Some Greater Minnesota representatives are left wanting more for local initiatives.
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A study conducted by a faculty member at the University of Minnesota Medical School and Masonic Institute for the Developing Brain has found that high school students who report using drugs, alcohol or nicotine are at higher risk for suicidal thoughts and other mental health disorders. With a team of colleagues from the U of M and Massachusetts General Hospital, Brenden Tervo-Clemmens. Ph.D., an assistant professor, developmental neuroscientist and clinical psychologist with a research focus on adolescent brain development, analyzed survey results from more than 15,000 high school students across Massachusetts and an additional independent sample of 17,000 high school…
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When Rep. Frank Hornstein proposed creating a task force to look at how to change the structure and makeup of the Met Council, he was aware of the skepticism that often greets task forces, work groups and blue-ribbon commissions. The Met Council itself had already undergone the scrutiny of each of those variations and none resulted in substantive changes in how the regional transit, planning and wastewater treatment agency operates. Why would this task force do anything different? “In my faith we start the Passover Seder with a question: ‘Why is this night different from all other nights?’” the Minneapolis DFLer told his…