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Sustainable: Minnesota to Set Up 'Value of Solar' Tariff
Finance & Commerce-03/31/14
Minnesota is about to become the first state in the US to establish a 'value of solar' tariff that would introduce a new way to credit businesses and homes that sell their solar-generated energy to utilities. There's the potential for fewer natural gas peak power plants and for reduced costs related to distribution, fuel costs and other associated charges. Less carbon pollution also should be a result as solar grows.

ND Hopes to Lure Workers with Promises of the 'Good Life'
Star Tribune-04/13/14
North Dakota’s oil boom has lured thousands of new workers to the state, but it still needs a lot more. So is Minnesota in competition with North Dakota? How to talk 'Fargo'. 

From Fish to Pipes, Minnesota Firms See Opportunity in Growing Water Challenge
MPR.org-04/15/14
'Our state has a very good chance of positioning our water technology industry as worthy of the rest of the world's attention,' said Steve Riedel, DEED.  

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St. Paul's Hill Library Named 'Greatest Historical Treasure'

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State Gains 2,600 jobs in March
Minnesota’s labor force surpassed the 3 million mark for the first time in state history in March. The state labor force participation rate climbed 0.1 percent to 70.6 percent. 

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Taylor, pictured second from right, was a Bemidji High School dropout when he entered Bemidji Youthbuild, run by Bi-County Community Action Programs. That one decision changed his life: Taylor earned his high school diploma and nationally-recognized construction and pre-apprenticeship credentials, racked up highway clean-up community service hours and volunteered at an elementary school and nursing home. Once on the construction site, Taylor gained confidence and displayed strong leadership skills. He went on to become a Youthbuild crew leader and intern -- and today works for a local construction company. Since 1990, Bemidji Youthbuild has constructed or rehabbed more than 12 single-family homes, two Head Start facilities, and 20 homes for transitional housing. Read more about Youth programs.