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Minnesota can play a big role in challenging corporate power
The quadriga horses at the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul, Minnesota. Photo by Tony Webster. This is part of an occasional series on the new threat of monopoly power on America’s economy and political system. Read part 1 on efforts to curb monopoly power in the 19th century. Part 2 on how the successful effort to curb monopoly power helped build the middle class. Part 3 on the Reagan-era intellectual framework that dismantled antimonopoly policy.
OPINION EXCHANGE | Cities' small businesses deserve state aid, too
Drive down Lake Street, West Broadway or University Avenue, and you'll see parts of Minneapolis and St. Paul that are relatively unchanged since civil unrest devastated these communities following the killing of George Floyd last May. With the trial of former officer Derek Chauvin looming large in the Twin Cities, we cannot forget that in addition to justice and public safety reform, resources are also desperately needed to help these neighborhoods and small businesses rebuild.
OPINION EXCHANGE | Corridors: The opportunity on Lake Street. And Midway. And Broadway.
“We can make this the renaissance of Lake Street.” Those are the words of Eduardo Barrera, general manager of Mercado Central, a bustling Latino marketplace of 35 small businesses that opened its doors in 1997. Envisioned as a resource to build economic power and promote economic opportunity, Mercado Central is one of 1,500 businesses that sustained property damage after the death of George Floyd in police custody.
OPINION EXCHANGE | Omar, Dziedzic, Noor: Cedar-Riverside high-rise fire must prompt action
The day before Thanksgiving, families across the country gathered around their dining tables to give thanks and break bread. But many families in the Twin Cities were not sitting down for a holiday dinner — instead they were facing indescribable tragedy. On Wednesday, Nov. 27, a fire broke out in a 25-story public housing building in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood of Minneapolis, near where all of us grew up. Five people lost their lives that day.
Counties Object To Paying For DHS Accounting Mistakes
By Esme MurphyDecember 9, 2019 at 5:22 pm MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – More billing mistakes at the Department of Human Services mean Minnesota counties are on the hook for $9 million. A spreadsheet shows every single Minnesota county owes money for chemical dependency programs. Hennepin County owes $2.1 million, Ramsey County owes $629,000 and Dakota County is expected to pay $423,000. St. Louis County, which includes Duluth, owes $629,000.
OPINION EXCHANGE | Anniversary of Tree of Life shooting is a reminder that we must work together to end hate crimes
Sunday, Oct. 27 marks the first anniversary of the shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh that claimed the lives of 11 Jewish worshipers. It was the largest lethal attack on the Jewish community in American history. The murders continue to reverberate through Jewish and other communities under threat of extremism.
A more vibrant, more equitable state for all of us - Mshale
Print Email Mohamud Noor, a Democrat, represents District 60B in the Minnesota House of Representatives. As of the 91st Minnesota Legislature, he is the only black elected male in the Minnesota House of Representatives. Washington could take a page out of Minnesota’s handbook. While both have divided governments and passionate lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, Minnesota’s leaders were able to come together to forge significant bipartisan compromises this year.
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