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The following is a selection of the reports the Citizens League has published over its history. We are currently working to make electronic copies of the remaining reports and will upload additional reports as they are available.
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Economy
- Securing Minnesota's Economic Future: A New Agenda for A New Economy (May 2000)
- From Jobs for Workers to Workers for Jobs: Better Workforce Training for Minnesota (November 1999)
- Preparing Minnesota for the New Economy — Without Leaving Anyone Behind (November 1999)
- Help Wanted: More Opportunities than People (November 1998)
- Compete Globally, Thrive Locally: What the Public Sector Should do to Help the Greater Twin Cities Region Prosper (September 1996)
- Wiring Minnesota: New State Goals for Telecommunications (November 1989)
- Accountability for the Development Dollar (June 1985)
- Building on Strength: A Competitive Minnesota Economic Strategy (November 1984)
- A Large Vision for Small Scale Agriculture (September 1984)
Energy and Environment
- Powering Up Minnesota's Energy Future: Act Now on a Long-Term Vision (December 2002)
- Losing Lakes: Enjoyment of a Unique Metropolitan Resource is Threatened (November 1989)
- The New Weigh to Recycle (May 1987)
- A Strategy for the Waterbelt (November 1985)
- Better Ways of Making Environmental Choices (January 1971)
Government and Election Reform
- Getting Online Government Back on Track: How Minnesota Can Capture Savings and Improve Customer Service (February 2003)
- Building a Legacy of Better Value: Choose Reform, Not Decline (August 1995)
- Reform the Election Process: Restore the Public Trust (May 1992)
- The Party Caucus: An Inquiry (April 1991)
- Because That's Where the Money Is: Why the Public Sector Lobbies (June 1990)
- The Public's Courts: Making the Governor's Nominating Process Statutory (January 1988)
- State Civil Service: People Make the Difference (June 1986)
- "It's Only a Game" A Lottery in Minnesota (February 1986)
- Power to the Process: Making Minnesota's Legislature Work Better (September 1985)
- Initiative and Referendum: "No" For Minnesota (February 1979)
- More Contributions and Smaller Contributions: Public Regulation of Financing Local Politcal Campaigns (December 1974)
- New Formulas for Revenue Sharing (September 1970)
- Proposed Amendment #15 to Minneapolis City Charter (March 1957)
Health Care
- Developing Informed Decisions: Seeking Market Reforms to Advise Medical Facility Expansion (April 2006)
- STATEMENT: Health Care Access for All Minnesotans (February 1992)
- Access, Not More Mandates: A New Focus for Minnesota Health Policy (September 1989)
- Stopping AIDS: An Individual Responsibility (May 1988)
- Start Right with "Right Start" (February 1987)
- Paying Attention to Differences in Prices: A Healthcare Cost Strategy for the 1980s (September 1981)
- More Care About the Cost of Hospitals (September 1977)
- Hospital Centers...and a Healthcare System (July 1970)
K-12 and Higher Education
- Educating Minnesota's Immigrant Students: Phase I, Challenges and Opportunities (July 2007)
- A New Vision for Saint Paul Schools: Preparing All Students for Success in Higher Education (May 2005)
- Trouble on the Horizon: Growing Demands and Competition, Limited Resources, & Changing Demographics in Higher Education (November 2004)
- A Failing Grade for School Completion: We Must Increase School Completion in Minneapolis and Saint Paul (August 2001)
- A Competitive Place in the Quality Race: Putting the University of Minnesota in the Nation's Top Five Public Research Universities (January 1998)
- Straight "A"s for Minnesota Schools: Achievement, Assessment, Accountability (February 1997)
- Vision Statement for the University and Higher Education in Minnesota
- Chartered Schools = Choices for Educators + Quality for All Students (November 1988)
- Cooperatively Managed Schools Teachers as Partners (August 1987)
- Commitment to Focus: More of Both (August 1986)
- Adaptability: The New Mission for Vocational Education (January 1986)
- An Urban College: New Kinds of Students on a New Kind of Campus (April 1971)
- Conversion of Minneapolis Public Schools into an Independent School District (June 1958)
- County Superintendent of Schools (November 1956)
Metropolitan Growth
- It Takes A Region to Build Livable Neighborhoods: An Urban Growth Strategy for the Twin Cities Metro Region (February 1997)
- The Case for Regional Housing Policy in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area (May 1994)
- The Region's Infrastructure: The Problem Isn't What You Think It Is (May 1984)
Public Service Delivery
- Minnesota's Budget Problem: A Crisis of Cost, Quality and Fairness (July 1993)
- New Approaches to Library Services: Long Overdue (February 1991)
- Does the System Maltreat Children? (April 1990)
- Homegrown Services: The Neighborhood Opportunity (November 1983)
- A Positive Alternative: Redesigning Public Service Delivery (March 1982)
Taxes
- Assessing Minnesota's Property Tax: Improving Affordability for Homeowners (August 2000)
- Cut Tax Exemptions, Boost Equity and Accountability (October 1988)
- Breaking the Tyranny of the Local Property Tax (March 1969)
Transportation
- Driving Blind: Minnesota Needs a More Transparent Transportation Policy That Connects Prices to Costs and Benefits to Investments (January 2005)
- Effective Transit: Invest in Jobs and Access to Services (January 1995)
- Citizens League Position on Light Rail Transit (January 1991)
- New Destinations for Transit (October 1986)
- Highways, Transit and the Metropolitan Council (December 1968)
Other
- Doing the Common Good Better: A Call to Citizen Action in Minnesota (March 2003)
- Cold Sunbelt: Maintaining Minnesota's Institutions Of Public Policy (February 2002)
- What's On the Public Agenda: A Report of the Citizens League's Public Leadership Initiative (April 1999)
- Community: A Resource for the 90's (July 1989)
Projects Convened by the Citizens League
- Creating Minnesota's Plan for Career Development in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (August 2006)