Year: 2016

We talk again this week with Nancy Norr, Minnesota Power’s director of regional development, to discuss economic development in the Arrowhead Region, including Polymet Mining. Nancy Norr, part 2

Nancy Norr, director of regional development at Minnesota Power in Duluth, joins us this week to talk about roles the power company and its parent company, Allete, play in the Arrowhead region of the state. Nancy Norr, Minnesota Power

The Center’s research director Marnie Werner joins Jim to talk a little more about broadband. One of the points that came out of the research behind our Broadband 101 articles was the idea that communities should have latitude when it comes to deciding what kind of technology to use to bring broadband to their homes and ...

The Center’s CEO joins us again this week to talk about the legislative session so far. Some of the other issues that are hot at the Capitol are broadband, local government aid, and because it’s a bonding session, infrastructure in general. It’s a short session, an election year, and adding to the pressure, construction workers ...

The Center’s CEO Brad Finstad talks with Jim this week about what’s going on at the State Capitol in this very short-session year. In this first part, they take a look at the discussion that has been going on so far around transportation. Legislative review with Brad Finstad

Tony Sertich joins us again this week, this time to talk about the shortage in child care and the challenges it brings to building the workforce. Challenging the child care shortage

Our guest this week is Tony Sertich, CRPD board member, former legislator, former IRRRB commissioner and current president of the Northland Foundation, one of six Initiative Foundations around the state working to invest in Greater Minnesota. This week Tony talks about why the foundations came about and the work they’re doing all over the state. Tony ...

Broadband is expected a big topic at the state legislature this year. This week on RuralMN Radio, Jim and Marnie discuss some of the basic issues of broadband and how it gets to rural areas. Broadband 101

This week on RuralMN Radio we talk more with state Rep. Joe Schomacker of Luverne. Rep. Schomacker chairs the Aging and Long-term Care Committee in the House, and last year the committee tackled the big subject of adjusting nursing home rates. Long-term care discussion with Rep. Joe Schomacker