WJON — The Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation Program (FPUC) which allows for those laid off or furloughed due to Covid-19 an additional $600 is set to run out July 31. St. Cloud State Dean, School of Public Affairs and Economics Professor King Banaian joined me on WJON today. He says for those receiving the extra
For the first time in the St. Cloud Area Quarterly Business Report’s (QBR) 22 year history, St. Cloud State economists King Banaian and Rich MacDonald (co-authors since 2004) presented survey results and the state of the local economy virtually.
Since professor of economics Lynn MacDonald began facilitating the economics reading group in 2008, she has met with students in person, over dinner, at a local restaurant – hard copies of that week’s book in hand.
In early spring of 2020 the reading group had to be re-imagined due to COVID-19.
ST. CLOUD TIMES — Events associated with the COVID-19 pandemic have driven the local economy into recession. As has been seen throughout the U.S. (and the world), the temporary closing of many area businesses has caused an economic shock that has torn through the entire economy. Nearly all data measures have turned south as the human
Professors of criminal justice John Baker, J.D. and Dr. Shawn Williams pooled together their knowledge, resources, and professional experience for a conversation on the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police.
St. Cloud State Economist and Dean, School of Public Affairs, King Banaian joined me on WJON today. He says the unemployment rate is likely to stay in the double digits through the rest of the year but he doesn’t expect our financial problem to approach the levels of the depression.
ST. CLOUD TIMES — When Abdi Daisane was campaigning for St. Cloud City Council in 2016, he remembers being called a “modern-day jihadist” and a member of the Muslim Brotherhood trying to “infiltrate the system.” Daisane is a Somali-American business owner, a husband and a father. He’s served on city commissions and recently graduated from St. Cloud
Rupak Shrestha ’15 has been elected to serve as a board member on The American Association of Geographer’s Political Geography Specialty Group. His term is 2020-2021.
Six St. Cloud State graduating Fighting Saints Battalion cadets were among 21 commissioned as Second Lieutenants in the United States Army May 9.
St. Cloud State University’s official Spring 2020 Commencement is being delayed due to COVID-19 social distancing efforts, but that’s not stopping celebrations from occurring virtually now.
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