Midday for August 16, 2006 | Minnesota Public Radio NewsQ

Wednesday, August 16, 2006

Is Minnesota's job market really "on fire?"
Gov. Tim Pawlenty says Minnesota's job market is "on fire," with 11,600 jobs added in July. Is Minnesota's economic outlook as rosy as the governor suggests?11:06 a.m.
Guests
Chris Farrell: Minnesota Public Radio's chief economics correspondent.
Tom Stinson: Minnesota state economist.
Art Rolnick: Senior vice president and director of research at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis.
More from MPR
State's job growth catching up with the rest of the country (08/15/2006)
Two Minnesota voices for human rights
Voices of Minnesota visits two activists: Dr. Steve Miles and Laura Waterman Wittstock. Miles is author of a new book about the role American physicians played in torture in Iraq and Afghanistan. Wittstock is the first American Indian to win the coveted Louis W. Hill Jr. fellowship in philanthropy at the University of Minnesota.12:06 p.m.

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