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Made in MN 2009: Homegrown Holidays
from mn2020 in Research, Business & Economics
It's the time of year when people gather for holiday parties and receptions and to entertain. That means it is also time for Minnesota 2020 to renew its "buy local" campaign for the third year. A severe recession lingers despite some promising signs it may be bottoming out and a slow recovery may...
Checking in on Charter Schools: A Review of 2008 Financia...
from mn2020 in Government Docs
Some of Minnesota's charter schools have a financial management and accountability problem. A Minnesota 2020 examination of the financial audits for all charter schools filed for the 2007-2008 school year found that some conduct their business affairs reasonably well while others face great diffi...
Minnesota's School Counseling Crunch
How kids are caught between shrinking investment & increasing demand on their counselors.
Minnesota's School Counseling Crunch
How kids are caught between shrinking investment & increasing demand on their counselors.
Best Practices - Minnesota's Highest Value Hospitals
from mn2020 in Research, Health & Medicine
Minnesotans don’t have to sacrifice health care quality in order to control costs; however, for the state’s hospitals and medical centers to continue delivering high-quality health care at an efficient value – relative to the rest of the country – state policymakers and health administrators must...
Minnesota's Winds of Progress
When placed in the most optimal location, with the proper investment, research and development, wind farms can create thousands of jobs, revive the economic base of many Minnesota communities hit hard by the recession and help the United States become more energy independent. Already, Minnesota i...
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scribbled: I have recently setup a Wind Energy Group where all the documents and publications may be centralised. The link is http://www.scribd.com/group/83875-win...
Checking in on Charter Schools - An Examination of Chart...
The first charter schools opened in Minnesota in 1992. In 2007, 28,034 students were enrolled in 145 charter schools. They receive $10,500 in taxpayer funds per student. A check of charter school audits from 2007 found: / •83 percent had at least one financial irregularity; / •29 percent did n...
Minnesota's Road to Recovery: An Analysis of Transportati...
Creaky old timber bridges are being replaced. Rough roads are getting new pavement. Deteriorating regional airport runways are being rehabbed. Twin Cities transit riders will hop on new diesel-sipping hybrid buses. Suburban drivers will ply new interchanges and a freeway extension. And a rusting ...
Checking in on Charter Schools - An Examination of Chart...
The first charter schools opened in Minnesota in 1992. In 2007, 28,034 students were enrolled in 145 charter schools. They receive $10,500 in taxpayer funds per student. A check of charter school audits from 2007 found: / •83 percent had at least one financial irregularity; / •29 percent did n...
Minnesota Long Term Care Cuts by Facility
Nursing facility operating rate reduction of 25% Alphabetic sort IID Facility name 50002 ADAMS HEALT
Minnesota FY 2003 & FY 2010 School District Aid, Levy...
Minnesota FY 2003 & FY 2010 School District Aid, Levy, and Revenue
Adding Value the Minnesota Farmers' Way
from mn2020 in Research, Business & Economics
Aparna Bhasin, a Macalester College senior and an undergraduate research fellow at Minnesota 2020, researched and wrote the accompanying report, Adding Value the Minnesota Farmers’ Way, to provide a theoretical approach to evaluating the economic impact of farmers’ investments in creating local p...
Minnesota Property Taxes by the Numbers: 2009 Edition
Since 2002, Minnesota property taxes, in general, and homeowner property taxes, in particular, have increased rapidly. The cause of the statewide growth in property taxes is not growth in local government budgets. These property tax hikes are the result of state policies that require more public...
Estimated Change in Minnesota State Sales Tax Revenue Re...
from mn2020 in Research, Business & Economics
Estimated Change in Minnesota State Sales Tax Revenue Resulting from Various Changes to Sales Tax Base and Rates updated based on 2009 February forecast projections /
Minnesota 2009 Budget Balancing Options
Possible revenue options to balance Minnesota's budget deficit
Estimated Change in Minnesota State Sales Tax Revenue Re...
from mn2020 in Research, Business & Economics
Estimated Change in Minnesota State Sales Tax Revenue Resulting from Various Changes to Sales Tax Base and Rates updated based on 2009 February forecast projections /
Bleeding Communities Dry: How LGA Cuts are Hurting Rural ...
from mn2020 in Magazines & Newspapers
No group of Minnesotans are more qualified to comment on the challenges of delivering public services during a period of diminishing resources than our state's city mayors. Minnesota 2020, in partnership with the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities, and Macalester College, surveyed 43 greater ...
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Chasing Smokestacks: Stranding Small Business 1,142 Reads |
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Made in MN 2008: Boosting Minnesota's Econ... 481 Reads |
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Sticker Shock: Why Property Taxes are Goin... 301 Reads |
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Minnesota's Slip Toward Mediocrity: Less I... 295 Reads |
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Made in MN: The Value of Buying Local this... 368 Reads |
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Food for Thought: Hunger is Bad for Busine... 416 Reads |
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New Fees in the Era of "No New Taxes" 390 Reads |
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Minnesota's Bubble Economy: The Critical N... 760 Reads |
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Growing Gap: Minnesota's Teacher Recruitme... 1,180 Reads |
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A Chilling Call to St. Paul: School Superi... 469 Reads |
