I’m excited that on Thursday, February 17, I will be participating with U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, Governor Mark Dayton and other high-ranking federal officials in kicking off the national “New Markets, New Jobs” tour right here in Minneapolis. The tour is designed to help small and medium-size businesses grow exports and grow jobs, and [...]
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Ever wonder who gets to give the President advice before he gives a State of the Union address? Well, the good news is that this year, the answer is: a lot of you. I know this because I was lucky enough to be invited to the White House last Thursday to talk to President Obama [...]
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Mayor Rybak today made the following statement about the benefits of President Obama’s health-insurance reform and congressional Republicans’ attempts to “repeal” it: “There’s no two ways about it: health-insurance reform is doing more to help middle-class families than any other act in decades — and that’s saying a lot, coming as it does from a [...]
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The folks at PFund — a great local community foundation that advances the cause of social justice for LGBT people and communities in the Upper Midwest, and one of only a handful of foundations in America that is run by and for LGBT communities — are doing their part to combat bullying of LGBT youth. I [...]
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