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Associate editor at MinnPost; formerly SW News Media, AP; author of The New Minnesotans and editor of Writing Insights. facebook.com/thenewminnesotans/
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Senate ‘besties’ and ‘Team House’ powered bonding bill through session

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By Gregg Aamot Verified
| MinnPost Verified
DFLer Sandra Pappas and Republican Karin Housley, the respective Senate leads on capital investment, emerged from days of bonding bill negotiations Sunday calling each other “besties.” Their representative counterparts, Fue Lee and Mary Franson, formed a unified “Team House” throughout the talks, as a colleague later put it. The group formed working relationships long before the session’s home stretch.
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Students step up for bill that would promote media literacy among the TikTok generation

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By Gregg Aamot Verified
| MinnPost Verified
This story was produced as part of ThreeSixty Journalism’s 2026 Capitol Reporting Workshop for Minnesota youth, with financial support from the Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation. If it weren’t for an Instagram post, high school senior Mary Jensen would never have found herself testifying before the Minnesota Senate Education Policy Committee.
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Minnesota lawmakers debate READ Act changes as literacy concerns persist

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By Gregg Aamot Verified
| MinnPost Verified
Growing up, Heather Edelson struggled with dyslexia. “I didn’t really read well until probably late middle school,” said Edelson, a Hennepin County commissioner and a former Minnesota state representative. “It was really challenging.” Edelson’s experience represents broader literacy challenges in Minnesota that persist today. Since 2013, literacy proficiency rates for third graders have dropped from nearly 56% to about 46%, according to Compass Education.
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