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When Bluestem last spotted a proposal for personal rapid transit in Minnesota, some sponsors had talked Winona into asking Congressman Tim Walz for a $25 million federal earmark. The Winona Daily News reported in Walz seeks $11.1M in Winona-area earmarks: Continue Reading
Forum Communications newspapers in Fargo and Grand Forks report that lawmakers in Minnesota and North Dakota are listening to workers locked out by hardball management. Meanwhile, in a cruel twist, workers cleaning Target stores overnight were locked in, a violation of OSHA law. Continue Reading
Barring a surprise today, the last day in which a candidate can file for office in the February 12 special elections, the field is set for the race to replace Representative Terry Morrow in Nicollet, Blue Earth and a tiny sliver of LeSueur County. Continue Reading
Bluestem is an unabashed Minnesota River Valley partisan. We were born at the confluence of the Blue Earth and Minnesota Rivers, the bluffs above St. Peter were our playground, and since returning to the state, getting lost on township roads and granite outcrops. Continue Reading
The state’s Republican bloggers and tweepsters think they’ve got a winning message in demonizing state agencies like the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency as ninja regulators dispatched by Governor Dayton’s ex-wife and the United Nations to fetter liberty and steal property. Continue Reading
Three new Greater Minnesota women legislators, who captured seats that had been held by Republican men, are being sworn in today. They’re bringing rural perspectives to St. Paul. Continue Reading
Blue Dog Collin Peterson is angry about the short shift farm programs got in the fiscal cliff deal. Minnesota’s Land Stewardship Project, which works on local food, sustainable farming and economic justice issues in rural Minnesota, isn’t pleased either. Continue Reading
One of the talking points industry uses to marginalize citizen concerns about the impact of frac sand mining in Southeastern Minnesota is to insist that those raising questions about the industrial scale mining on their property values, safety, health, communities, landscapes, and future economic opportunities are either misinformed and think fracking itself will be happening in their neigborhoods. Continue Reading
Minnesota Public Radio and other media are reporting that Wabasha group appeals OK of silica sand facility: Continue Reading
Over at the City Pages, the ever-excellent Andy Mannix asks in a cover feature: When will gay marriage be legal in Minnesota? It’s a good question. Bluestem is among those who believe that answer is “2013.” Continue Reading