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ENEWS: Getting Healthcare Straight on MPR, Solar on the Range, Mediocre Infrastructure
Setting Record Straight on “Medicare for All” Growth & Justice Senior Fellow Dane Smith was featured on Minnesota Public Radio last week. In an interview with Tim Pugmire, Smith set the record straight on recent campaign misrepresentations of our 2012 reports on the projected costs and benefits of a single public financing system for universal health care (also known as “single-payer’’ or “Medicare ... Read More
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ENEWS: Great Speakers at Thriving by Design, Transit Drives Growth, New Research on Inequality.
MORE TOPNOTCH SPEAKERS! Register Now for “Thriving by Design, Rural & Urban Together,” June 27-29, in Granite Falls We’ve recently confirmed three new outstanding speakers for our historic gathering in western Minnesota this summer which features some of the most knowledgeable people in the entire region on our demographic and economic disparities, and how to fix them. Kevin Jensvold, Chairman of th... Read More
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ENEWS: Rural Needs, Career Pathways, and Talented Interns
In Fergus Falls, Learning About Rural Needs We traveled to Fergus Falls last week for the summer conference of the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities, delivering a presentation and gathering feedback on emerging issues for our Minnesota Rural Equity Project. We heard concerns about accessibility to child-care, transportation and mobility needs, housing shortages, health-care costs and access, and lagging broadband capacity. A strong sense am... Read More
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ENEWS: On Placemaking, Diversity, and Renewables
Rural “Place-making” Key to Job Growth On our many travels this summer, listening closely to both concerns and success stories in Greater Minnesota, we constantly hear about the importance of “place-making” for rural communities. The Center for Rural Policy & Development expresses this idea very well with this recent statement in the Morning Take tipsheet: “For most parts of the state, the coming wo... Read More
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ENEWS: As State Budget Biennium Begins, Big Disappointments and a Few Bright Spots
As State Budget Biennium Begins, Big Disappointments and a Few Bright Spots Overview of 2017 Legislature’s Impact, A Look Ahead Minnesota’s two-year budget period begins this month, amid a continuing dispute between the Governor and the Legislature over a handful of important tax and immigration provisions, and an impending court battle over the governor’s line-item veto of funding for the Legislature i... Read More
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