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Social Issues

Budget cuts end free supervised parenting help

Budget cuts end free supervised parenting help

Budget cuts have meant an end to supervised parental visits for some low-income families.
by Elizabeth Stawicki

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Minnesota school counselors struggle with huge caseloads

Minnesota school counselors struggle with huge caseloads

Minnesota scores well on some education statistics, but is near the bottom of national rankings for school counselors. Experts say eliminating school counselors leads to lower test scores.
by Dan Gunderson

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Coyle center's work not slowed by neighborhood crime

Coyle center's work not slowed by neighborhood crime

The Brian Coyle center's mission of helping immigrants assimilate is as old as the Cedar Riverside neighborhood itself.
by Dan Olson

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Pilgrims and Abraham Lincoln

Pilgrims and Abraham Lincoln

The Thanksgiving edition of Midmorning features conversations with two of the best known writers of history today.

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A final journey home

A final journey home

More Mexicans are living in the U.S. than ever before and as they die, many families decide to send their loved ones back home to be buried. The process is called repatriation. The decision is an emotional one that often comes at a high cost.
by Elizabeth Baier

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Walk to End Hunger on Thanksgiving

Walk to End Hunger on Thanksgiving

On Thanksgiving morning at the Mall of America, volunteers and participants gather for the first annual "Walk to End Hunger."

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Police take search for missing man to Mississippi

Dive teams are expected to search the Mississippi River Wednesday for an 80-year-old retired St. Cloud State University professor.
by Minnesota News Network

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A new era for stem cell research?

A new era for stem cell research?

President-elect Barack Obama has suggested that he'll be doing an about face on many of President Bush's policies, including the restrictions on stem cell research. Bioethicists, researchers, and the Vatican alike are watching this move closely.

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Willmar entrepreneur is part of growing Somali population

Willmar entrepreneur is part of growing Somali population

The west-central community of Willmar is becoming increasingly diverse. Census data from 2000 shows Willmar had the third largest Latino population in Minnesota. Now, it also has a rapidly-growing Somali population.
by Ambar Espinoza

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Wait time for Section 8 housing increases to 7-12 years

A tight Twin Cities rental housing market is lengthening the waiting time for Section 8 housing for low income people.
by Dan Olson

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