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Deep Dive: How the Attorney General’s Office Impacts Affordability, Housing, and Healthcare

At a recent campaign rally for Attorney General Keith Ellison, Sen. Tina Smith, Rep. Ilhan Omar, and Ellison talked about several key issues impacting voters this season. Following are excerpts of the discussion, including Ellison's talking points about the economics of daily living, healthcare, housing, and other details related to how affordability is tied up in government policy and enforcement.
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A Conversation About Priorities with U.S. Senate Candidate Peggy Flanagan

Two of our Future Forward editorial board members — a board of women under the age of 25 — had a chance to talk with Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, who is running for U.S. Senate. Here is some of the conversation.
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EXPLAINER: Mining in Minnesota

Minnesota has mined iron for well over a century, and it is still the largest producer of iron ore and taconite in the United States. Now the state is at the center of a bigger question: should it open a second kind of mining, for copper, nickel and other metals, in some of its most water-rich landscapes? This Explainer is part of a series designed to help people understand how the government — and the people we elect to it — serve the common good with the decisions they make about policy and funding priorities that impact the interconnected whole.
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Enduring ecofeminist

According to all calculations, 2050 is when the environment will become practically unlivable, and our grandkids are going to be alive then. Unless we turn things around radically, they're facing cataclysm.
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Trees of reconciliation

"I was distressed about particularly the outcome of our involvement in Iraq. This seemed like something small that I could do to contribute in a positive way."
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Heartstrings

"I love this business. I love the role we play with mating people to the instruments and giving them a voice by which they can express themselves."
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‘It’s still me’: Cancer survivor Jan Strassburg opens her own wig shop to help women deal with hair loss.

Jan Strassburg (Photo by Amber Procaccini) Jan Strassburg…
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Economic web

"Part of what the 'buy local' movement is doing is rediscovering the value of community."
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‘In the Body of the World’

"Everything that was happening in my body with the cancer reminded me of the carelessness with which we treat the earth, treat life, treat bodies, treat ourselves - the dishonoring."
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Walking the water

Ecosystem content is made possible by Organic Lawns by LUNSETH Sharon…
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2,000 miles, 2 women and 1 canoe

Natalie Warren and Ann Raiho (Photo Courtesy of Jens and Barbara…
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Persistence, patience and prayers

"I have good business now and God has given me so much. I want to share my blessings and give to others. I want to help people who suffer, especially the children."
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Lenor Scheffler: Trailblazing attorney with heart

Lenor Scheffler (Courtesy Photo) Lenor Scheffler learned…
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