English Language Learners are prevalent and prospering
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English Language Learners, or ELLs, are students whose first language is not English but who are in the process of learning English. Continue Reading
Last week, in Toxic waters
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Last week, a report by Environment Minnesota (and co-authored by the Frontier Group) was released summa Continue Reading
Clean your boats: Minnesotans get it, why doesn’t the EPA?
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“Pick It or Ticket.” That’s a tortured line of poetry, but it sums up the message the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is sending to Minnesota boaters. When you trailer your boat from one lake to another, you have to clean it thoroughly. Otherwise, you could be transporting aquatic invasive species like zebra mussels or Eurasian water milfoil from an infested lake to a clean one. Continue Reading
Bonding: It’s herring, not for hugs
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This session of the Minnesota Legislature is supposed to be about bonding. By bonding, I don’t mean the “Hug a Ranger” campaign to raise awareness of the importance of the Iron Range. Continue Reading
Stepping further from the precipice
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As the one year anniversary of the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear disaster approaches, Stephen Smith of the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy recently Continue Reading
Will Spirit Airlines be a boon or a bane?
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After a flurry of self-congratulation, the Metropolitan Airports Commission announced they landed a new airline for MSP. Spirit Airlines is going to fly twice a day to Las Vegas and once a day to O’Hare, starting Memorial Day. Continue Reading
Debunking myths of affordable housing: “Homes for All” airs on TPT Sunday
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Affordable housing in Minnesota still is getting a bad rap, but this might change with a new public television documentary airing on Sunday: Homes for All.
New anti-bullying bill is an improvement
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Minnesota recently introduced a new bill in the state legislature (House File 1953) to strengthen our existing anti-bullying law, which has been touted Continue Reading
Race to the bottom: Minnesota’s health care gap
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Here’s one of those Minnesota ironies highlighting yet another gap in our community: While Minnesota ranks among the best in overall health quality, we have one of the nation’s largest health quality gaps by race. Continue Reading