Work & Economy

State employees encouraged to act as 'whistleblowers'

By Liz Stoever, Session Weekly/Session Daily

New criteria would be added to the state’s “whistleblower” law laying out the expectation that classified state employees would be expected to share information and provide assistance to legislative decision makers in a manner consistent with their duties without fear of retaliation.

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Debt buyer judgment data requirement passes House

By Mike Cook, Session Weekly/Session Daily

A debt buyer who purchases consumer debt may be required to provide certain evidence when seeking a default judgment from a conciliation or district court.

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Craft beer niche addressed in liquor law

By Liz Stoever, Session Weekly/Session Daily

A new law will allow St. Paul and Minneapolis restaurant owners to have more than 40 percent of their revenue generated from alcohol sales, which is currently illegal.

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Free Application for Federal Student Aid to include same-sex, unmarried parents' income

By Tyler Gieseke, The Minnesota Daily

For years, theater arts senior Andrew Buckholtz has only had to report the income of one of his two dads on the Free Application for Federal Student Aid.

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E-DEMOCRACY | Lowertown development and the Saint Paul Farmer's Market

By Multiple authors, E-Democracy issues forums

From: Mary C. Zanmiller Date: Apr 21 23:59

So is the public discussion about the Farmer's Market leaving it's current site in Lowertown going to happen after everything is a done deal? Does the public have a voice in this? Will anyone listen? Is there accountability for this decision?

From: Jim Buscher Date: Apr 22 01:06

When has City Hall ever said recently they want the Farmer's Market to leave Lowertown?? I recall about ten years ago a proposal existed briefly to move it across the river to the West Side Flats area but that was shot down by the community.

I think someone is just starting false rumors.

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Bills to prevent parking, driving in bike lanes in final stages

By Brian Arola, The Minnesota Daily

Bicycling advocates in Minneapolis and across the country often say they want more of their share of the roads, and pro-bicycling legislation at the state Capitol could help grant that wish.

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REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK | Biking on Minnehaha — where's the community input on reconstruction?

By Rebekah Peterson, TC Daily Planet

A buffered bike lane in Minneapoils. Photo by Matt Johnson, licensed under Creative Commons. 

Minnehaha reconstruction — is there really an opportunity for meaningful community input?

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Fixing income inequality

By Erik Hare, Barataria

There’s no doubt that income inequality is finally getting the attention it deserves. President Barack Obama assailed it in his second inaugural address saying we can’t succeed “When a shrinking few do very well and a growing many barely make it.” Ben Bernanke decried inequality for “creating two societies.” Pope Francis famously tweeted his opinion. Even Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein called for “some redistribution” to create a stable and just society. But for all the talk, not much is happening. Why is that?

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Neighborhood Notes: Eighty years of Hamline-Midway history in Iver H. Carlson & Son store

By Harry Kent, TC Daily Planet

Iver H. Carlson in 1942

Stepping into Iver H.

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House bill paves way for handout of I-35W bridge steel

By Jonathan Avise, Session Weekly/Session Daily

The Department of Transportation would be directed to distribute the surplus steel remains of the collapsed Interstate 35W bridge to interested survivors, research and historic preservation groups, under a bill the House passed 129-0 on Monday.

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