much-needed ‘shot in the arm’
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Gov. Tim Pawlenty and DFLers in the Legislature cut through the political gridlock and passed a bipartisan, union-backed bill aimed at stimulating job creation statewide.
Policy
Legislation would provide help in accessing unemployment benefits
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Tucked away in an omnibus policy bill making its way through the Minnesota House are a series of provisions designed to make it easier for laid-off workers to access their unemployment benefits.
Policy
Bakk drops out of race for governor
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Sen. Tom Bakk, DFL-Cook, a union carpenter, announced at the St. Louis County DFL Convention in Duluth Saturday that he will end his bid for the DFL endorsement for governor.
Policy
Don’t miss out on tax credits, free tax preparation
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Tax season is here and low- and moderate-income families could save on taxes or even get a tax refund through tax credits when filing federal and state tax returns.
Policy
Governor Pawlenty uses line-item veto to slash construction bill
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Governor Pawlenty made substantial across the board cuts to many programs in the bonding bill, including reducing the $1 billion request for construction projects by $319 million.
Policy
Trades rally for jobs, jobs, jobs!
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Hundreds of Building Trades members — many of them unemployed — packed the State Capitol rotunda Wednesday to call on the Governor and legislature to pass a $1 billion bonding bill and other job-creating legislation. The rally was loud and the voices echoing in the halls of the capitol rang out strong with urgency and emotion.
Policy
Stimulus package generates Minnesota jobs, economists say
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Economists say the economic stimulus package, President Obama’s first major legislative victory, is working. According to the Economic Policy Institute, a nonprofit Washington think tank, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act has generated more than 2 million jobs since its passage one year ago, including about 9,000 new jobs in Minnesota.
Policy
US Bancorp executives agree to meet with janitor facing foreclosure
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Executives from U.S. Bank agreed to meet with Rosalina Gavilan Gomez, a janitor at U.S. Bancorp in Minneapolis who cleans the office of U.S. Bancorp President and CEO Richard K. Davis. Gavilan Gomez had planned to deliver a letter to Davis, asking him for help to save her home — a home foreclosed on by U.S. Bank.
Policy
Building Trades say nuclear plant construction means jobs
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For the nation’s construction unions, President Barack Obama’s announcement of $8.3 billion in federal loan guarantees to speed the construction of a new nuclear power plant in Georgia means one thing: Jobs.