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Ground Level Blog

Should paramedics help fill the rural health care gap? Check out the debate.

MPR News’ Insight Now this week is debating whether paramedics and other midlevel medical providers should be called upon to expand their roles, even if it means invoking tension over who gets to do what in rural health care.
by Dave Peters

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Balancing the state budget in 3 1/2 hours. Almost.

When the Bush Foundation invited a cross section of 30 Rochester area residents to “solve” Minnesota’s budget problem, they talked sales tax and spending cuts but didn’t all reach agreement.
by Dave Peters

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Some cities more prepared than others for LGA cuts

Some cities in Minnesota anticipated now official cuts to LGA funding, while others hoped for the best and budgeted for their full allotments.
by Jennifer Vogel

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Small cities anticipate LGA funding delay

Small cities are nervously awaiting the results of budget negotiations between Governor Dayton and state legislators, which could reduce LGA allotments for 2011.
by Jennifer Vogel

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U report proposes new approach to farm pollution

U report proposes new approach to farm pollution

The Water Sustainability Framework, written by the U’s Deborah Swackhamer, recommends establishing agricultural management areas, whereby farmers in each of the state’s watersheds would be tasked as a group with reducing pollution.
by Jennifer Vogel

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Broadband 7 revisited: Going without the stimulus

Ground Level’s “Broadband 7″ — places to watch in Minnesota as they try to expand high-speed Internet access — includes three communities going without federal stimulus money. They’re gauging public interest and examining feasibility.
by Dave Peters

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Broadband 7 update: Fiber hard to find and bids high but construction starts

Federal broadband stimulus projects in Minnesota have been beset by bids higher than expected and by a tsunami-related shortage of fiber optic cable, but construction nonetheless is starting this month near Lakefield and Lutsen.
by Dave Peters

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Study: Some rural hospital care is worse

A study published July 6 in the Journal of the American Medical Association reports that small rural hospitals do not provide the same levels of care found in larger hospitals.
by Dave Peters

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