Smart Economic Development for Minnesota: Getting it Right in Tough Times and Beyond (March 2009)

Smart Investments^SM in Minnesota's Students (October 2008)







Invest for Real Prosperity (January 2007)








Rethinking Minnesota Taxes (February 2005 updated September 2008)

Workforce First (February 2004)

• What we know about issues and policy for the transition to higher education (May 2010)
  
  
• What we know about issues and policy for high school students (May 2010)
  
  
• What we know about issues and policy for students in grades 4 through 8 (May 2010)
  
  
• What we know about issues and policy for children age 4 through grade 3 (May 2010)
  
  
• What we know about issues and policy for children from birth through age 3 (May 2010)
  
  
• Freight Transportation: Improving Travel Time and Efficiency for Trucks and Intermodal Freight Policy Brief (November 2009)
  
  
• Better Connections for Minnesotans with low incomes and limited transportation options (July 2009)
  
  
• An Analysis of a Proposal to Add a Fourth Tier to Minnesota's Individual Income Tax (May 2009)
  
  
• Smart Economic Development for Minnesota: Getting it Right in Tough Times and Beyond Policy Brief (March 2009)

• High-mileage Minnesota Could Benefit from Reductions in Roadway Travel (October 2008)
  
  
• How to Make Smart Investments^SM in Minnesota's Students (October 2008)
  
  
• A Citizen's Guide to Invest for Real Prosperity (January 2007)
  
  
• Workforce First Policy Brief (February 2004)
  
  
• Growth & Justice Wage Project Briefing (May 2003)

Growth & Justice Research Papers

• Freight Transportation: Improving Travel Time and Efficiency for Trucks and Intermodal Freight (December 2009)
  
  
• Better Connections: Linking Minnesotans with Low Incomes and Limited Transportation Options to Jobs and Other Important Destinations (July 2009)
  

• 20 Years Behind: Highway Spending & Revenues by Minnesota's State Governmnet, 1986 - 2006 (February 2008)
  

• Achieving a High Return on Early Childhood Investment: Evidence, Proposal, and the Minnesota Pilot (November 2007)
  
  
• Cost-Effective Early Childhood Development Programs from Preschool to Third Grade (November 2007)
  
  
• Current Generation Youth Programs: Whate Works, What Doesn't, and at What Cost? (November 2007)
  
  
• Investments in K-12 Education for Minnesota: What Works? (November 2007)
  
  
• Improving the Transition from High School to College in Minnesota: Recommendations Based on a Review of Effective Programs (November 2007)
  

• Minnesota Families Meeting Basic Needs (March 2006)