Who feeds our children during the summer? The May 29 Rural Minnesota Radio program talks about just this question. The Center is releasing a mini-research piece this week on what children in the free and reduced-price lunch program do for meals during the summer. The infographic shows another example of issues rural and metro counties have in common and the barriers in rural counties that make it difficult to make this program work.
Category Archives: Radio
Taking the Rural Pulse, part 2
In this second half of Jim’s interview with Dr. Kathleen Annette, they talk about other findings of the Blandin Foundation’s Rural Pulse survey, including rural Minnesotans’ top priorities, optimism in spite of challenges, and the fact metro residents agree that the rural voice is not being heard.
Blandin Foundation’s Rural Pulse survey, part 2
For more on the Rural Pulse survey, visit www.ruralpulse.org.
Minnesota and water
Who would think Minnesota had issues with water? Water issues are very real for our state, though, and the opportunity to address them is now. Marnie and Jim discuss how taxpayers shouldn’t ignore where our water comes from and how it’s used.
Small business and broadband
Folks from the General Accountability Office, a non-partisan fact-gathering agency serving Congress, visited Mankato this week to learn more about what small business owners needs are when it comes to broadband. Jim and Marnie go over some of the discussion.
RMR: 4/24/13 Small business and broadband
Getting things done
Marnie discusses the recent Rural Policy Leadership Institute, where attendees learned new strategies for setting goals and achieving them.
Legislative Update
Brad and Jim discuss how the legislative session is progressing and where things are at in mid April as bills move from committee to the House and Senate floors. Will having both the legislature and the Governor’s office controlled by the same party have an impact on the process?
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