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Minnesota Health Plan draws citizen support, passes committee

By Andy Birkey , Minnesota Monitor

It’s not often that bills in Senate committee hearings are greeted with an overflow crowd, but that was the case Monday as the Minnesota Health Plan was taken up by the Health, Housing and Family Security Committee. More than 100 people wearing stickers in support a single-payer system crowded into the committee hearing to show their silent support for the bill presented by Sen. John Marty, DFL-Roseville. 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 »