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Knowledge is Power on Transportation Issues
On the theory that 300 million Americans can't be wrong - and even if they are, the customer is always right -- politicians and public policymakers pay careful attention to opinion polls. Where else would recent calls by presidential candidates for a federal gasoline tax holiday have come from?

But citizens can be misinformed, such as by the dubious notion that a break from taxes at the gas pump would noticeably improve their economic well-being without further degrading the roads and bridges they drive on. That's the bad news.



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Teacher Cuts Decimate State Education
Budget cuts are forcing school districts statewide to lay off up to 15 percent of their teachers.
 
Minnesota's Bubble Economy
Minnesota agriculture is riding high -- perhaps too high to be sustainable. Clearly, price bubbles are forming around farmland and commodities that threaten the long-term health of Minnesota's huge food and agriculture economy.
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