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kare11.com - Business News (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
LOCAL NEWS Minnesotans due 1.3 million in unreceived tax refund checks Updated: 6 mins ago ST. PAUL - The Internal Revenue Service is trying to locate Minnesota taxpayers who are due to receive a combined $1.3 million in the form of 1,290 federal refund checks. Those checks were returned to the IRS by the U.S. Postal Service with mailing address errors. "We want to get this money into taxpayers'...
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Lloydletta's Nooz and Comments (Free subscription) | 01/11/2009
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StarTribune.com (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
... Suddenly Dykstra had a new job -- trying to salvage her retirement. Dykstra is one of about 500 Minnesotans and 8,000 investors nationwide whose finances have been ravaged by the collapse of DBSI Inc., an Idaho company that specialized in supposedly worry-free real estate investments. Investors like Dykstra bought a small piece of an office building or shopping center from DBSI in exchange...
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Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
Retail positions for the holidays will be hard to come by this year. As companies scale back on hiring while the number of jobless Minnesotans soars, the competition will be fierce.
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DYSPEPSIA GENERATION (Free subscription) | yesterday
Lileks on hunting. Deer! It’s what’s for dinner, if you can manage to suppress all memory of watching “Bambi.” Saturday marked the firearms hunting opener, the rite of autumn when thousands of Minnesotans put on extremely bright clothes and stand very, very still trying not to be noticed. It’s like the opposite of nightclubbing.
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Ecology of Absence (Free subscription) | yesterday
Yesterday's issue of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune carried a commentary by State Senator Tom Bakk. Bakk's commentary focused on ways to get Minnesotans back to work. Among his ideas is a state historic rehabilitation tax credit. Writes Senator Bakk: A historic building rehabilitation tax credit would create jobs immediately, spur economic development in our communities and help develop affordable...
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MN Progressive Project (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Minnesota DFL Governor candidate Sen. Tom Bakk (DFL-Cook) unveiled his economic plan today. Today I unveiled my plan to make jobs, jobs, jobs the foundation of a Bakk Administration. Last week, more than 174,000 Minnesotans collected an unemployment check and each week in October more than 500 people exhausted their unemployment benefits. Until people are back to work, there won't be the revenue...
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Lloydletta's Nooz and Comments (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
From the Walz campaign: Dear Friend, While we are working hard this week, day and night, to get a health care bill that improves the lives of Minnesotans – just as we promised last November – my opponent, Allen Quist, is in Washington working the right-wing into a frenzy. Quist and Michele Bachmann are two peas in a pod – they have been teammates for more than ten years. He...
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AFP Blog: Recent News of Note (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Nonprofits and foundations gather to assess hard times | StarTribune.com: "More than 1,700 leaders of Minnesota's nonprofit agencies and foundations are gathering in St. Paul to grapple with the challenges they face helping Minnesotans weather the economic downturn -- and other issues.'This is the biggest meeting of nonprofits in the country, by a factor of two,'' said Jon Pratt, executive...
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MNSpeak | Secrets of the City (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
And…. yes, the firearms deer season opener has finally arrived (almost)! Gov. Pawlenty is on his way to Thief River Falls. Hundreds of deer hunters are preparing for Saturday’s opener at the Oakdale Gun Club in Lake Elmo. Nearly 500,000 Minnesotans will exercise their right to bear arms [and kill] this Saturday. And the DNR is [...]
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Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
With some "just praying I don't get sick," Minnesotans share why they support endorsement of the health-overhaul bill, which is nearing a vote.
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StarTribune.com (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
To save money on rent and salaries, the American Craft Council is leaving New York. It expects to hire a dozen Minnesotans.
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MN Progressive Project (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
... taxes fees for his entire administration. His newest ploy is simply more of the same - diverting Minnesotans from a real conversation about the challenges that we face. Everything Pawlenty has done this year is about his own political future, not what's best for Minnesotans. The timing of this proposal - on the heels of his PAC fundraiser - could not be more politically cynical. Matt...
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Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
The tax agency released a list of Minnesotans whose tax refunds were returned by the post office as undeliverable.
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StarTribune.com (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
More than 1,700 leaders of Minnesota's nonprofits and foundations are convening today to grapple with the challenges they face helping Minnesotans weather the economic downturn -- and other issues.
