Michael OlsonThe divisions among Democrats were on full display during the special session in the state Senate. Read more →
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MPR News StaffThe archbishop of St. Paul and a deputy bishop resigned Monday after prosecutors there charged the archdiocese with having failed to protect children from unspeakable harm from a pedophile priest. Read more →
“All entrepreneurship is social entrepreneurship, just as all business helps provide a social good. The moment we come to accept that, the clearer our view will be of how entrepreneurship can help better our nation and our society,” opines Ray Hennesey at Entrepreneur. Read more →
Minnesota is training teachers “around the state on the importance of so-called purposeful play — when teachers subtly guide children to learning goals through games, art and general fun,” reports the New York Times. Read more →
Kalief Browder, the young man who was held for years in a New York jail without a trial, killed himself on Saturday. Read more →
The charges place responsibility for the abuse of those children not just on Wehmeyer “but the archdiocese as well,” Ramsey County attorney John Choi told reporters as he announced the charges. Read more →
President Obama says China open to joining trade partnership, do you think it is a good idea? Read more →
“Labor trafficking is a huge problem globally. There really isn’t any industry that is immune to this problem,” says Agatha Tan, a senior adviser on labor trafficking at the Polaris Project. Read more →
“When Gov. Dayton and House Republican leaders agreed to spend $525 million more on schools over the next two years, it brought to an end the governor’s push for universal pre-kindergarten,” writes MPR News reporter Catharine Richert. Read more →
The USA Freedom Act would put new constraints on how the government could obtain records under the PATRIOT Act and other national security laws, reports Politico. Read more →