G&J News

No More Pencils, No More Books

7/4/2008 8:44:06 AM

Rural schools say chronic underfunding is leading them to desperate measures. By Beth Walton, City Pages.

Public defender cuts hurt everyone

7/2/2008 8:15:06 PM

By the St. Cloud Times editorial board.

Early childhood education will fuel regional success

7/2/2008 6:38:59 AM

A column by Tim Penny, president, Southern Minnesota Initiative Fund, about his organization's continued work on early childhood education. It appeared in the Red Wing Republican Eagle.

Government as an agent of progress

7/1/2008 11:15:32 AM

Growth & Justice President Dane Smith responds to Craig Westover's comments in the St. Paul Pioneer Press.

Government's legitimacy is grounded in restraint

7/1/2008 11:13:36 AM

St. Paul Pioneer Press columnist Craig Westover responds to Growth & Justice President Dane Smith.

Nonprofit group targets highest earners with tax plan

6/26/2008 6:29:13 AM

A report about the Invest in Minnesota Campaign by Larry Schumacher in the St. Cloud Times.

Education and Economic Growth

6/25/2008 5:02:19 PM

The level of cognitive skills of a nation’s students has a large effect on its subsequent economic growth rate. Increasing the average number of years of schooling attained by the labor force boosts the economy only when increased levels of school attainment also boost cognitive skills. In other words, it is not enough simply to spend more time in school; something has to be learned there.

Written by Eric Hanushek, Dean T. Jamison, Eliot A. Jamison and Ludger Woessmann for the Hoover Institution of Standford University publication "Education Next."

In the mainstream — legitimately

6/26/2008 4:03:46 PM

A column by Growth & Justice President Dane Smith that appeared in the St. Paul Pioneer Press.

Worst unemployment since 1991

6/19/2008 7:58:32 PM

The latest from the Minnesota Budget Project.

Hello and Let’s Get To Work Rebuilding Minnesota’s Public Spirit

6/26/2008 4:06:09 PM

Growth & Justice President Dane Smith has been asked by the editor at The Capitol Report to provide a column for the publication every few weeks. Smith looks forward to providing his views on Minnesota's tax and budget issues. Posted here is his first column.

The problem with progressives

6/28/2008 11:20:05 AM

Craig Westover, a columnist with the St. Paul Pioneer Press, calls Growth & Justice's event to honor Minnesota's progressive Republican tradition "pretty good PR," among other things.

Minnesota sends money to bridges

6/19/2008 8:08:34 PM

More than 160 Minnesota bridges will be replaced or renovated under a 10-year program announced Monday, with money coming from higher gasoline taxes and other fees lawmakers imposed earlier this year. By Don Davis, Forum Communications.