Work & Economy

Farming, learning, traveling with Erin Schneider, Hilltop Community Farm

By Sylvia Burgos, From the Bronx to the Barn

After a long, long winter, the sun was finally showing its face again when Erin Schneider and I chatted during this Deep Roots Radio interview. Her attitude - about farming, on-farm research, and learning from peers in Africa - was as welcoming as the warming weather. And maybe it's that quality that draws visitors to the farm she's building with her husband, Rob McClure in LaValle, Wisconsin.

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From the Bronx to the Barn

Streetcar desire heats up in the Twin Cities and across the U.S.

By Conrad deFiebre, Minnesota 2020

It's been nearly six years since I last posted about Minneapolis' plans for a streetcar revival, but except for a short park ride at Lake Calhoun, no trolleys are clanging in the Mill City. These things take time.

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Poverty doubled in Twin Cities suburbs over past decade

By Branden Largent, The Minnesota Daily

As the suburban landscape changes, so has poverty.

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Real price of sand in Wisconsin: Political spending, impaired property values and tourist activity

By Sally Jo Sorensen, Bluestem Prairie

St. Paul documentary filmmaker Jim Tittle was one of the first to take a close look at "The Price of Sand" when he learned in 2011 that energy production company Windsor Permian bought land near his parents' home in Goodhue County's Hay Creek Township, but isn't the last person asking that question.

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Bluestem Prairie

Corn planting sends tremors through bee country

By Brian DeVore, Loon Commons

Sometimes laboratory science and the reality of what’s happening on the ground intersect in a graphic way. That’s what struck me this morning as I was watching a video shot by Minnesota beekeeper Steve Ellis on May 7.

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E-DEMOCRACY | The charterization and de-unionization of the Minneapolis Public Schools is picking up steam

By Multiple authors, E-Democracy issues forums

From: Dan McGuire Date: 5:26pm, May 18

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Lawmakers approve $33 million for housing and homelessness-prevention programs

By Cynthia Boyd, MinnPost

The Legislature just approved $33 million in funding for housing and homelessness-prevention programs and the state has a new director to prevent and end homelessness.

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Jobs, economic development and housing budget bill makes important investments in our state

By Caitlin Biegler, Minnesota Budget Bites

As the 2013 Legislative Session closes, the final budget bills have been passed by the House and Senate. Last week the omnibus jobs, economic development and housing bill (House File 729) received its final vote in both houses, investing $89 million in additional general fund resources to strengthen the state’s economy by creating jobs, increasing workforce training opportunities and improving affordable housing options.

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Minnesota Budget Bites

Minnesota loses jobs for second straight month

By Alex Christensen, Minnesota 2020

For the first time since Feburary 2010, Minnesota’s economy lost jobs two months in a row. The North Star State shed 11,400 jobs in April after dropping 3,300 in March.

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Minnesota 2020
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