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Tom Niemisto is the video production specialist at Minnesota 2020. 

Civic engagement encouraged through Muslim Day at the Capitol

By Tom Niemisto, Minnesota 2020

The civic process works best when all people have a voice at the table. With a population of nearly 150,000 in Minnesota, the Muslim-American community is stepping up engagement in the public policy debate.

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African ingredients for American tastes at Afro Deli and Coffee

By Tom Niemisto, Minnesota 2020

With the release of our most recent report, Building Cross-cultural Commerce, Minnesota 2020 is highlighting ways we should reach out to new Minnesotans, immigrants, and refugees to continue new economic development avenues that keep consumer dollars local.

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Local unions light up the holidays for charity

By Tom Niemisto, Minnesota 2020

Even though the economic downturn has hit Minnesota electricians hard, they haven't stopped giving back to the community. For five years, two local unions have donated their time and labor for the Holiday Lights in the Park display. The annual exhibit uses around 100,000 high efficiency LED bulbs, which helps keep down the fundraiser's energy cost to about $20 per night.

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National Park Service and Friends of the Mississippi River issue Mississippi River report card

By Tom Niemisto, Minnesota 2020

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Activated Voices: Minnesota Nice? Teen's documentary explores bullying in Minnesota schools

By Tom Niemisto, Minnesota 2020

Now that Minnesota students and families are going back to school, it's also a constructive time to revisit policy around bullying in our schools.

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More risk, less reward for labor

By Tom Niemisto, Minnesota 2020

We saw it in Wisconsin, Ohio, up in sugar beet country, and last summer's government shutdown. The Midwest has become a battleground for a war of ideas: Community vs. privatization, competition vs. cooperation.

Macalester College professor of history Peter Rachleff has had an eye on changing trends in global economics stemming from events close to home.

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Song line at benefit for American Crystal Sugar's locked out workers marks a line in the sand

By Tom Niemisto, Minnesota 2020

This week marks the centennial of folksinger Woody Guthrie's birth. It's also been a year since American Crystal Sugar locked out its workers.

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A sugar company's bitter stance: One year into American Crystal's lock-out of workers

By Tom Niemisto, Minnesota 2020

This week marks a full year for

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Environmental stewardship in an alley near you: New project creates jobs through salvaging useable materials

By Tom Niemisto, Minnesota 2020

White moving vans have been circling

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