‘Dual tracking’ trap: Owners lose homes while trying to modify mortgages
Bills before the Minnesota Legislature would outlaw the practice in the state.
Sharon Schmickle
Sharon Schmickle is an award-winning journalist with 30 years of experience covering local, national and international news.
How is Minnesota’s ‘middle class’ doing?
President Obama and Gov. Mark Dayton say the middle class needs help. Who are they talking about and what’s the past decade been like for these Minnesotans?
How Minnesota’s American-Indian students are doing in school
American Indian students lag far behind their white counterparts in Minnesota schools.
Minnesota centenarians: 1,211 in 2010
Americans living to 100 and older overwhelmingly are women. Even among women, though, centenarians are rare.
Minnesota timeline: How gambling came to reservations
Here’s a timeline of court decisions and other developments.
Shooting at Accent Signage puts focus on workplace violence
The Minneapolis shootings are sobering, but we’re safer at work than elsewhere.
Forget the ‘mommy wars’ — it’s the economy, stupid
Behind the political jousting for women’s favor on Election Day, there are two gender gaps: one political and one economic.
Census figures reveal changing face of marriage, family in Minnesota and nation
The decade ending in 2010 has seen a jump in mixed-race couples, couples living together outside marriage and people living alone.
Every day is tax day somewhere in Minnesota
We call this tax day, but most of the taxes most of us pay do not come due in mid-April.
Making the case for early ed, Art Rolnick has had ‘enormous impact’
Art Rolnick’s arguments on behalf of preschoolers have stirred a potent movement in Minnesota and far beyond.
‘Driving Change’ panel: Rolnick is a ‘leader as illuminator’
Art Rolnick put an economic lens on existing studies and then thrust the findings into the limelight.
‘Driving Change’ panel: Good role models helped develop O’Neil’s compassion
One of Steve O’Neil’s colleagues described his leadership this way: “Steve transforms how people see the world, and he does it in a way that he brings people along on the journey.”
Steve O’Neil: a driving force to end homelessness, save taxpayers money
DULUTH — The goal is not just to provide emergency shelters, but to end homelessness by addressing its underlying causes.
‘Driving Change’ panel: ‘It’s about getting people to join you’
Kathleen Allen borrowed biological terms to discuss Paul Fleissner’s approach to leadership.
Southeastern counties develop bold ways to stretch dollars
Paul Fleissner has led a collaboration on services for the mentally ill and the chemically dependent — and now they’re in new territory.
Redistricting: Competition or safe seats?
Competition could have nudged Minnesota’s politics away from extremes, but the redistricting plan largely preserves the status quo.
‘Driving Change’ panel: Roehrig built cultural bridges between reservation students and STEM studies
Augsburg College history professor Bill Green comments on aspects of leadership presented in “Pulling STEM out of compartments and into students’ everyday lives.”
Pulling STEM out of compartments and into students’ everyday lives
Gillian Roehrig is literally going extra miles to prepare the next generation to thrive amid ever more sophisticated science and technology.
You fix the Minnesota deficit
Try your hand at balancing the budget with MinnPost’s interactive calculator.
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