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• Target Corp. cuts 85 jobs in marketing
  Target is cutting some 85 jobs in its marketing department, which currently has about 1,100 employees.October 29, 2009
• DNR supervisor reinstated; officials investigate her discrimination claim
  Capt. Cathy Hamm will get her job back after an arbitrator ruled last week that the DNR terminated her employment without just cause. Hamm has also filed a discrimination complaint, alleging she was fired because of her gender.October 28, 2009
• With pilots reduced to monitors, boredom is the enemy
  The autopilot can fly the plane perfectly well, and that's a problem.October 28, 2009
• Improved jobless rate means fewer jobless benefits for some
  The state's unemployment rate has dipped below the threshold that allowed jobless Minnesotans to collect unemployment benefits for 79 weeks. The new maximum will be 72 weeks.October 22, 2009
• Minn.WorkForce Centers say more funding needed
  Millions of dollars of federal stimulus money is helping the state provide services to job seekers, but state WorkForce Centers around Minnesota say they need more money to meet the dramatic increase in demand for their help.October 20, 2009
• Work centers still seeing high volume of jobseekers
  Minnesota's unemployment rate fell to 7.3 percent in September, but employers continue to shed jobs and people looking for work far outnumber the openings available, and that means more struggle for people who are already unemployed.October 20, 2009
• Amherst H. Wilder Foundation cutting 200 jobs
  The Amherst H. Wilder Foundation Wednesday announced plans to cut about 200 jobs over the next nine months.October 14, 2009
• Court rules Duluth free to change city retiree benefits
  A state court has sided with the City of Duluth in a long-standing dispute over the generous health benefits provided to hundreds of retired city workers.October 13, 2009
• Stimulus-created job numbers due Saturday
  Kathy Rodriguez's job as a coordinator of a Meals on Wheels program in St. Paul could be one of the jobs saved by federal stimulus dollars. The state of Minnesota must report by Saturday how many stimulus dollars it spent and how many jobs it saved and created -- something that's sure to draw both fire and praise.October 9, 2009
• 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
• Minnesota should focus on protecting jobs
  An economist dissents from the notion that there's not much a state can do to counter the effects of a national recession.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

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