MinnEcon Blog

What will I do for health insurance? When you lose your job it’s one of the first questions that come to mind. The answer is often COBRA, the federal legislation with the bad acronym that can keep you afloat. But, as more people are discovering these days, it is no deal. Basically, if you get…
State officials today unveiled 60 transportation projects for greater Minnesota that will be paid for with money from the federal stimulus package. The projects run as small as $66,000 for signal replacement in Bemidji to $18 million to fix up parts of state Highway 53 north of Duluth. Total estimated cost of the projects: $180…