While it is true that the unemployment rate is low, one of the main reasons is that over the past few years a huge number of people gave up on working altogether.

Following the release of nationwide May jobs data on Friday, we spoke with a very glum Tom Stinson. Minnesota's state economist said that the employment figures came to about 10 percent of the real job growth he'd been hoping to see in the report.

To underscore the closing words of state economist Tom Stinson in our interview with him a couple of days ago, here’s a mind-numbling graphic (h/t ...

The wretched economy is laying waste not only to the state’s general fund budget, but its unemployment insurance (UI) trust fund as well.  At the ...

The wretched economy is laying waste not only to the state’s general fund budget, but its unemployment insurance (UI) trust fund as well.  At the ...

The wretched economy is laying waste not only to the state’s general fund budget, but its unemployment insurance (UI) trust fund as well.  At the ...

Tomorrow the state will release its February and March revenue collection figures. But if you’re curious to know how the scale of Minnesota’s deficit problem ...

Tomorrow the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics will release its national unemployment figures for March, and there are already preliminary indications that the outcome will ...