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Parenting tips from child development expert

Parenting tips from child development expert

Upon her retirement, University of Minnesota child development expert Marti Erickson reflects on her four decades of academic and personal experience with children and parents.

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Weisman exhibit features New Deal art

Weisman exhibit features New Deal art

Seventy-five years ago, President Franklin Roosevelt launched the New Deal. It was a massive federal relief effort intended to improve the economy and provide employment during the Great Depression. A new exhibit at the Weisman Art Museum in Minneapolis features art from that program.
by Cathy Wurzer

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Rural nonprofits struggle with sagging economy

Rural nonprofits struggle with sagging economy

The sagging economy is putting a pinch on Minnesota's nonprofit sector. High demand for services and shrinking budgets are putting some nonprofits in crisis. Some say the problem may be worse in greater Minnesota.
by Tom Robertson

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Walker 'Queer Takes' film festival aims at preservation

Walker 'Queer Takes' film festival aims at preservation

The Walker Art Center is joining a national effort to help restore and preserve films about gays and lesbians. The Walker is working with the Heights Theater in Columbia Heights to preserve a copy of "Parting Glances."
by Euan Kerr

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Nonprofits receive reprieve on property tax issue

Nonprofits receive reprieve on property tax issue

Minnesota nonprofit groups worried about whether they might have to pay property taxes have gotten a one-year reprieve. Lawmakers passed a moratorium that will keep county assessors from making any changes on this year's taxes.
by Tom Weber

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Western Minn. school board drops Pledge requirement

Western Minn. school board drops Pledge requirement

The Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton School Board has scrapped a rule that students stand during the Pledge of Allegiance, a month after three students were suspended for breaking that rule.

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A Microsoft executive's lessons from the past

A Microsoft executive's lessons from the past

When Kyle Kim was a teenager, he spent three years on the streets of South Central Los Angeles and West Hollywood. Now he is an executive at Microsoft who spends his career and spare time working for the safety of all kids, especially homeless gay and lesbian teens.

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