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ENEWS: Better Policing, School Transformation, and Rental Crisis
Philando Castile Legacy Upsides Several Minnesota newspapers picked up a Washington Post story recently that chronicled efforts by Minnesota racial justice advocates and other concerned citizens to improve policing, in the wake of the tragic shooting of Philando Castile two years ago. The article described a “Lights On” program, believed to be the first of its kind in the country, and sponsored by Microgrants, a no... Read More
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ENEWS: On Poverty, Climate Change, and “Jane & Dane”
An Update on Ending Poverty in MN Almost a decade ago the bi-partisan Commission to End Poverty in Minnesota by 2020 issued a report with dozens of sound policy recommendations. Growth & Justice since then has been allied with several organizations, including the Minnesota Asset Building Coalition and A Minnesota Without Poverty, advancing those original recommendations and many others that foster ... Read More
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ENEWS: On One Minnesota, Ag Future, and the Wealth Divide
Cable Interview Focus on “One Minnesota” We are often invited to talk about our work on public access television and we’ve been particularly frequent guests on Alan Miller’s “Access to Democracy” show, serving cable viewers in Dakota County. In a Sept. 8 interview, President Dane Smith and Policy & Projects Director Matt Schmit talk at length about the so-called “rural-metro divi... Read More
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ENEWS: Bridging the Metro-Rural Divide
Bridging the Metro-Rural Divide Our presentation on how to build a One Minnesota policy framework, bridging the metro-rural divide, was one of the most popular breakout sessions at the annual League of Minnesota Cities conference, held last week in Rochester. From the League’s summary of our presentation: “Matt Schmit (Policy & Projects Director for Growth & Justice) described the lack of direction that comes from divis... Read More
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ENEWS: Session and Budget Done, Now a Constitutional Crisis?
Session and Budget Done, Now a Constitutional Crisis? DFL Gov. Mark Dayton this week approved all major budget and tax bills passed by the Republican majorities in the House and Senate, averting a protracted deadlock and a state government shutdown. Now all eyes are on Dayton’s apparently unprecedented line-item veto of the Legislature’s own operating budget, in response to the Legislature’s similarly unusual threat to defund ... Read More
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