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DEED Puts Federal Stimulus Dollars to Work ~ Stimulus Funds Help Job Seekers and Communities
April 17, 2009
Gov. Tim Pawlenty has signed legislation authorizing the spending of $237 million in federal stimulus dollars for the state’s Unemployment Insurance Program and the Public Facilities Authority, which provides funding to communities to upgrade their water and sewer infrastructures. .............
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Beltrami, Polk and Marshall Counties to Receive Disaster Unemployment Assistance ~Application Deadline is June 9~
May 11, 2009
Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) is available to eligible workers and self-employed residents of Beltrami, Polk and Marshall counties, the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development announced today.............
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DEED Encourages Minnesota Communities to Apply for Shovel Ready Site Certification
May 7, 2009
DEED encourages Minnesota communities to apply for the state’s new Shovel Ready Site Certification Program to facilitate the attraction of new business and industry.............
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DEED Awards $250,000 Grant to Hutchinson
May 7, 2009
The city of Hutchinson received a $250,000 grant from DEED to help pay for extending infrastructure to a new 68-acre industrial park.............
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Lindsley to Direct Governor’s Workforce Development Council
May 7, 2009
Bryan Lindsley has been named the executive director of the Governor’s Workforce Development Council.............
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City of St. Peter Receives Low-Interest Loan for Water Treatment Infrastructure
May 5, 2009
The City of St. Peter in southern Minnesota received a low-interest loan of more than $1.5 million from the Minnesota PFA to help pay for improvements to the city’s drinking water treatment system, through construction of four wells.............
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MJSP Grant Supports Training for Fairview Ridges Hospital Employees
May 1, 2009
The Department of Employment and Economic Development’s Minnesota Job Skills Partnership (MJSP) announced a $192,000 grant to support required basic life support and advanced cardiac life support training for employees of Fairview Ridges Hospital in Burnsville.............
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DEED Awarded Grant for Temporary Employment for Red River Valley Displaced Workers
April 16, 2009
The Department of Employment and Economic Development was awarded a $1.68 million National Emergency Grant from the U.S. Department of Labor to create temporary jobs to clean up public structures and land damaged by the spring flooding in the Red River Valley.............
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State Unemployment Rate 8.2 Percent in March ~ Employers eliminate 23,200 jobs statewide ~
April 16, 2009
The Minnesota unemployment rate edged up to a seasonally adjusted 8.2 percent in March, remaining below the U.S. rate of 8.5 percent, according to figures released today by the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED)............
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Minnesota Receives $1 Million from Labor Department to Continue 2007 Flood Cleanup
April 15, 2009
Minnesota has received an additional $1 million from the U.S. Department of Labor to create temporary jobs to help flood clean-up efforts in southeastern Minnesota............
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DEED Applies for Grant to Provide Temporary Employment for Displaced Workers in the Red River Valley
April 10, 2009
The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development has applied for a National Emergency Grant from the U.S. Department of Labor to create temporary jobs to clean up public structures and land damaged by the spring flooding in the Red River Valley............
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Entries Sought for Minnesota Cup Competition
March 30, 2009
Officials are accepting entries for the fifth annual Minnesota Cup, including a new category that was added this year under Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s Green Jobs Investment Initiative............
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Minnesota Extends Unemployment Insurance Benefits ~ Additional 13 Weeks of UI Benefits Added
March 26, 2009
DEED announced that additional unemployment insurance benefits will be available to unemployed Minnesotans who have exhausted both regular UI and Federal Emergency Unemployment Compensation benefits............
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Unemployed Workers in Minnesota Will Receive Additional $25 a Week ~ UI payments expanded under federal economic stimulus bill
March 2, 2009
Unemployed workers in Minnesota will receive an additional $25 a week under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, according to DEED............
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Public Notice of initial allocation for CDGG Disaster Recovery Grant
February 26, 2009
Supplemental Amendment to the Action Plan of the State of Minnesota for Emergency Supplemental Disaster Funds and Small Cities Community Development Block Grant Funds for 2008............
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