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Silver Bay taconite plant wants old asbestos rule clarified

By Dan Haugen , Minnesota Monitor

There’s a new dust-up in a decades-old dispute over asbestos releases from a Silver Bay taconite plant. Attorneys for Northshore Mining asked a federal judge in St. Paul on Thursday to either overturn or clarify a unique rule meant to protect communities around Lake Superior from airborne asbestos particles. MORE »

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Absentee voting: Let the voting begin!

By Mary Turck , TC Daily Planet

Anyone who qualifies for an absentee ballot can vote now—today—at the county auditor’s office in the county of their residence. Voting for the November 4 election has already begun. In Minnesota, voting started on October 3. MORE »