Annie Baxter Feature Archive
Minnesota employers posted about 106,000 online jobs in January -- about 2,600 fewer than in December, the Conference Board says.
(02/01/2012)
Manufacturing in Minnesota continued to signal economic expansion in January.
(02/01/2012)
Factories are experiencing a shortage of skilled and qualified workers and as a result haven't been able to grow. Trade schools can't graduate students from their manufacturing programs fast enough to meet employers' hunger for talent.
(01/26/2012)
The discount retail chain is now asking for environmental review of 1.7 million square feet of office space at its campus in Brooklyn Park.
(01/24/2012)
Members of a Twin Cities Catholic church are praying for good news about their fellow parishioners who are still missing after a cruise ship capsized off the west coast of Italy Saturday.
(01/17/2012)
The Red Bull Crashed Ice World Championship drew as many as 90,000 people on its peak night Saturday.
(01/16/2012)
The 29th running of the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon in northeastern Minnesota has been canceled due to lack of snow, according to an announcement Monday from organizers.
(01/16/2012)
The children of a White Bear Lake couple say their parents are among the missing from a cruise ship that ran aground off the coast of Italy.
(01/16/2012)
Minnesota's real estate industry enjoyed some improvement in 2011, but don't expect a roaring comeback this year.
(01/11/2012)
The end of 2011 brought some improvements to the Twin Cities residential real estate market.
(01/11/2012)
Minnesota's manufacturing sector continues to expand, according to the latest Business Conditions Index report from Creighton University.
(01/03/2012)
Minnesota's manufacturing sector continues to expand, according to the latest Business Conditions Index report from Creighton University.
(01/03/2012)
Because too many jobless workers lack the skills that are in demand, politicians and economists alike have focused a lot of attention on worker retraining as a key tool for putting the unemployed back to work.
(12/26/2011)
The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis projects solid economic performance for Minnesota in 2012.
(12/20/2011)
Unemployment in Minnesota has dropped to 5.9 percent, disqualifying the state from the federal extended unemployment benefits program. Thousands of unemployed Minnesotans could find bad news in their mailbox Friday, if they haven't already.
(12/16/2011)