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ENEWS: Get Ready to Exercise Your Civic Duty… Vote!
Lift Every Voice As the election season heats up, a new report on voting is out from the Brookings Institution and the Ash Center of the Harvard Kennedy School.“Lift Every Voice: The Urgency of Universal Civic Duty Voting” reflects two years of research and community conversations, including participation by Jane Leonard, president of G & J. The report proposes that the United States should consider participation in electi... Read More
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ENEWS: Jane Leonard Featured, Immigrant Value, Help Us Draw Blueprint
Jane Leonard in Minnesota Women’s Press Growth & Justice President Jane Leonard was featured, along with her twin sister Karin Sonneman, who is the Winona County Attorney, as a pair of high-achieving leaders in public service, in the latest edition of the Minnesota Women’s Press. The article notes that the Leonard twins moved to Washington D.C. at the age of four, when their father was named a top aide to U.S. Agricu... Read More
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ENEWS: On Early Childhood, Federal Tax Bill, and Co-Op Models
We Can’t Coast on Early Childhood Our latest blogpost revisits the state of early childhood education and urges Minnesota decision-makers to double down on this crucial investment in our future workforce. Guest blogger Brendan Klein, a St. John’s University junior who was a Growth & Justice intern last summer, observes: “In a recent ranking of best states on early childhood measures, Minnesota came in 7th for pr... Read More
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ENEWS: ‘Tis the Season, for Supporting Equitable Growth!
’Tis the Season, for Supporting Equitable Growth! In the seasonal spirit of sharing our blessings and bounty, please consider a gift to Growth & Justice, to help us advance public policies that build a more equitable Minnesota. Growth & Justice embodies the legacy and communitarian spirit of our North Star State, through non-partisan advocacy for a “One Minnesota” policy framework and growing our economy by investing i... Read More
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ENEWS: On Immigration, Broadband, and Black Americans
MN Biz Alarmed About Anti-Immigrant Tilt Minnesota business leaders have been ringing alarm bells loudly since November about the potential damage to our economy from anti-immigrant policies and attitudes. One of the best takes we’ve seen is this insightful two-part editorial series by Dale Kurschner, Editor-in-Chief of Twin Cities Business Magazine. Kurschner focuses on Greater Minnesota and heavy agribusiness reliance on imm... Read More
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