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Legislative notebook: Economic development bill passes
By Don Davis Minnesota legislators voted to increase funding designed to produce jobs. The House voted 73-59 for the jobs and economic development bill that for the next two years provides $100 milli...
Posted on 5/16/13 at 10:09 PM
Blue Cross Blue Shield to hold job fair for PRACS workers
By Ryan Schuster Like other Fargo-Moorhead employers, we were saddened to hear the news last week that PRACS Institute has closed its Fargo location, leaving more than 350 employees without jobs. We...
Posted on 3/25/13 at 1:26 PM
Education, Jobs, and Life Skills
As a mentor, you can have a positive, lasting impact on your mentee's attitude toward school and the workplace. To explore mentoring scenarios that have to do with education, jobs, and life skills, re...
Posted on 2/19/13 at 11:00 AM
Great expectations: Getting a media job downtown
Joshua Berggren, MSUM Documentary/Photojournalism Major FARGO, N.D. -- Perhaps this comes a bit premeditated, but I have a lot of reasons to look forward to spring: warm weather, more daylight, campi...
Posted on 12/4/12 at 9:09 AM
McGovern’s economic plan demanded ‘equal treatment’
By TOM LAWRENCE The Daily Republic EDITORS NOTE: This is part of a weekly series examining the events of 40 years ago that led to Mitchell native George McGoverns Democratic presidential nomination an...
Posted on 9/1/12 at 3:31 PM
On jobs trip, Obama tries to leave problems behind
By NEDRA PICKLER,Associated Press , May 17, 2013
Unemployment falls in 40 US states, rises in 3, including North Dakota
WASHINGTON (AP) — Solid hiring helped lower unemployment rates in 40 U.S. states last month, the most since November. The declines show the job market is improving throughout most of the country.By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER,AP Economics Writer , May 17, 2013
Minnesota losses 11,400 jobs in April
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota lost 11,400 jobs in April, and state officials are attributing part of the drop to the persistent wintry weather.May 16, 2013
Minnesota Senate leader: minimum wage hike unlikely
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The state Senate majority leader says a proposed increase in the state minimum wage is not likely to happen this session because Democrats in the House and Senate can't agree how much to raise it.May 16, 2013
Obama, in Texas, presses middle-class jobs agenda
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE,Associated Press , May 09, 2013
South Dakota governor heading to Minnesota to recruit workers
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard is heading to Minnesota next week to try to recruit workers to the Mount Rushmore State.May 06, 2013
Boise mill to lay off 265 in International Falls
INTERNATIONAL FALLS, Minn. (AP) — Boise Inc. says it plans to lay off 265 paper workers at its plant in International Falls.May 02, 2013
Minimum wage hike weaves through Minnesota House
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Many Minnesota workers would get a pay hike, extra time to spend with newborns and recently adopted children and more overtime pay in the minimum wage bill that is headed to the House floor.By KYLE POTTER,Associated Press , April 29, 2013
North Dakota workers' comp handling more out-of-state claims
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The boom in the western North Dakota oil patch has led to a workload increase for the state's workers' compensation agency.April 25, 2013
Minnesota job growth slows in March
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota's unemployment rate dropped slightly in March over the previous month, but state officials say that's largely because more people stopped looking for work.April 18, 2013
Coding boot camps promise to launch tech careers
By TERENCE CHEA,Associated Press , April 12, 2013
Add a job, get a bonus? Minnesota bill dangles awards
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota lawmakers are pushing a new grant program that would give government rebates and bonuses to companies that upgrade facilities and add new jobs.April 03, 2013
North Dakota oil patch job fair draws hundreds from across the country
WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) — Officials say more than 1,300 people from across the county attended a job fair in Williston last week, or about twice the number expected.April 03, 2013
Lack of vocational workers starts in high school
BRAINERD, Minn. (AP) — As some Minnesota companies struggle to fill manufacturing jobs, some people are blaming a decline in high schools' shop class offerings.April 02, 2013
West Fargo board OKs 50 new teaching positions
WEST FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A school district in North Dakota's largest metropolitan area plans to hire the equivalent of 50 new teachers.March 28, 2013
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