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Public broadcasting = Government broadcasting
Private sector broadcasters like NBC have an incentive to provide programming the public likes. 'Public' sector broadcasters like TPT have an incentive to provide programming the government likes. Tha...
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Minnesota’s unemployment rate is down from July to August, but the number of people unemployed is up 20% over the year
Over the last year, Minnesota's working age population has grown faster than that of the United States generally, but employment has increase more slowly. As a result, while the number of unemployed r...
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Why is crime rising in Minneapolis?
The recent surge in attacks in downtown Minneapolis does not seem to be driven by economic deprivation but by simple sadism. ...
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With crime rising in Minneapolis, residents want more police on the streets
With robberies in downtown’s western half up 70% over the same period last year, 63% of Minneapolis residents support expanding the city’s police force to 850 patrol officers....
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Should the federal government really be putting the Packers on TV? (Take 2)
Great news! The federal government has solved all the problems facing the United States and can now devote time and effort to putting the Green Bay Packers on TV....
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