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ENEWS: Economic disparities, community development & more
New Federal Reserve Bank tool A new tool from the Federal Reserve Bank shows how much money state economies would gain if race and gender gaps were to close. The estimates are based on data from 2005-2019 and represent “how much gross domestic product (GDP) would have increased each year by eliminating racial and gender gaps in earnings, hours worked, educational attainment, and employment.” A Federal Reserve wo... Read More
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ENEWS: Remembering George Floyd
Remembering George Floyd, a year later It has now been a year since George Floyd’s life was taken from him on May 25, 2020, creating a wave of protests across the world. People in Minneapolis, as well as many other cities, commemorated his life and death and rallied for change this past week— you can read about it from these Associated Press and Star Tribune articles. If you’d like to watch, MPR also ... Read More
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ENEWS: Wrapping up the MN legislative session
Wrapping up the legislative session The Minnesota Legislature’s regular session adjourned on Monday after settling on a $52 billion two-year budget. However, legislators will still have to go into overtime to finalize language for major budget bills and negotiate on other policy issues, such as police accountability and “Clean Car” rules. Aside from general budget points, the $52 billion will go toward purposes such as a... Read More
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ENEWS: Happy Earth Day
Earth Day Today we celebrate the 51st Earth Day. It is our second Earth Day in the COVID-19 pandemic, which gives this particular Earth Day a unique lens in terms of climate change and environmental resilience. As we look hopefully toward a post-pandemic world, many of the changes humans were forced to make as a result of COVID-19 made a visible impact on the environment— habits that many are encouraging people to continue ... Read More
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ENEWS: Nature & Climate Solutions, Trial Updates, Legislation Tracking
Natural Solutions for Climate The Nature Conservancy has released the 2021 Nature and Climate Solutions for Minnesota, which you can read here. As laid out in the executive summary, Minnesota is positioned to lead the Midwest (and the U.S.) in combating climate change, but we still aren’t reaching the right targets. The report asserts that natural climate solutions can step in to change this, offering “an estimated mitigat... Read More
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