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Exploring Latino culture in Minnesota
The Census describes Hispanics as the fastest growing group in the country and the state. But the diversity of Hispanics in Minnesota is broader than any one word can describe. MPR News wants to know how you identify yourself to help us paint a portrait of the fastest-growing group in the state. You might see yourself as Latino or Chicano. Or perhaps you largely identify as a mom or entrepreneur.

What's your experience with E-Verify?
If an immigration reform bill passes, it is likely that E-Verify will become mandatory for employers. MPR News wants to hear about your experience with E-Verify. Please share your insights here.
Are you a 'young invincible?'
People who work in health care reform refer to folks who are young and healthy and aren't interested in health insurance as "young invincibles." Does this describe you or anyone you know?
Are you or your family members planning on getting health insurance?
Starting in 2014, most Americans will be required to have health insurance or pay a penalty. We want to hear from people who don't have health insurance about what they plan to do.
What's your economic outlook?
MPR News wants to hear how the economy is looking from where you are. Please share your insights here.

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Tight rental market pushes people out of the cities
Renters and landlords share their experience with a tightening rental market.
Until health law takes hold, many grapple with insurance limbo
In Minnesota, one young woman, Laura Haynes, will soon face the expiration of her health insurance, leaving her to decide whether to buy an individual policy to carry her through until January.
Minnesota minimum wage hike cheered by workers; employers critical
Employers and minimum wage workers share how a minimum wage hike would affect them.
Federal employees are first to feel sequester's effects
Federal workers in Minnesota are beginning to find out just how deeply across the board federal budget cuts will affect their agencies.
'Medi-scare:' Behind the sinister fundraising mailers sent to Minn. seniors
PIN source Jody Rooney told us that her mom was receiving a huge volume of dubious fundraising emails. MPR News spoke with Rooney and her mom and looked into the issue.
Opinions from Minnesota gun owners vary widely on how to control guns, if at all
Nearly all gun owners responded to the PIN query indicate they hunt but the similarities end there, and the respondents vary in their range of political views.
Minn. parents: How we talked to our kids about the Newtown shooting
We asked Minnesota parents in MPR's Public Insight Network to share their thoughts following the school shooting in Connecticut on Friday. We also asked them what it's been like to talk to their children about the incident.
Art Hounds: SINderella, David Petersen and a holiday opera in Duluth
The hounds have great enthusiasm for an arts instigator in Minneapolis who's opened a gallery, a saucy, salacious take on a standard fairy tale, and an opera designed to be an alternative to the nutcracker.
Minnesota's economic growth forecast: Maybe tepid, or worse
Minnesotans share how their concerns about the "fiscal cliff" are affecting their decisions.
Latinos and whites: Getting beyond parallel play?
We asked sources in our Public Insight Network in rural Minnesota for their thoughts. Where, if anywhere, are new connections being forged between Latinos and non-Latinos?
Employee health monitoring raises privacy concerns
As Minnesota workers weigh their health insurance options for next year, more are being offered financial incentives to participate in wellness programs that monitor their health. And that's raised concerns about workers' privacy rights.
Voters in Edina -- and around the state -- share why they voted the way they did this year.

Mixed bag: Minn. businesses, employees react to Obama's re-election
Confidence in the economy among some Minnesota employers is still wavering in the wake of the election.
High voter turnout and a mostly smooth day at the polls
Voters across the state shared their voting experiences to help us track problems and turnout on Election Day.
A New National Anthem: Songs to Vote By
For decades politicians have been selling their vision for the country with popular songs. Now it's your turn. This week on The Current Presents, we have a crowd-sourced playlist on the state of the union from voters across Minnesota.
Recession-era students graduate into new economic reality
We asked some 2011 graduates to tell us what their first year in the job market has been like. Most of them have finally found work, but some remain underemployed after months bouncing between unpaid and paid internships, contract work and unemployment.

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A church divided, together
We explore the effect of the Aug. 21, 2009 vote allowing gay pastors to serve as clergy in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America through the stories of Lutherans in the Public Insight Network.