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Max Nesterak

Max Nesterak is the deputy editor of the Reformer and reports on labor and housing. Most recently he was an associate producer for Minnesota Public Radio after a stint at NPR. He also co-founded the Behavioral Scientist and was a Fulbright Scholar to Berlin, Germany.

Brentton Holzer and his mother Stacie Zamora

The most in demand jobs in Minnesota don’t pay enough to live here

By: Max Nesterak - January 14, 2020

Of the 10 most in-demand jobs in Minnesota right now, only half pay the $15 an hour needed to meet the basic costs of living in the state. And that’s assuming you’re single, with no kids or anyone else to support, don’t have student debt, can find a cheaper-than-average home, and can get 40 hours […]

Nope, that’s not how that government program works

By: Max Nesterak - January 13, 2020

Everyone who qualifies for it can get it.

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