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Archives for October 2012

Broadband

Sibley County opts out of fiber project, may give rise to farmer cooperative

Jennifer VogelJennifer Vogel October 29, 2012, 3:29 PM Oct 29, 2012

Farmers in Sibley County are forming a fiber cooperative in the hopes of raising money to join a broadband project after county commissioners opted out.

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Health care

Rural Minnesota looks good on insurance map

Dave PetersDave Peters October 25, 2012, 1:20 PM Oct 25, 2012

Daily Yonder’s health insurance map makes rural Minnesota look better than the rest of rural America.

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Local Food

How to put the ‘market’ in farmers market

Dave PetersDave Peters October 25, 2012, 9:54 AM Oct 25, 2012
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As farmers markets attract more price-conscious customers, there are ways markets can encourage more competitive prices.

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Diversity

Latino runs for school board in St. James, would be city’s first

Jennifer VogelJennifer Vogel October 23, 2012, 10:26 AM Oct 23, 2012
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Despite sizable Latino populations in many cities in outstate Minnesota, Latino elected officials are rare.

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Local government finance

Did that government program really work? How do you know?

Dave PetersDave Peters October 11, 2012, 1:33 PM Oct 11, 2012

Governments need to plan more rigorous evaluations of their programs, Jon Baron, president of the Coalitino for Evidence-Based Policy, told several hundred Minnesotans.

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Health care

Rural hospitals get help with electronic records

Dave PetersDave Peters October 5, 2012, 3:44 PM Oct 5, 2012

The federal government is sending $30 million to regional offices of the Department of Health and Human Services in an effort to get more small rural hospitals to switch to electronic record-keeping.

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Local government finance

Local government innovation is worth cash this year

Dave PetersDave Peters October 4, 2012, 10:44 AM Oct 4, 2012

The University of Minnesota’s Humphrey Institute is holding the sixth annual contest to encourage local government innovation. This time the winner gets $25,000.

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Local government finance

City budget wind blows less harshly this fall. Updated

Dave PetersDave Peters October 3, 2012, 11:20 AM Oct 3, 2012

The budget and tax angst that city leaders in Minnesota felt a year ago has eased somewhat in 2012.

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