Public policy: home runs vs. small-ball
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In baseball, as in public policy, it’s important to remember that there are two ways to play the game: home runs or small-ball.
Continue ReadingAlta Wind: A story of public policy gone right
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I’d like to tell you about the Alta Wind Energy Center – the worlds largest proposed wind power plant, that will be breaking ground on Tuesday in the middle of California – and how public policy got us to this milestone. Continue Reading
What’s cooler than ice cream and tax policy discussion? Not much!
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Taxes, like ice cream, come in many different flavors. However, unlike ice cream, taxes are politically polarizing, and are strangely all over the news lately. Continue Reading
REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK | Farmer’s Markets and Food Stamps
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Do you run any booths at a farmer’s market? Do you have any experience with handling “food stamps,” or what is now known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)?
REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK | Riverside Reconstruction
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Minneapolis is planning a $12 million reconstruction of Riverside Avenue. Do you live or work along Riverside Avenue in Minneapolis?
REPORTERS NOTEBOOK | Rezoning for Central Corridor
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The city is rezoning for the Central Corridor Light Rail project. Are you interested in shaping the City of St. Paul’s development plans? Do you have a background – personally or professionally – with zoning changes or community development? If so, we need your input! We are also interested in hearing perspectives on how the City of St. Paul has done thus far with including community groups, local residents, and business leaders in the discussion about how the Central Corridor project should proceed.
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VISUAL ARTS | Project M lays out the welcome mat(s) in Whittier
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“The whole idea was just to welcome—welcome all these people. If they’ve never been felt welcome before, we are welcoming you now, and we want you to feel that.” said Gina Rios, a junior at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD), talking about her ongoing work in Project M—a two-week-long initiative of 14 people seeking to use their knowledge and skills in art and design to help their community.
Would you like to fix health care today?
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Like the $5 bill you find under the cushions of your couch, important policy discussions can be buried beneath old political story lines. 
Should goverment spend or slash?
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A variety of factors in the last two weeks have restarted a very old argument about what governments should do to promote economic growth during bad times: spend more money, or slash its budget. Continue Reading
National Night Out – is your neighborhood having a party without you?
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Is your block having a National Night Out block party on Aug 3rd? It should! Especially if you like to mix parties with crime prevention…a crime-prevention-party! Continue Reading