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  • 2 weeks ago | mprnews.org | Elisabeth Gawthrop |Craig Helmstetter

    President Donald Trump’s administration has been reshaping the federal government since assuming office in January. Among the dramatic changes: Layoffs of thousands of federal workers. After two court cases halted the layoffs last month, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the Trump administration could move ahead with its firing of probationary employees.

  • 2 weeks ago | apmresearchlab.org | Craig Helmstetter

    Editor’s note: This article was originally published April 3, 2025 on Current.org, and is reprinted here with permission. A recent congressional hearing on public media demonstrated that House Republicans and Democrats — at least those who voiced their opinions — are diametrically opposed in their support for continued federal funding of public media. A Pew Research Center survey released the same day showed that the American people aren’t as sharply divided over this question.

  • 3 weeks ago | current.org | Craig Helmstetter

    Last week’s congressional hearing on public media demonstrated that House Republicans and Democrats — at least those who voiced their opinions — are diametrically opposed in their support for continued federal funding of public media. A Pew Research Center survey released the same day showed that the American people aren’t as sharply divided over this question. Overall, a 43% plurality favors continued federal funding, including 69% of Democrats but only 19% of Republicans.

  • 1 month ago | apmresearchlab.org | Craig Helmstetter

    Minnesotans think that being white makes it easier to be successful than is the case for other racial and ethnic groups, and that men have it easier than women DOCUMENTATIONRELATED New poll results show that a higher proportion of Minnesotans perceive being Black, Indigenous and Hispanic makes it more difficult to be successful than is the case for those identifying as Asian, and especially than it is for those identifying as white.

  • 1 month ago | mprnews.org | Craig Helmstetter

    About 40 percent of Minnesotans believe that being Black, Indigenous or Hispanic makes it harder to succeed, a much higher proportion than say that being either Asian or white impedes success, newly released polling shows.

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Craig Helmstetter
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18 Apr 25

RT @MinneapolisFed: Sr. Econ Writer @JeffHorwich delves into the disparity between consumer expectations and market forecasts of inflation.…

Craig Helmstetter
Craig Helmstetter @c_helmstetter
18 Apr 25

RT @pulitzercenter: An investigation by @MPRnews and @APMResearch, based on data from @grist, mapped public state lands held as trust lands…

Craig Helmstetter
Craig Helmstetter @c_helmstetter
18 Apr 25

COVID-19 levels measured in Minnesota's wastewater have been relatively flat recently, but are not as low as I would have guessed given how low hospitalizations have been recently (New data via @UMNews just now updated on https://t.co/IqmbYyUiLv) https://t.co/m01VAZ6sla

Craig Helmstetter
Craig Helmstetter @c_helmstetter

Just updated! Like last week, this week's @mnhealth data release shows less than 100 hospital admissions in Minnesota for each of three respiratory diseases -- influenza, RSV & COVID -- during the week ending April 5 More: https://t.co/IqmbYyUiLv @APMResearch @MPRnews https://t.co/zYjmtJyQSz