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		<title>Happy Digital Learning Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:01:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John LaPlante</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is &#8220;digital learning day,&#8221; a celebration of the possibilities of using online tools to deliver education. Curiously, Minnesota is not one of the 39 states officially observing the day. That&#8217;s too bad, when you consider the possibilities it has to offer students ways to get classes they might not otherwise be able to get, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Funding the Child through Local Aid Proposed</title>
		<link>http://mnfmi.org/2012/01/26/funding-the-child-through-local-aid-proposed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 03:35:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John LaPlante</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A legislative proposal to direct more money towards charter schools is a half a step in the right direction. The idea is that if a child leaves a district school to go to a charter school, some of the locally raised money goes with the student to the charter school. Is send local money to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Minnesota Families Could Have Been $6,000 Better Off With Right-to-Work</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:24:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John LaPlante</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Collective Bargaining]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[How&#8217;d you like some extra money in your pocket? It might come through an unexpected source: do away with mandatory union contracts. Just yesterday, Indiana took a big step in that direction when the state House approved a right-to-work measure. The Senate and governor are both expected to sign on. Today, the Center of the American [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Minnesota has Fifth-worst Tax Climate Among States</title>
		<link>http://mnfmi.org/2012/01/25/minnesota-has-fifth-worst-tax-climate-among-states/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:09:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John LaPlante</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What makes one state more attractive than another as a place to do business? There are a lot of factors, but some, including tax policy, is directly under the control of the Legislature. A new report says that Minnesota&#8217;s tax policy is making the state less attractive than it could be for business. In fact, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Reforming Public Pensions a Winning Idea?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:01:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John LaPlante</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You might say that 2011 was the year when the costs of public pensions started to emerge into the national consciousness, what with all the events that happened in Wisconsin. What does this year hold? A noted Washington DC-based think tank has assembled a group of experts who will address that question. The American Enterprise [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why is School Choice a Free Market Issue?</title>
		<link>http://mnfmi.org/2012/01/22/why-is-school-choice-a-free-market-issue/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 04:58:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John LaPlante</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[With this being National School Choice Week, the question arises: Why is school choice an issue for a free-market think tank? It&#8217;s pretty simple, really: A free market implies some element of widely dispersed decision making. Citizens make most of the decisions that affect their laws, not government officials. That dispersal, practiced imperfectly in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>As Government Expands, Civility Declines</title>
		<link>http://mnfmi.org/2012/01/21/as-government-expands-civility-declines/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 04:20:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John LaPlante</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If something&#8217;s not worth fighting over, will people fight? On Friday night, Mitch Pearlstein and Kim Crockett made a joint appearance on TPT&#8217;s program, Almanac, in recognition of the merger between the Center of the American Experiment and the Minnesota Free Market Institute. I was disappointed the conversation didn&#8217;t turn to some of the ongoing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Minnesota Free Market Institute and Center of the American Experiment have joined forces!</title>
		<link>http://mnfmi.org/2012/01/18/minnesota-free-market-institute-and-center-of-the-american-experiment-have-joined-forces/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:50:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  January 18, 2012 CONTACT: Brian McClung: 612-965-2729 brian@mcclungpr.com Two leading conservative think tanks to combine forces Center of the American Experiment and Minnesota Free Market Institute will focus on building a culture of prosperity Minneapolis, MN — Two influential Minnesota-based conservative public policy organizations – Center of the American Experiment and Minnesota [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;School Choice Week&#8221; Rally and Movie Events in Minnesota on January 26th!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:15:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Charter schools]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Show your support for educational equality through more quality options for ALL children. Join us for a press conference and rally at the State Capitol during National School Choice Week to support legislation that will expand school choice in Minnesota. After the rally, visit your legislators and encourage them to support school choice in Minnesota. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Luncheon Event on January 25th.  Executive Orders: Executive Necessity or Executive Overreach?</title>
		<link>http://mnfmi.org/2012/01/18/luncheon-event-on-january-25th-executive-orders-executive-necessity-or-executive-overreach/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:10:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dayton]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[THE MINNESOTA FREE MARKET INSTITUTE AND CENTER OF THE AMERICAN EXPERIMENT ARE PROUD TO CO-SPONSOR THIS EVENT The Minnesota Lawyers &#38; The University of St. Thomas Law School Chapters of the Federalist Society   Proudly Present:   Executive Orders:  Executive Necessity or Executive Overreach? A panel discussion featuring: Noel Francisco, Jones Day, former Deputy Assistant [...]]]></description>
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