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Posts by Catrin Thorman
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Pensions are under pressure, but unions misplace the blame
Minnesota’s unfunded public pension obligations are not a new problem. But reform is difficult when government unions turn a blind eye to shortchanged pension funds and oppose necessary steps to fix...
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Minnesota Beer Taxes are the 10th Highest in the Country
Minnesota beer retailers are taxed $0.15 per gallon and then an alcohol-specific sales tax of 9 percent. ...
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MN Teachers’ Union Calls Attention to Center’s Employee Freedom Project and Billboards
Education Minnesota President Denise Specht uses her column in the union's publication, Minnesota Educator to call out the Center’s EducatedTeachersMN project and its electronic billboards that welc...
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Grape Success: Vineyard Manager Crushes it with 2-year Degree
At 23 years old, Jamieson Lindquist already has a fruit-filled career and future. With a two-year degree in agriculture, Lindquist is debt free, owns his own home, and is the youngest employee in a ma...
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U of MN struggles to attract local students. Drafted pronoun policy isn’t a good recruitment strategy.
Fall 2018 classes will begin September 4 at the University of Minnesota, but enrollment data shows the university loses more local college-bound students to neighboring states than it attracts. The U ...
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