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Business has picked up for anti-harassment training programs developed by Stinson Leonard Street LLP employment attorney Amy Conway. Propelling the interest has been the #metoo movement, she said. Clients have come to her for two reasons — to “check the ...

Kodi Verhalen grew interested in law while working as an environmental engineer with Great River Energy. As an engineer she saw how administrative law and utilities interact with government regulators. While continuing to work at Great River, Verhalen enrolled in ...

League of Women Voters seeks more open forums

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A new state law that went into effect Jan. 1 requires commercial property owners in the seven-county Twin Cities region to have recycling and garbage-collection programs in place. Any buildings that collect more than 4 cubic yards of waste a ...

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After running the energy office for the city of Minneapolis for a decade, Sheldon Strom saw an opportunity to break away from the bureaucracy and start a nonprofit energy organization in 1989. The city had “lost interest in energy,” he ...

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The United Nations’ Paris conference that led to an agreement to slow global warming could not hide the reality that the environment is undergoing a dramatic transformation around the world. While Minnesota is not threatened by rising oceans or desertification, ...

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There is a growing campaign around the region to replace drinking water with rainwater for irrigation, save money on wastewater treatment and help clean up streams, rivers and lakes along the way.

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