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Looking to reduce discipline disparities, House bill would ban preschool suspensions in Minnesota

By Taryn Phaneuf | 03/22/2019

“Those who are not familiar with these statistics are often shocked to hear that students in preschool are three times more likely to be suspended than kids in K-12,” said Rep. Ruth Richardson, DFL-Mendota Heights.

Hiawatha Avenue homeless encampment

Metro

Report highlights growing number of homeless seniors in Minnesota

By Jessica Lee | 03/22/2019
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Sports

Will Major League Baseball’s rule changes actually do anything to speed up the game?

By Pat Borzi | 03/22/2019

Metro

Map: Who’s supposed to fix that %@#$ing Minneapolis pothole?

By Tom Nehil | 03/22/2019
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Community Sketchbook

At Arts Us, students focus on culture, leadership — and connecting to history

By Samantha HoangLong | 03/22/2019
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Inside MinnPost

Confession: we’re kind of obsessed with you

By Tanner Curl | 03/22/2019

Community Voices

Will Walz’s One Minnesota agenda help even the higher-ed playing field?

By Darrell Downs | 03/22/2019
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Artscape

Minnesota Orchestra’s summer fare: Latin American music

By Pamela Espeland | 03/22/2019

ALSO: Dessa Live Concert Recording with the Minnesota Orchestra; Ballet Preljocaj at Northrop; and more.

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D.C. Memo

D.C. Memo: The worst kind of dumb

By Andrew Putz | 03/22/2019

Still waiting for the Mueller report; Trump’s Twitter spree; fact-checking Klobuchar; and more.

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Earth Journal

From new jobs for coal country to the moose’s long decline, some great reads

By Ron Meador | 03/22/2019

Also: Why unfunded cleanup costs are a virtual certainty in mining for copper, nickel and other metals.

Maddie Gaffrey

Second Opinion

Gun deaths rising at ‘alarming’ rates in U.S. among school-aged children, study finds

By Susan Perry | 03/22/2019

More than twice as many American kids were shot dead in 2017 than active duty U.S. military personnel and on-duty police officers combined.

Community Voices

100% clean energy will benefit the health and well-being of all Minnesotans

By Michael Menzel and Teddie Potter | 03/22/2019

Minnesota alone cannot solve the global climate challenge, but we can and must do our part. The health and well-being of our communities depend on it.

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Health

Statewide, Minnesota has a healthy measles vaccination rate. But in some school districts, the rate is much lower

By Greta Kaul | 03/21/2019

A threshold of vaccination rate of ninety percent or higher is needed to ensure safety of the general population.

Northfield resident ID card

State Government

The Legislature really wants to help and/or hurt Minnesota cities setting municipal ID programs

By Peter Callaghan | 03/21/2019

Municipal IDs are aimed at providing identification to people who are unwilling or unable to get state driver’s licenses or IDs, often because they are undocumented immigrants.

The Glean

St. Paul to close downtown streets in anticipation of Mississippi flooding

By MinnPost staff | 03/22/2019

Plus: PolyMet receives final permit; the health of Minneapolis’ lakes; Minneapolis plans walkable Final Four; and more.

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  • Earth Journal

    From new jobs for coal country to the moose’s long decline, some great reads

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    On Trump’s self-obsessed McCain comments — and some unsubtle DCCC campaign tactics

  • Second Opinion

    Gun deaths rising at ‘alarming’ rates in U.S. among school-aged children, study finds

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    Will Walz’s One Minnesota agenda help even the higher-ed playing field?

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On Trump’s self-obsessed McCain comments — and some unsubtle DCCC campaign tactics

State Government

The Legislature really wants to help and/or hurt Minnesota cities setting municipal ID programs

Health

Statewide, Minnesota has a healthy measles vaccination rate. But in some school districts, the rate is much lower

Eric Black Ink

Elizabeth Warren adds juice to a longstanding awareness that the Electoral College system is weird and antiquated

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D.C. Memo: The worst kind of dumb

Eric Black Ink

On Trump’s self-obsessed McCain comments — and some unsubtle DCCC campaign tactics

Eric Black Ink

Elizabeth Warren adds juice to a longstanding awareness that the Electoral College system is weird and antiquated

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A reminder: Only three sitting senators have ever been elected president

Business & Economy

Metro

Report highlights growing number of homeless seniors in Minnesota

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Remembering the Twin Cities Reader, 22 years after its death

Economy

Why Minnesota shelters have so many animals from the South

Metro

A majority of Minneapolis’ households now rent their homes

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