New lawmakers have fresh ideas

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By: Keelia Moeller

Peggy Flanagan was recently elected into the Minnesota House. As a member of the White Earth Band of the Ojibwe, she joins only 10 people of color out of 201 legislators in the Minnesota House and Senate. 
 
This proportion doesn’t match the racial and ethnic diversity of Minnesota itself.

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