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• Senate Dems reach deal on extending jobless benefits
  Senate Democrats said Thursday they have reached a deal to extend unemployment insurance benefits to the nearly 2 million jobless workers in all 50 states who are in danger of running out of assistance by the end of the year.October 8, 2009
• Local health provider launches innovative care program
  Fairview Health Services is rolling out an experimental new way of delivering health care, to cut costs and improve the quality of patient care. The new system puts more responsibility in the hands of patients and medical staff.Midmorning, October 7, 2009
• Minn. official details 135 stimulus-funded jobs
  An official with the Minnesota Department of Human Services says community action groups throughout the state have created 135 jobs using one category of federal stimulus money.October 6, 2009
• The new job climate
  Job search experts, including a headhunter, weigh in on how the employment market is changing with the recession.Midmorning, October 5, 2009
• Are high jobless numbers here to stay?
  Economists worry that a new normal of lower employment may be settling in as the recession eases. Unemployment now stands at 9.8 percent and is higher than some had expected. Also, columnist and author Tim Harford talks about his collection of columns based on readers' quirky personal economic situations.Midmorning, October 5, 2009
• Review says more Minnesota families still struggling with housing costs
  A review of various economic measures by the non-profit Minnesota Housing Partnership indicates more Minnesotans are having trouble paying for housing.October 1, 2009
• Minn. Blue Cross and Blue Shield layoffs total 300 for the past year
  Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota has laid off about 300 workers in the past year, about 100 this week alone.October 1, 2009
• An audience with Michael Moore
  This weekend Michael Moore's new film "Capitalism: a love story" takes a caustic look at the current economic crisis and what caused it. Moore, who recently visited the Twin Cities to talk about the film, says he believes this is a unique moment to discuss change in the U.S.October 1, 2009
• MnDOT to meet with critics over minority hiring
  Critics say they've convinced officials from the state transportation department to meet with them about the agency's hiring record for women and minorities.September 29, 2009
• New site shows products' hidden impacts
  Consumers used to get most of their information about a product from the packaging. Now, the Web site GoodGuide can tell a shopper where a product was made, where its ingredients came from, even the conditions in the factory where it was produced. The site's co-founder says he wants to empower consumers to make better informed choices, and to push for more transparency in marketing.Midmorning, September 28, 2009
• Minn. delegation pushes for extension of jobless benefits
  Members of Minnesota's congressional delegation say they'll push for federal legislation giving Minnesotans a 13-week extension of jobless benefits.September 23, 2009
• Jobs offering health care are harder to find in Minnesota
  Congress continues to fight over health care reform, and leading proposals still rely on employers providing health coverage even though fewer Americans get health insurance through their jobs.September 23, 2009
• Long term unemployment
  More people say they've been without a job for longer than a year. The deep recession may have ended back in June, but high unemployment, close to 10 percent may persist through much of 2010.Midmorning, August 26, 2009
• Idled Iron Range miners facing tough times
  Minnesota's taconite mining industry is starting to emerge from a downturn, but the rebound is slow to reach the towns of Hibbing and Keewatin, where taconite plants remain on extended shut-down.August 21, 2009
• Delayed bus order forces layoffs at New Flyer
  New Flyer, the bus manufacturer poised to benefit from stimulus money, will lay off more than 300 people by the end of the year after an order for 140 buses was delayed.August 20, 2009

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