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Income and Work

11/09/22
  • Income and Work
  • Poverty
  • Education

Minnesota college students increasingly facing basic economic, mental health challenges

Minnesota should prioritize funding basic needs programs and mental health services so that every college student can succeed regardless of their income or where they live.
10/31/22
  • Income and Work

Today’s high inflation highlights longer-term trend of wages not keeping up with cost of living

Into a third year of a global pandemic, many workers are struggling amidst steep inflation, and not all workers have benefitted from an improving labor market, particularly Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) workers.
07/28/22
  • Racial Equity
  • Income and Work

Roe reversal strips basic decision-making, economic security from millions of people

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Currently abortions are legal and protected in Minnesota under the state’s constitution. But many people across the country, including in our neighboring states, cannot access their full reproductive and health care rights or may have to travel and undergo significant costs and strains to do so.
05/19/22
  • Minnesota Budget Plans
  • Minnesota Taxes
  • Minnesota Taxes and Tax Plans
  • Minnesota Budget
  • Income and Work
  • Federal Issues
  • Federal Budget

Minnesota Legislature passes bill on Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund, frontline worker payments

After months of negotiation, the Minnesota Legislature recently passed legislation that addressed three major issues of ...

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