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Tractor planting a field
Farm sentiment leaned pessimistic in the region as spring planting got underway
Joe Mahon | Director, Regional Outreach
May 16, 2025
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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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Data map of the Ninth District
Regional Economic Indicators
April 22, 2025
Data
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
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
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
Small businesses along small town Main Street
Hiring slows as businesses continue to face high costs
Haley Chinander | Writer/Analyst
February 24, 2025
Data
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
Article
Image of a tractor in a field, with image of oil pumps transposed over the the background
Labor shortage strains Ninth District employers, and it might get tougher
Tu-Uyen Tran | Senior Writer
February 3, 2025
Article
Image of manufacturing worker next to portrait of Joe Mahon
Regional Economic Conditions: Manufacturing
Joe Mahon | Director, Regional Outreach Haley Chinander | Writer/Analyst
Event on February 7, 2025
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