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Minnesota 2020 Journal: “Truth Will Out”
The 2013 Minnesota legislative session pleased and disappointed me. I’m not alone. Many progressives feel shortchanged by some of the session’s public policy outcomes. Yet, it’s important to keep the big picture in mind, celebrating, perhaps with a tight smile, the sea change. We’re better off with the changes than we are without them. The alternative—continuing conservative policy direction—is a downward, state-defeating spiral. Minnesota, like the nation, has been on a conservative policy trajectory for the past 20-30 years. “No new taxes,” as activist rallying cry and as tax policy, facilitated a structural shift in state tax policy. We moved…
VIDEO: Solar Power Turns the Propellers
Every spring the Minnesota Renewable Energy Society hosts the Solar Boat Regatta in Saint Paul, where Minnesota high school students put their designs to the test and race solar-powered boats on Lake Phalen. Over weeks and months, students learn the principles of design, applications of renewable energy, and the importance of teamwork. As Nick Rice, science teacher and coach for City Academy, says, it's all about experiential learning outside the classroom to inspiring excitement for engineering in the next generation. Check out City Academy's team website to see students constructing the boats.
