A week out from the Nevada Caucus, a group called Kitchen Table Conversations filed with the Federal Election Commision on Friday, with the stated goal of assisting Klobuchar in maintaining momentum after a third place finish in New Hampshire.
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Community Voices
Can you imagine having an application rejected because you don’t have a middle name and didn’t write “N/A” or “None”? Sadly, this isn’t a figment of the imagination.
D.C. Memo
Klobuchar’s New Hampshire finish; interview with Stephanie Schriock of Emily’s List; Rep. Angie Craig gets a bill passed; and more.
Artscape
ALSO: Ragamala Dance Company’s “Written in Water” at the Ordway; “What God Is Honored Here?” readings at University Club of St. Paul.
Environment
Around the world, communities are using “Rights of Nature” laws to defend waterways, species and more from human threats.
Eric Black Ink
The bar is low.
Second Opinion
Women appear to benefit even more than men by combining aerobic physical activity with muscle-strengthening exercises.
Community Voices
We need a statewide effort to define what responsible mining means in a 21st-century economy, how it should be regulated, encouraged, and, once permitted, how it should be governed.
State Government
Meanwhile, at the Legislature, bills by Republicans and DFLers are also seeking to respond to the reality and perception that Metro Transit trains and buses aren’t safe.
Good Jobs
As a lack of affordable child care has increasingly become a concern around Minnesota, new spending for the CCAP program is one way legislators from both parties are mulling how the government can help families enroll kids in early learning.
