South Dakota
Can the GOP Sweep All Four Upper Midwestern Gubernatorial Contests in November?
Republicans have swept nearly half the gubernatorial election cycles in the region over the past 100 years, including 1990 and 1994
Read MoreHousing Foreclosure Rate Up 56 Percent in Minnesota from One Year Ago
Gopher State jumps from 26th highest foreclosure rate in nation to 18th highest over the last 12 months
Read MoreDemocratic Gubernatorial Drought in Minnesota Is 3rd Longest in the Nation
Politically schizophrenic Gopher State’s 23-year dry spell without a DFL gubernatorial victory trails only GOP strongholds of South Dakota and Utah for longest in the U.S.
Read MoreMinnesota and South Dakota Unemployment Rates Rise; Wisconsin Remains Flat
Unemployment in Minnesota has increased 35.7 percent from one year ago
Read MoreUpper Midwestern U.S. House Delegation Votes 13-10 in Favor of Health Care Bill
Region supported amendment banning abortion services from bill by 12-11 vote
Read MoreMidwest Has Highest Per Capita Rate of Iraq War Fatalities and Casualties
Minnesota has 5th highest number of fatalities in the nation in 2009
Read MoreMinnesota Housing Foreclosure Rate Still Up 67 Percent Since Election Day
Minnesota continues to have the highest foreclosure rate in the Upper Midwest
Read MoreMinnesota Crime Rate Falls to Lowest Level Since the Moon Landing
Uniform Crime Reports data released this week finds the Gopher State’s overall crime rate falling to its lowest level since 1969
Read MoreMinnesota Has 3rd Lowest Increase in Unemployment Nationwide Since Enactment of Federal Stimulus Bill
As it turns out, the three-tenths of a percent decrease in jobless claims announced last week by the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development is the backdrop to an even larger story of (relatively) good economic news for Minnesotans….
Read MoreUnemployment Down in Minnesota and South Dakota, Flat in Wisconsin
New unemployment data released this week for the month of July in Minnesota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin provides largely good news on the labor force front in the Upper Midwest. In Minnesota, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell from 8.4…
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