Part 2 of the two-part series with Center for Rural Policy & Development President, Brad Finstad, on the outcome and potential challenges of the recent election.

While coal was once the dominant source of fuel for Minnesota’s electrical grid, renewable energy in Minnesota is leading the way for a fossil-fuel-free future.  A new study by the University of Minnesota’s Energy Transition Lab highlights that the clean energy economy in Minnesota is expanding, that jobs, ratepayer savings and economic benefits are being ...

  Center for Rural Policy & Development President Brad Finstad reviews the results of the election and what it means for rural Minnesota.  

Center for Rural Policy & Development President Brad Finstad talks about the upcoming MN Legislative session and the challenges ahead.  

In this week’s podcast, Julie Nelson from the Small Business Development Center at Minnesota State Mankato talks about a small business program aimed at helping veterans become entrepreneurs.

There’s been a lot of interest in the Center’s latest article, “A quiet crisis: Minnesota’s child care shortage,” and in fact we were invited to speak this week to the MN State Legislature’s joint task force on affordable child care, which was set up to look into the issue of the current shortage. The circumstances and effects ...

Frank Frederickson, general manager of hydro and biomass renewable operations at Minnesota Power, located in northeast Minnesota, joins us again this week to talk about hydroelectric power. Minnesota Power started out as a hydroelectric power company and is still largest operator of hydropower in the state.

Our guest this week is Frank Frederickson, general manager of Minnesota Power’s hydro and biomass renewable operations in northeastern MN. Frank and Jim talk about MN Power’s journey into renewable energy with wind, biomass, and hydropower.

Crow Wing County Administrator and CRPD board chairman Tim Houle joins us again this week to talk about the workforce shortage. This time we discuss why young families are moving to rural areas and what we need to do to attract them to our towns.

This week on RuralMN Radio, Crow Wing County Administrator Tim Houle joins us to talk about the wave of people leaving the workforce as Baby Boomers reach retirement age. Greater Minnesota communities are already feeling the pinch.