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Tag: Poverty

Five by 8

Will money make kids smarter? (5×8 – 11/13/13)

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 13, 2013, 7:49 AM Nov 13, 2013
36

Professor to give $4,000 to prove a theory, the power of saying ‘I’m sorry,’ Concordia students battle the ‘bottoms up’ brigade at the Capitol, whatever happened to that promise to lower property taxes in Minnesota, and our quest to mean something to somebody. Read more →

Poverty rate drops in college towns when students go uncounted

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 29, 2013, 12:16 PM Jul 29, 2013
1

More than 22 percent of people living in Winona live below the federal poverty level. But exclude the number of college students in the college town and the number drops in half. The same is true for Mankato, another college town in the state. Read more →

Five by 8 · Regional history

5 x 8: Poverty vs. cocaine is no match

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 24, 2013, 7:16 AM Jul 24, 2013
6

The long reach of poverty, the last days of ‘Big Blue,’ the food-truck controversy, the wheelage tax speeds through Minnesota counties, and the car seat’s great leap forward. Read more →

Five by 8

5 x 8: How the middle class died

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 10, 2013, 7:22 AM Jul 10, 2013
9

Is the American Dream dead? Forgetting how to fly. The creeping corruption. Before I did. The urinal sink. Read more →

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