This page covers hiring, layoffs, labor trends and wage shifts. Reporting follows the local job market from major corporate announcements to general employment metrics.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey's budget plan would raise property taxes 11.3% and cut 100 positions to address a $33 million shortfall.
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A nursing student faces potential conduct review after shouting a xenophobic insult during a Minneapolis campus protest.
Minneapolis's mayor pushed real estate professionals to request tax-increment financing for turning downtown offices into apartments.
Minneapolis reporting spans worker bargaining power, monthly employment data, hiring drives and sector-wide layoffs. It reaches across the city and the communities around it, wherever local industry intersects with the labor force. Seasonal shifts in retail and hospitality drive recurring cycles in the data, while specific industrial trends often constrain job creation. Public policy changes regarding wages and workplace standards act as a constant influence on hiring activity.
