Business and Economic News

As federal firings stir uncertainty, here's expert advice to prep for a potential job loss
Avery Bardell, workforce development manager with Goodwill-Easter Seals Minnesota, which offers job training and career support, told MPR News preparation is key in this turbulent and anxiety-inducing time.
Facing competition from Big Tech, states dangle incentives and loosen laws to attract power plants
Facing spiking energy demand, U.S. states are pressing for ways to build new power plants faster as policymakers try to protect residents from higher electric bills and keep their economies on track.
Dairy farmers in Wisconsin see federal funding unfrozen as others are left waiting
Dozens of Wisconsin dairy farmers are breathing a sigh of relief after federal funds they had been awarded were released and payments are now being promised. But anxiety persists for some.
‘Peoples’ livelihoods are on the line’ due to tariffs, Thunder Bay business leader says
Thunder Bay, Ontario, sits about 40 miles north of the eastern Minnesota border, and businesses there are grappling with how to respond to the tariffs and brace for the economic fallout.