They can read about how laws were passed requiring training for police officers regarding high speed chases, how money was appropriated for deformed frog research, and how the law was changed to require insurance companies to provide two nights of hospital care for newborns, among others. Visitors to the Get Involved section can learn about opportunities for students to work as interns or test their lawmaking skills in the Youth in Government program. Joe Nathan, director of the Center for School Change at the University of Minnesota's Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, gave some good advice in a recent St. Paul Pioneer Press column. Other Links will lead you to a myriad of other Web resources aimed at civic knowledge and youth. Please send us any ideas or requests for content.
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