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ENEWS: Bridging the Metro-Rural Divide
Bridging the Metro-Rural Divide Our presentation on how to build a One Minnesota policy framework, bridging the metro-rural divide, was one of the most popular breakout sessions at the annual League of Minnesota Cities conference, held last week in Rochester. From the League’s summary of our presentation: “Matt Schmit (Policy & Projects Director for Growth & Justice) described the lack of direction that comes from divis... Read More
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ENEWS: Help Us Amplify Our Constructive Voice!
Please Donate Now! Help Amplify Our Constructive Voice Your financial support sustains our constructive voice and our collaborative advocacy for public policy that’s good for both sustainable business growth, AND for economic and racial justice. Together we have helped improve early childhood education, tax fairness, Career Pathway models, and transit and transportation systems in Minnesota. Together we’ve created a statewide moveme... 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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ENEWS: Concerns as Session Grinds On
Minuses and Pluses of the 2017 Session As you receive this week’s E-News, the Minnesota Legislature is grinding through an overtime special session, working through the details of an overall budget agreement that will at least avert a state government shutdown. We’ll be analyzing the outcomes with our partners in various coalitions for the next few days and weeks. We know enough to be concerned. Despite a large pro... Read More
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ENEWS: G&J On the Air in Greater MN
G&J On the Air in Greater MN Our Minnesota Rural Equity Project is catching the attention of the Greater Minnesota news media. Recently Growth & Justice President Dane Smith was interviewed on “Ag Afternoon” by Sonja Langseth of KWOA in Worthington, and on “Ox in the Afternoon” by Dan Ochsner of KNSI in St. Cloud. The podcasts of those interviews reveal strong interest by these local jou... Read More
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