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Video stills of the four speakers from the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis' April 9, 2025, webinar titled "Understanding Access to Unemployment Insurance" are arranged in a two-by-two grid. Appearing clockwise from the upper left are Julia Dale of Civilla; Jennifer Phillips of the Beeck Center for Social Impact and Innovation, Georgetown University; Beth Townsend of Iowa Workforce Development; and Andrew Stettner of The Century Foundation.
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Data drive updates to state unemployment insurance systems Caryn Mohr | Senior Writer, Community Development and Engagement
May 16, 2025
At a Minneapolis Fed event, unemployment insurance experts shared examples of states working with data to improve applicant experiences and modernize program systems
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Farm sentiment leaned pessimistic in the region as spring planting got underway
Joe Mahon | Director, Regional Outreach
May 16, 2025
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Increasing uncertainty is trickling through the regional economy
Karmi Anna Mattson | Assistant Vice President, Regional Outreach and Public Programs Shannon Lewis | Senior Project Manager
May 13, 2025
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Increasing uncertainty in a resilient economy
Erick Garcia Luna | Director, Regional Outreach
May 12, 2025
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Video stills of the four speakers from the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis' April 9, 2025, webinar titled
Data drive updates to state unemployment insurance systems
Caryn Mohr | Senior Writer, Community Development and Engagement
May 16, 2025
Article
Tractor planting a field
Farm sentiment leaned pessimistic in the region as spring planting got underway
Joe Mahon | Director, Regional Outreach
May 16, 2025
Article
Overcast Bismark, ND main street with overlaid graphs and navy-teal color treatment
Increasing uncertainty is trickling through the regional economy
Karmi Anna Mattson | Assistant Vice President, Regional Outreach and Public Programs Shannon Lewis | Senior Project Manager
May 13, 2025
Article
A peaceful and calm midwestern river with the words
Increasing uncertainty in a resilient economy
Erick Garcia Luna | Director, Regional Outreach
May 12, 2025
Article
Portraits of presenters Luna and Chinander beside an image of a construction worker climbing into excavation equipment
Regional Economic Conditions: Construction
Erick Garcia Luna | Director, Regional Outreach Haley Chinander | Writer/Analyst
Event on May 28, 2025
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In a brightly lit residential kitchen that is partially stripped down to the studs, a drywall installer with his back to the camera uses a cordless drill to attach a drywall panel to the ceiling joists. He wears a long-sleeve, maroon-colored shirt and is using his left hand to brace the panel in place as he holds the drill in his right hand.
Roofs, repairs, and rodents: How housing quality has climbed in the Twin Cities
Erik Hembre | Senior Economist, Community Development and Engagement
April 29, 2025
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Data map of the Ninth District
Regional Economic Indicators
April 22, 2025
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Joe Mahon
Regional Economic Conditions: Ag Credit
Joe Mahon | Director, Regional Outreach
Event on May 16, 2025
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College enrollments increased in fall 2024 despite recent challenges
Haley Chinander | Writer/Analyst
April 3, 2025
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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
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Minnesota child care industry remains in “crisis”
Tu-Uyen Tran | Senior Writer
April 2, 2025
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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
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