Legislative updates Before the Minnesota Legislature adjourns this month, we’ll include more legislative updates in these newsletters. From MinnPost, here’s an article on “Six things that could get done at the Minnesota Legislature before the end of the 2022 session.” The issues the article highlights include budget & taxes (the state budget surplus), public safety, drought relief, liquor and gambling bills, Unemploy... Read More
You are invited: Growth & Justice celebrates 20 years of good works on April 11! Please SAVE THE DATE and join us on April 11 from 1 to 4 p.m. (via Zoom) to celebrate and honor two decades of Growth & Justice’s research and partnerships to develop and advocate for public policy that makes Minnesota's economy more prosperous and fairer for all Minnesotans. The event features reflections forward through the lenses of the Minneso... Read More
2003 Strib report / Earliest publication from timeline As we’re preparing for our 20th anniversary celebration, we want to guide you back to the publications Growth & Justice has published over the last two decades. In the coming newsletters leading up to the anniversary celebration, we’ll point to publications we think were particularly influential and important. In the spirit of this, we want to point you once more to ... Read More
Key points from MN local elections Local elections took place last Tuesday. Below are some articles that detail key points from results across the state. One of the most highly discussed ballot measures in this round of Minnesota local elections was Minneapolis’s measure that proposed replacing the Minneapolis Police Department with a new Department of Public Safety “that ‘employs a comprehensive public health... Read More
Equity stories in MinnPost MinnPost recently published an article on equity and inclusion efforts happening in rural Minnesota towns. It features a city art project in Monticello, MN that “aims to draw attention to the kind of diversity that exists even in a mostly homogenous city,” then touches on similar efforts around the state. The article also references TRUE Tuesdays, the virtual meetings focused on constructin... Read More