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  • Minnesota schools testing electric buses find benefits and barriers

    Dan Gunderson

    January 30, 2024 |

    MPR News |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Morris, Minnesota

    After adding electric school buses to its fleet with the help of grant funding, Morris Area Schools saw its fuel costs drop from about $3 per gallon to the equivalent of about $1 a gallon. Each bus is estimated to help cut roughly 140 tons of carbon emissions over its lifetime.

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  • Vote for everyone you like — Fargo tests approval voting

    Dan Gunderson

    June 06, 2022 |

    MPR News |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Fargo, North Dakota

    Fargo adopted ‘approval voting’ where residents can vote for as many candidates as they support per race. They do not rank order their choices, but simply select as many candidates as they like essentially voting ‘yes’ or ‘no’ for each candidate. All choices on a voter’s ballot carry equal weight and vote percentages are calculated by dividing a candidate’s total votes by the total number of ballots cast. The strategy has increased the percent by which winning candidates are selected and helps candidates who in the past would have received few votes because they weren’t seen as having a chance to win.

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  • Collaboration between White Earth Nation, Mahnomen Co. leads to one of highest vaccination rates in MN

    Dan Gunderson

    February 19, 2021 |

    MPR News |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, White Earth Reservation, Minnesota

    A partnership between the White Earth Nation and Mahnomen County in Minnesota has been a key factor in the above-average vaccination rates in the county. Because the county is located within the borders of the White Earth Reservation, which is a sovereign nation, everyone living in the region – regardless of tribal affiliation – has been allowed to obtain the vaccine.

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  • After decades of draining, some MN farmers look to put water back

    Dan Gunderson

    April 29, 2015 |

    Minnesota Public Radio |

    Radio |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Moorhead, Minnesota

    An experiment to recollect water from drainage ditches could open the door to a better way to irrigate fields and manage water in a changing climate.

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