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Locking up a Preservation Success Story After Years of Effort

The former St. Louis County Jail in Duluth has been rehabilitated and will start its new life as affordable and market-rate apartments....

Minnesota Historic Tax Credit Updates

On January 11, 2023, the Senate Taxes Committee heard testimony on the provisions that were included in last session’s Omnibus...

Little Falls Demonstrates, Again, That It Won’t Commit to Preservation

By Erin Hanafin Berg, Policy Director In June, the Little Falls Heritage Preservation Commission voted unanimously to approve the...

Farewell to Riley! She got a charge out of her work as our Policy Associate

Did you know that this was our last week with Rethos’ amazing Administrative Manager, Riley Gage? ☹ And that Riley is moving on from...

Final Dispatch from our Capitol Pathways Intern, Alejandra

I applied to the Capitol Pathways 2022 program to better understand how our state government functions and learn how policy is passed....

The Enduring Value of the Minnesota Historic Tax Credit

By Erin Hanafin Berg, Director, Rethos Policy Institute Tuesday, May 17, 2022 Things are looking rosier for Minnesota’s historic...

House Taxes Committee Hearing on the MN Historic Tax Credit

The House omnibus taxes bill is up for debate, amendment, and passage this afternoon. In it is a provision that extends the Historic Tax...

Historic Tax Credit Update

Rethos and other members of the RevitalizeMN coalition expect that Minnesota Senate Taxes Committee chair Sen. Carla Nelson (R,...

Letter in Support of the Emerging Developer Fund Program - HF2976

February 28, 2022 Rep. Mohamud Noor Chair, Workforce and Business Development Finance and Policy Committee Minnesota House of...

Policy Institute Director Erin Hanafin Berg Featured in Twin Cities Pioneer Press

If new construction is exempted from rent control, “our concern is, why would anyone choose to do that?” said Berg, who has built a...

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