- Latest News
- ENEWS: On Placemaking, Diversity, and Renewables
- ENEWS: On Immigration, Gender Equity, and Workforce
- ENEWS: As State Budget Biennium Begins, Big Disappointments and a Few Bright Spots
- Minnesota Rural Equity Project: 2017 Legislative Priorities Recap
- View More News
Local Government Category Posts
-
A statement for government redesign, goal-setting, and budgeting for outcomes
Few voices reflect Minnesota's moderate mainstream ethics more perfectly than Star Tribune editorial columnist Lori Sturdevant, and her call-to-action for government "redesigners'' in Sunday's Star Tribune Op-Ex was squarely on target. And this morning Sturdevant hit the note again with a short editorial page item describing a discussion group on redesign that we at Growth & Justice have been part of for a year-a... Read More
-
Antidote for cynicism: Celebrate the Happy Warrior on May 27th, Humphrey Birthday Centennial Reunion
For a bracing antidote to the current cynicism about our ability to solve problems with our own democracy, mark your calendars and reserve your spot for May 27 and particpate in an all-day commemoration of the life of Minnesota's own immortal Hubert H. Humphrey (details at bottom of post). That date will mark the 100th anniversary of the birthday of "The Happy Warrior," as he frequently was called. An enriching and rather cerebral cele... Read More
-
What if Ayn Rand had to dig her own two-holer?
(Note: We hereby introduce Chuck Brown - a former business manager, a former city council member for the southern Minnesota town of Olivia, and a novelist Read More
-
Facts on pensions don’t justify bashing bashing public employees
Wieffering article...Pawlenty Pants on FireNY Times article on Pritchard...PioPress on boomers....Robert Reich...stats on loss of pensions...Baby Boomer plight...401K failure...Wrote about pension grabs more than a decade ago...Don't need to give away the store... Read More
-
Check out “Soul of the Community,’’ to see how Minnesotans love their amenities and aesthetics an
It's sometimes hard to get top business executives to locate to Minnesota -- what with the cold weather and progressive income taxes -- but once they've lived here awhile, it's even harder to get them to leave. I've heard some version of that story many times in business quarters, most recently at a BioBusiness event in Rochester. Those of us who have lived elsewhere have theories about this. ... Read More
Posted in:
Business · Economic Development · Economic Justice · Education · Public Investment · Taxes · Local Government
