March 2012
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Everything you need to know about the potential... →
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“If we could be married, most of these legal barriers would disappear. Instead,...”
– All new parents face obstacles. But today’s commentary writer Annie Anderson reveals the additional hurdles that she will deal with while trying to adopt the child that her partner will give birth to next month. Read the whole commentary here.
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February 2012
35 posts
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State facility for the mentally ill risks losing...
From reporter Madeleine Baran:
David Proffitt, the administrator of the state’s largest facility for the mentally ill and dangerous, began his new job in August 2011 with a vow to improve patient care and reduce the use of restraints and seclusion.
The Minnesota Security Hospital, however, shows few signs of turning around. If anything, some of the problems have worsened and new...
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Have we all been suckered in by that jobs-skills...
From reporter and On Campus blogger Alex Friedrich:
In the past year or so I’ve written and reposted a number of articles on the supposed jobs-skills mismatch in Minnesota (and America overall), and some questions have slowly started to nag me.
Among them:
How can it really be that despite all of our top-flight educational resources there’s a mismatch — and that it’s the education sector’s ...
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“There’s something special going on in Minnesota right now. I think the day...”
– Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl talks with Tom Crann about Minnesota’s record number of James Beard Award nominations this year.
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“The beauty of science and the beauty of studies like this is that it’s...”
– Dr. Jon Hallberg talks with All Things Considered host Tom Crann about a new study showing that amoxicillin is no more effective in treating sinus infections than placebos.
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Use this cool interactive map to see what... →
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Redistricting maps released today
From reporter Catharine Richert:
The state’s new political boundaries pair Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann and DFL Rep. Betty McCollum in a redrawn 4th Congressional District that stretches from St. Paul east to the St. Croix River.
A Minnesota five-judge panel released the new maps today.
McCollum’s District now effectively cuts Washington County in half and includes a part of...
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