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Fighting for an American Countryside in Minnesota

Fighting for an American Countryside in Minnesota

This Ground Level project we started almost four years ago has explored rural Minnesota with one guiding quest: Where are people trying to fix things? You would think, after talking to and writing about hundreds of people trying to keep the elderly healthy, extend broadband, ensure cleaner farm run-off, run more efficient local governments, encourage Read more →
by Dave Peters

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Are there too many people running to be the next mayor of Minneapolis?

Are there too many people running to be the next mayor of Minneapolis?

“A record 35 candidates have filed to run for mayor of Minneapolis,” writes MPR News reporter Curtis Gilbert. The likely leading candidates include City Council members Don Samuels and Betsy Hodges, former council members Jackie Cherryhomes and Dan Cohen, former Hennepin County commissioner Mark Andrew, Park Board Commissioner Bob Fine, business executive Stephanie Woodruff and…
by Michael Olson

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Minn. delays Lake Superior ballast water rules

Minn. delays Lake Superior ballast water rules

Minnesota is giving Great Lakes freshwater freighters known as "lakers" that enter the Minnesota waters of Lake Superior an extra two years to install ballast water treatment technology.

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Planned St. Cloud mosque faces opposition

Planned St. Cloud mosque faces opposition

Members of St. Cloud's planning commission will hear testimony today on a proposed mosque, school and retail complex that's facing some opposition from neighbors in a quiet, residential part of the city.
by Jon Collins

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How would you like to see public education change in Minnesota?

How would you like to see public education change in Minnesota?

The disparity in achievement on standardized tests in between minorities and white students is worse in Minnesota than in virtually any other state. “We’re being beaten by states like Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia. This is absurd,” Minneapolis City Councilmember and candidate for mayor Don Samuels said from the steps of Harvest Preparatory School, a North…
by Michael Olson

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New Ulm tourism chief admits faking 'Herman the German' story

The tourism chief in New Ulm admitted Monday his office faked a story of finding a mysterious concrete cast footprint that the southern Minnesota city promoted as that of Herman the German, the statue of a Germanic warrior that stands guard over New Ulm.

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MNsure Twitter chat recap

Here are the highlights from a Twitter chat about Minnesota’s upcoming online insurance marketplace, MNsure. MNsure Executive Director April Todd-Malmlov, “We know people have different attention spans for different types of media,” she said, “so we’re really trying to get out on all the different mechanisms to reach people where they are.” The MNsure site Read more →
by Michael Olson

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St. Paul $1M idea contest: Voting begins tomorrow for 3 finalists

St. Paul $1M idea contest: Voting begins tomorrow for 3 finalists

  A panel of nine judges has been looking over 30 different ideas to make St. Paul a better place and will announce three finalists on Tuesday. Then, it’s the public’s turn to vote in the Forever St. Paul Challenge. The winner gets $1 million, which is the largest prize in the history of the…
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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