With a controversial history and a looming sunset date, Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s marquee rural economic development program, JOBZ, appeared to be headed for its grave before the November 2 general election ...

Last Monday, the Duluth City Council voted 7-2 to approve a modified version of Governor Tim Pawlenty's Job Opportunity Building Zones, or JOBZ, program. The modifications approved include giving the ...

Employers in Blue Earth and Nicollet counties have created 44 more jobs than required under the JOBZ program, according to interviews and formal reports filed this month. The nine companies ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. When GOP presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty presented his economic manifesto earlier ...

WILLMAR -- Like many central Minnesota communities, Kandiyohi County has benefited from tax incentives designed to help new and expanding businesses. But Steve Renquist, executive director of the ...

The story of growth at the IKONICS Corporation stands in stark contrast to a legislative auditor's report released this month critical of the state's JOBZ program ("JOBZ not doing its job," Feb. 9).

Economic-development officials in Central Minnesota are praising the state’s new program of financial incentives for job creation, calling it an improvement from its predecessor. State officials last ...

The state's leading program to create rural jobs gives tax breaks where they aren't needed while overstating what it has accomplished and understating the cost, the legislative auditor reported Friday ...

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ST. PAUL (AP) -- Minnesota's new economic development program known as JOBZ has farmers and investors making plans to build four or five more ethanol plants in the state. The new plants would be built ...