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We’re a bit behind the curve in commenting on this story, but the consequences of budget cuts proposed by DFL leadership in the Minnesota House and Senate don’t look good for the poor and vulnerable in rural areas. Continue Reading
While bills related to regulating the frac sand industry make their way through the Minnesota state legislature, sand mining continues to generate headlines in Minnesota and Wisconsin. Continue Reading
The Rochester Post Bulletin reports in Dayton not ready to impose statewide ban on silica sand mining that the governor isn’t siding with citizen demands for a one-year moratorium while a statewide Generic Environmental Impact Statement (GEIS) is conducted. Continue Reading
The Red Wing Republican Eagle’s Michael Brun reports on a local boy done well in Red Wing native’s fracking film debuts: Continue Reading
As the Minnesota legislature mulls over bills to regulate and tax industrial sand mining in the gopher state, the Rochester Post Bulletin reports (with an unintentionally misleading headline) that For townships, silica not a hot issue at their annual meetings coming up Tuesday. Continue Reading
SEIU Healthcare Minnesota is working with home care providers who wish to organize–an effort that’s being met with some push back, as Rachel Stassen-Berger reports in Organized labor agenda gains steam with turn in Minnesota Capitol politics. Continue Reading
Freshman Senator Matt Schmit’s bill to impose a one-year statewide moratorium on new industrial sand mining, processing and loading facilities in Minnesota while a Generic Environmental Impact Statement (GEIS) is prepared passed on a 8-5 vote in the Minnesota Senate State and Local Government Committee Wednesday afternoon. Continue Reading
Since it’s an article by Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism intern Kate Prengaman, one should approach with caution, but an article in today’s LaCrosse underscores the need for more than just a list of “best practices” and that promises from the industrial sand mining industry aren’t a substitute for strong state oversight. Continue Reading
Minnesotans have a way of forgetting their past sometimes. The hard truths of the 1862 US-Dakota War and its terrible aftermath, lynchings and penny auctions, the guard called out to protect management–these things get buried under Minnesota Nice and then we have a little pie. Continue Reading
Minnesota’s oldest Norwegian-American town, Houston County’s Spring Grove, bills itself as a “pretty neat small town,” and we’ve learned about its citiens’ fondness for Norski street festivals and parades from watching a dear friend’s Facebook page. Continue Reading