Making the case for early ed, Art Rolnick has had 'enormous impact'

(MinnPost's new series, "Driving Change: A Lens on Leadership," profiles leaders in order to provide new insights and inspiration for readers.) Art Rolnick's arguments on behalf of preschoolers have stirred a potent movement in Minnesota and far beyond.

Mixed bag of jobs news troubling for Obama campaign

The nation's unemployment rate edged downward in March, but the numbers did not match expectations. "We're treading water from a very low level," Chris Phelan told KARE 11 TV. "At this rate it would take about five years to get back to where we were, and that's not even taking into account population growth."