Business

Our economy is losing ground. As demonstrated in a recent Minnesota 2020 report, Minnesota economic performance has lagged in comparison to the rest of the nation. Since 2002, Minnesota’s employment growth and per capita personal income has fallen relative to other states, while our unemployment rate has risen. MORE »

A good friend told me of an incident in which he asked a wealthy White person, “Who will take care of the poor Whites?” His answer: “Wealthy White people will take care of poor White people.” My friend then asked, “Who will take care of poor Blacks?” The answer: “God will take care of poor Blacks.” MORE »

If you’ve never had a run-in with a collection agent, consider yourself lucky. Either you’ve paid your bills on time, no one’s noticed that you haven’t, or your claims made it safely from the doctor to your insurance company. For those of us who have picked up the line and found a bill collector on the other end, it’s likely been an encounter we’d rather avoid. Collectors can be quite insistent, often compounding the shame of facing debt and being asked for money we don’t have. MORE »

The for-profit Tin Fish operates on tax-exempt Minneapolis parkland near Lake Calhoun; it will pay $7,983.44 in property taxes this year. The for-profit Kelber Catering operates in the tax-exempt Minneapolis Convention Center; it does not pay property taxes. MORE »