Itasca

After flying 20 hours, Earhart thought they were close and radioed the Itasca, the Coast Guard ship awaiting them at Howland, “We must be on you but cannot see you.”

The housing initiatives — including the Itasca Project, an alliance of the business, philanthropic and public sectors in the region pushing for at least 18,000 new housing units per year through 2030 — have picked up where the Fed’s monetary tightening leaves off, demonstrating the role state and local policies can play in curbing inflation.

“The Twin Cities has historically been an affordable housing market relative to the nation,” said Ron Feldman, vice president at the Minneapolis Fed and co-chair of the Itasca Project.

“The tragedy in Ohio is an illustration of what we’ve been talking about can happen,” said Carie Anne Ergo, administrator of Itasca, Ill., who chairs a coalition of Chicago suburbs that oppose the merger.

“If what happened in East Palestine happened here in Itasca, the entire community would need to evacuate. It’s terrifying.”