Citizens League Voice: Minimum Wage, Maximum Effort

Citizens League Voice: Minimum Wage, Maximum Effort

League Notes By Quinton Skinner Balancing business bottom lines with livable incomes for workers is at the heart of contentious minimum-wage debates across the country. With the issue coming to St. Paul, the Citizens League has convened an independent committee to...
Citizens League Update: August 16, 2018

Citizens League Update: August 16, 2018

Tuesday, August 21: Mind Opener: Peering Over the “Benefits Cliff” Join us Tuesday morning for our next Mind Opener, where Stephanie Hogenson, Outreach Director at Children’s Defense Fund-Minnesota will join us to explain potential “cliff...
Citizens League Voice: Sage Council

Citizens League Voice: Sage Council

Conversation Starters By Quinton Skinner The Civic Caucus goes beyond the headlines to provide the public with nonpartisan policy recommendations Sunlight streams through the windows of a meeting room off the main hall of the Woman’s Club of Minneapolis, where two tax...
Citizens League Voice: Moving Minnesota Forward

Citizens League Voice: Moving Minnesota Forward

The First Word By Pahoua Hoffman Too often, the problems we face are due to a lack of vision and collaboration A question I often get when I’m out and about in the community is: Whom does the Citizens League serve? And I take pride in reminding members and potential...
A Good Debate: Ground Control

A Good Debate: Ground Control

A Good Debate: Ground Control The pros and cons of copper-nickel mining in northern Minnesota Summer 2018 JUMP TO: JUST THE FACTS | OPENING ARGUMENTS | CROSS-EXAM Each quarterly issue of Citizens League Voice will feature a section that involves bringing people...