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Striking a Balance: The Role of Unemployment Insurance in Supporting Minnesota Workers

by Jake Schwitzer | Mar 11, 2024

Minnesota’s economic landscape is marked by a growing disparity between corporate profits and workers’ wages. Between 2009 and 2021, corporate profits grew three times more than average earnings. When workers take action to shrink this gap, billionaire-backed...

Powering Progress: Transforming Clean Energy Permitting for a Greener Minnesota

by Jake Schwitzer | Mar 11, 2024

In 2023, Governor Walz and the Minnesota Legislature established one of the nation’s most ambitious climate change goals, committing Minnesota to 100% carbon-free electricity by 2040. While many have rightly cheered this goal, several observers have also pointed out...

Building a Reliable System: The Role of Natural Gas in Minnesota’s Clean Energy Transition

by Jake Schwitzer | Feb 20, 2024

Minnesota has set ambitious goals for addressing climate change and reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. In 2007, the Next Generation Energy Act (NGEA) developed a series of goals to reduce GHG emissions incrementally, aiming for a reduction of 15 percent by 2015,...
Gaining Ground: Minnesota’s Largest School Aid Increase in a Generation

Gaining Ground: Minnesota’s Largest School Aid Increase in a Generation

by Jake Schwitzer | Jan 23, 2024

School finance measures approved by the 2023 legislature and signed into law by Governor Walz provided the largest one year increase in state aid to Minnesota school districts in twenty years. According to data from the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE), total...
Subsidizing Abuse: How Public Financing Fuels Exploitation in Affordable Housing Construction

Subsidizing Abuse: How Public Financing Fuels Exploitation in Affordable Housing Construction

by Jake Schwitzer | Nov 14, 2023

Minnesota faces a significant shortage of affordable housing. Middle and low income Minnesotans are finding it increasingly difficult to rent or buy a home. The supply of low-cost rental housing in Minnesota has actually fallen by a quarter over the last decade, while...
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