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ENEWS: Call to Action Against Policy Violence, Rural-Urban Connections, Community Weaving
A Call to Action Against “Policy Violence” For a better understanding of how broader and deeper racial inequality provoked the George Floyd protests, Growth & Justice highly recommends a recent blog published by The Brookings Institution, written by Tawanna Black, founder & CEO of the Twin Cities-based Center for Economic Inclusion, and Andre Perry of Brookings. “George Floyd’s Death Demo... Read More
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ENEWS: Spatial Mismatch and Transit
Our Op-Ed on Spatial Mismatch and Transit Growth & Justice worked to the end pushing for a special legislative session and we are disappointed that divisive regional politics played the decisive role in preventing an agreement. Last week, in an op-ed published by MinnPost, we urged legislators to review a major new report by the Center for Transportation Studies at the University of Minnesota. The study illustrates how the Southwest Light R... Read More
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Redesign and “Minnovation,” toward common good and economic growth
ST. PAUL LEGAL LEDGER CAPITOL REPORT Watching a PBS documentary recently in which naturalized U.S. citizens describe exactly why they love their new country, I was struck by the number of people who praised not just freedom and the opportunity to get ahead and start a business, but by many others who marveled at the safety and security and the equal access provided by our innovative governments. One Latina woman, for instance, gushed over the... Read More
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Show us the vision — please
ST. PAUL LEGAL LEDGER CAPITOL REPORT Let’s seek long-term goals, and measurable outcomes, from gubernatorial candidates Minnesota news media and candidates alike this summer seem to be fixated, understandably, on the details of balancing a lollapalooza of a projected budget shortfall in 2011. But for our gubernatorial candidates in particular, emergency management should not be the only thing, or even the main thing. Leadership at thi... Read More
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Let’s try to stop ‘bowling in the fog’
ST. PAUL LEGAL LEDGER CAPITOL REPORT Legislature and federal officials working to bring evidence into government redesign decisions Bush Foundation President Peter Hutchinson frequently has used the phrase “bowling in the fog” to describe the frustration of community leaders who are forced to make decisions without enough research and evidence. The imagery is amusing and brings to mind the more famous reference to “the f... Read More
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