Education and health care: +2,500 positions
Trade, transportation and utilities: +1,000
Information: + 600
Financial activities: + 600
Natural resources and mining: +100
Government: -4,200
Construction: -3,400
Manufacturing: - 2,600
Leisure and hospitality: - 1,700
Professional and business services: - 1,100
Other services: -400
Source: Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development
Just as Lawrence Kazmerski, a top official at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, was about to give the keynote address at the University of Minnesota's annual E3 conference at the RiverCentre in St. Paul, the lights went out, bathing the audience in darkness and a deep sense of irony.
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