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Analyzing Promise Act Grantees
Watching the KSTP story on the Promise Act inspired me to dig into the data to see for myself what is going on. Here is what I found out. But first some context: ChatGPT Analysis […]
Articles by Dr. Bruce Peter Corrie
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5 Tools to Jumpstart the Immigrant Economy in Minnesota
Executive Summary Recent enforcement-related disruptions and labor uncertainty have frozen consumption, strained payroll flows, and increased business failure risk. This brief proposes a targeted stabilization and competitiveness package designed to protect Minnesota’s tax base, workforce […]
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Rebuilding Immigrant Businesses: Data for Smart Policy
I visited businesses in various cultural malls, spoke with entrepreneurs and policy makers and my sense as of today: slow recovery with rents due and low customer traffic are pushing immigrant businesses over the edge. […]
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Economic Contributions of African Immigrants 2025
Data reported here comes from the American Community Survey, 2023 and from estimates derived from the 2015 African Immigrant Market Study, Minnesota.
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Minnesota’s Economy Will be Crippled Without ALANA/Immigrant Workers and Businesses. Time to Flip Current Strategy
Most people are not aware of this fact: More than 1 out of every 5 workers in Minnesota are from ALANA communities. Source: https://qwiexplorer.ces.census.gov/?s=137a19&st=MN&v=bar&fc=true&t=ac0&x=10&g=0 More than 1 in every 10 business in Minnesota are ALANA […]