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Governor, legislators bow to religious right on sex-ed bill

By Andy Birkey , Minnesota Monitor

A bill to ensure age-appropriate and science-based sex education curriculum in Minnesota schools was stripped from the Omnibus Education Policy bill currently being debated in conference committee. Offered in some form for the last eight years, comprehensive sex education has the support of the majority of Minnesotans, yet legislators lack the political will to put the bill on the governor’s desk. MORE »

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Mississippi Watershed group retools grants program, hopes to reach diverse communities

By Paul Purman , TC Daily Planet

A Twin Cities watershed organization has a quarter million dollars of grant money to divvy up over the next few months, and they’re hoping groups that have traditionally not applied for funding will show up for an information meeting on Monday, September 8.

“Look at the demographics of our watershed,” explains Jenny Winkelman, Education & Outreach Coordinator for the Mississippi Watershed Management Organization (MWMO), which covers portions of the cities of Minneapolis, St. Paul, Lauderdale, and St. Anthony. “We have a huge audience we’re trying to reach, many of them fairly recent immigrant communities, such as the Hmong and Somali communities. Most traditional watershed materials are produced for a literate, English-speaking audience and may miss important populations.” MORE »