I wasn’t surprised to learn that Saint Paul’s East Side lies within a food desert. I was surprised to learn that Walnut Grove, Minnesota, my home town, does too. In fact, so does much of southwestern Minnesota, home to some of Minnesota’s highest corn producing counties.MORE »
Hennepin County is Minnesota’s most populous county, home to roughly one of every five Minnesotans. The county sits on the cutting edge of every Minnesota community challenge, from education and affordable healthcare, to transportation and economic development. Hennepin experiences need and opportunity in equal parts.MORE »
This week, State Senate conservatives passed legislation restoring some of the funding directed away from Minnesota’s public schools through the funding shifts dodge. Their action doesn’t represent a change in policy direction.MORE »
As Minnesota ponderously negotiates a new professional football stadium deal, replacing the aging and increasingly obsolete Metro Dome, it’s simultaneously navigating the challenging waters of public opinion.MORE »
In the war of words, progressives are not doing well. Conservative activists hold the rhetorical upper hand, obfuscating their policies’ true intent and making community- stabilizing and family- strengthening achievements an up-hill slog. Why? Because we’re trying to refute their ideas with their language.MORE »
We’re experiencing a mild winter. While a nice change of pace from last year’s deluge, mild winter weather’s consequences are a decidedly mixed bag. Winter is normal in Minnesota. We need normal more than we need unusual.MORE »
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As Minnesota ponderously negotiates a new professional football stadium deal, replacing the aging and increasingly obsolete Metro Dome, it’s simultaneously navigating the challenging waters of public opinion.
