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College enrollments increased in fall 2024 despite recent challenges Haley Chinander | Writer/Analyst
April 3, 2025
After being hit hard by the pandemic and a financial aid crisis, Ninth District higher ed institutions saw a rebound in total enrollments
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How low-income women experience the unemployment insurance system
Mary Hogan | Senior Policy Analyst, Community Development and Engagement Amalea Jubara | Research Assistant, Center for Indian Country Development
April 3, 2025
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Minnesota child care industry remains in “crisis”
Tu-Uyen Tran | Senior Writer
April 2, 2025
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Administrative processes shape unemployment insurance access
Ayushi Narayan | Economist, Community Development and Engagement
March 18, 2025
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A college professor delivering a lecture to a full classroom of students with an upward graph arrow in the background
College enrollments increased in fall 2024 despite recent challenges
Haley Chinander | Writer/Analyst
April 3, 2025
Article
Photo on left side of image: A close-up of a woman's hands resting atop a wooden table. Her fists are balled up against one another in an expression of worry or tension, and the sleeves of her gray cable-knit sweater are pulled up to the base of her fingers. Photo on right side of image: A view looking down at the photographer's lower legs and shoes as she stands on a wet, blacktopped playground surface that's painted with white arrows pointing in different directions. She wears black leggings and bright red sneakers with white laces and soles.
How low-income women experience the unemployment insurance system
Mary Hogan | Senior Policy Analyst, Community Development and Engagement Amalea Jubara | Research Assistant, Center for Indian Country Development
April 3, 2025
Article
Child care provider working with a group of children at a table
Minnesota child care industry remains in “crisis”
Tu-Uyen Tran | Senior Writer
April 2, 2025
Article
Photo on left side of image: A man in a denim-blue button-down shirt sits at his kitchen table with his chin in his folded hands, looking intently at his laptop screen. Photo on right side of image: Close-up of a tall, hastily stacked pile of paperwork, some of it with brightly colored Post-It flags and notes attached.
Administrative processes shape unemployment insurance access
Ayushi Narayan | Economist, Community Development and Engagement
March 18, 2025
Article
A skier and a snowboarder
Snow sport businesses see potential for growth—if only snow were reliable
Tu-Uyen Tran | Senior Writer
March 5, 2025
Article
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Rising property insurance costs stress multifamily housing
Christina Spicher | Intern, Community Development and Engagement Libby Starling | Senior Community Development Advisor, Community Development and Engagement
March 4, 2025
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Small businesses along small town Main Street
Hiring slows as businesses continue to face high costs
Haley Chinander | Writer/Analyst
February 24, 2025
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A tired farmer wiping his brow with a downward trending graph in the background
Farmers limped across the finish line at year-end
Joe Mahon | Director, Regional Outreach
February 21, 2025
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States made big and little changes to land use laws in 2024
Ben Horowitz | Senior Policy Analyst, Community Development and Engagement Christina Spicher | Intern, Community Development and Engagement
February 19, 2025
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Minnesota’s Multifamily Housing Industry Faces Rising Property Insurance Costs
Event on March 6, 2025
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Labor shortage strains Ninth District employers, and it might get tougher
Tu-Uyen Tran | Senior Writer
February 3, 2025
Article
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Regional Economic Indicators
January 28, 2025
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