Brick-and-mortar projects and a bevy of programs and service important to the disability community hang in the balance as the 2017 Minnesota Legislature nears its May 22 adjournment date. Gov.…
Day: May 10, 2017
Deadline is approaching: Nominate someone for Charlie Smith Award
Someone out there works every day to provide outstanding service to Minnesotans with disabilities. That someone works for change in the community, lobbies policymakers, works to promote equal rights and…
Survey shows key changes in attitudes
How do Minnesotans feel about their neighbors with developmental disabilities? Some attitudes have changed for the better over the past 50 years. Other beliefs are cause for alarm and show…
May 2017 Issue Sponsors: DHS, SEIU HEALTHCARE working together to address workforce challenge
DHS and SEIU are involved in a joint effort to help meet this challenge. The State of Minnesota and SEIU reached a collective bargaining agreement in 2015 that includes strategies…
Editor's Column - May 2017
Ok, too much to talk about on the political front, but I can’t resist one weather-related question: When will warm summer days come and stay for more than three days?…
History Note: Gillette marks 120 years’ groundbreaking service to children
What is now Gillette Children’s Specialty Healthcare is celebrating 120 years’ service to the community. Supporters gathered at the capitol April 25 to mark the occasion. On April 23, 1897,…