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Five Eden Prairie students awarded National Merit Scholarships - Eden Prairie Local News

1 week ago | eplocalnews.org

Five students from Eden Prairie, including four from EPHS, are awarded $2,500 National Merit Scholarships for academic achievement.
Is the Minnesota House's power-sharing agreement unraveling?

2 weeks ago | eplocalnews.org | Matthew Blake

So much for bipartisan harmony. On Wednesday, the House Rules and Legislative Administration Committee met to advance the biennial education spending bill to the House floor. The $26 billion bill had already cleared the Education Finance and Ways and Means committees by voice votes. Getting through Rules is almost always a procedural formality. But committee co-chair Jamie Long, DFL-Minneapolis, had other ideas.
Perfect day draws throngs to Eden Prairie's Arbor Day celebration

2 weeks ago | eplocalnews.org | Steve Silverman

Temperate weather and brilliant sunshine attracted a large crowd to Eden Prairie's annual Arbor Day celebration Saturday, April 26, in Staring Lake Park. Activities included a seedling giveaway, tree sale, free compost, and information on gardening and tree-planting techniques. Tree climbing, making forest faces and other hands-on activities were popular among attendees. Leslie McDonald and Ollie Heineken purchased trees for the northern edge of their property along Purgatory Creek.
The Minnesota Legislature has 99 problems. The split House might not be one

3 weeks ago | eplocalnews.org | Matthew Blake

When Nolan West rose this year to co-chair the Minnesota House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee, his first edict was a seating chart. Typically, West explained in his Capitol office adorned by statuettes of Abraham Lincoln, Ronald Reagan and an elephant, Republicans sit by Republicans and DFLers perch by DFLers. But on a committee with seven DFLers and seven Republicans, the Blaine Republican decided that each DFLer would sit between two Republicans and vice versa.
Targets, forecasts and elephants in the room: Inside Minnesota's attempt to complete a budget

4 weeks ago | eplocalnews.org | Matthew Blake

At a hearing April 7, state Sen. John Hoffman, DFL-Champlin, introduced Senate File 3054 to the Senate Human Services Committee, which he chairs. The legislation proposed to spend a little under $17 billion over the next two years from the state's general fund.
Federal budget cut fears ripple, but Eden Prairie impact appears limited

1 month ago | eplocalnews.org | Mike Wilkinson

Amid the uproar over "Signalgate," few issues have generated more concern in recent weeks than the sweeping federal budget and workforce cuts proposed by the Trump administration. Whether it's Social Security, farm subsidies, Pell Grants or the Voice of America, the actions of President Donald Trump - and Elon Musk, whom some critics have dubbed the administration's "hatchet man" for his role in leading proposed federal cuts - have drawn widespread attention across the country.
DOGE cuts trim funding for arts and humanities efforts in Minnesota

1 month ago | eplocalnews.org | Ana Radelat

WASHINGTON - A year ago, the Northfield-based Norwegian American Historical Association hailed approval of a nearly $300,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), a federal agency that promotes history, culture and the arts. That grant would allow the society to digitize and preserve five collections that document the efforts of Norwegian Americans to help occupied Norway - and its resistance fighters - during World War II.
How Minnesota spending on education might change under new state budget, federal threats

1 month ago | eplocalnews.org | Matthew Blake

The Minnesota Legislature has a May 19 deadline to write a budget that will fund the state government over the next two years. There is a glum feeling around the frenetic crafting of the budget, largely because the state is forecast to move from a surplus in the next two years to a $6 billion deficit for the two-year budget cycle that begins in July 2027, according to the Minnesota Management and Budget (MMB) department.
Trump's sweeping tariffs policy puts Minnesota farmers in bull's-eye

1 month ago | eplocalnews.org | Ana Radelat

WASHINGTON - As President Donald Trump rolled out his ambitious new trade policy on Wednesday, a day he has touted as "Liberation Day," Minnesota farmers like Bob Worth, who were hurt by Trump's tariffs before, are anxious about another backlash.
'The Everybody Club' takes a trip to Washington, D.C.

1 month ago | eplocalnews.org | Ethan Becker

In May 2000, the Eden Prairie community was shocked by the death of Carissa Hayen, who died as a result of a car accident. Twenty-one years later, her mother, Linda Hayen, with the help of author Nancy Loewen, would publish "The Everybody Club." The book's title comes from a club Carissa made up as a child. "My daughter started the club when she was young, and her brother has severe disabilities, so she wanted a club where everybody could belong," Hayen said.