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ENEWS: Matters of Fact, Homecoming Essay, Equity Investments
Note: This week Growth & Justice launches “Matters of Fact,” a new recurring feature of our weekly e-news, featuring original analysis from our own research operation, headed up by Policy & Research Director Kate Searls. A quick cut from the latest American Community Survey (ACS) reaffirms that that Minnesota faces significant and serious challenges with regional and racial disparities. ... Read More
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ENEWS: On Helping Each Other Across the Divides
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 in human... Read More
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ENEWS: On Give to the Max, Competitive Politics, Main Street Alliance, and Early Education
Give to the Max, to G&J! Thursday November 16th is Give to the Max day and if you’ve never donated to Growth & Justice before, now is the time! Not only will your contribution be matched dollar-for-dollar up to $10,000 by our Board and other supporters, your donation could help G&J win additional prizes from Give to the Max. Your support allows Growth & Justice to provide a clear and constructive voice for p... Read More
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ENEWS: State Revenue Dip, Rural Partners, and Water Quality
State Revenue Dip and the “Mis-Session” Our third annual session round-up and guest blogpost for the Jay & Rose Phillips Family Foundation expresses deep concerns about missed opportunities and misspending on tax cuts in the 2017 legislative session, amid uncertainty around the possible decimation of federal economic security programs. Our analysis of the session impact on our most vulnerable Minnesotans coincides with... 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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