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Reduced lunch pay policies causing some students to go hungry

Inconsistent and demeaning policies for students who show up in a Minnesota school cafeteria without lunch money cause too many to go away hungry, say advocates for low-income families pushing for broader subsidies for school meals.

Twin Cities Presbyterians could clear the way for gay clergy

If Twin Cities church leaders vote to remove a requirement that ministers and lay leaders be faithfully married heterosexuals or celibate singles, it would be the final vote needed to ratify the change nationally. (05/10/2011)

Study gives insight into student bullies and their victims

Students regularly involved with bullying -- either as a bully, a victim, or both -- also are less likely to earn A's and B's, the study found. (05/09/2011)

Preschool scholarships in Minn. tap market forces

The Minnesota Legislature is considering the expansion of an unusual early childhood program inspired by the work of a former Federal Reserve economist and tested in St. Paul. (05/08/2011)

Sediment from farm runoff poses a threat to Lake Pepin

The upper third of the scenic lake in the Mississippi could be filled in over the next 100 years. An MPCA draft report cites farm runoff as a major cause, but state officials have little leverage to compel changes that could save the lake. (05/12/2011)