Minnesota Report The erosion in the base-funding for Minnesota’s Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund started in 2016. Critics argue House Speaker Kurt Daudt (R-31A, Crown) held Iron Range Unemployment hostage to get the reductions in the fund payments from employers....
Republicans have just posted a statement from Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka (R-09, Nisswa) in response to the defeat of Sen Tom Bakk (DFL-03, Cook) by new Senate Minority Leader Susan Kent (DFL-53, Woodbury)....
Also this week, the Iron Range took another significant hit with the closing of the LTV mining plant in Hoyt Lakes. This closure will result in a nearly one-third reduction of the state’s mining industry. The principal reason is the importation of cheap...
