Tom Emmer gets a place on the Human Rights Campaign’s New “Faces of Inequality” list
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While Tom Emmer is busy in Washington trying to established a reputation for his office’s constituent services (hisContinue Reading
The birds, bees & buffer coalition: Will pheasants find friendly habitat in the 2015 session?
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Governor Dayton’s Pheasant Summit generated some fascinating copy, including an interview with Minnesota Ag Commissioner Dave Frederickson in which he talked about just abolishing laws that require buffer strips regulations to be enforced because preserving water quality and habitat just creates too many hard feelings. Continue Reading
A rural take in defense of Rep. Jean Wagenius
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A farmer friend emailed us yesterday:
Jean Wagenius has been a friend of family farmers in the last two years(and for that matter for a whole lot of years that she has served in the legislature) that she chaired the environment and agriculture finance committee on a number of issues, naming two of which are pollinators and “Forever Green”. She has been a strong defender of environmental review and gets that rural citizens should have rights to have a say about air and water quality in their community. Republican leadership acts like they are going to be bi-partisan but actions are louder than words. Continue Reading
Angela Brown case coverage: Supporters peacefully rally, lawyer asks for dismissal
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Madison, Minnesota bills itself as the “Lutefisk Capitol of the USA,” complete with a statue of a giant codfish that may be as digestable as the Norwegian Christmas delicacy. Continue Reading
Angela Brown case: Patient advocate to bring petition for dismissal to LQP Co attorney
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The case of Madison mom Angela Brown, who gave medical cannabis to her brain-injured son in advance to the implementation of Minnesota’s law legalizing its use under tightly regulated circumstances, has received statewide and national attention. Continue Reading
It’s a wonderful life: Jeffers detects gubernatorial ambitions in Tom Bakk’s food shelf fundraiser
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Call it Scrooge meets Frank Underwood. Continue Reading
Under state plan, Luverne is 199 miles away from nearest proposed medical cannabis dispensary
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One of the most moving moments of last spring’s medical cannabis debate in the Minnesota House of Representatives was when Southwest Minnesota state representative Rod Hamilton (R-Mountain Lake), who lives with multiple sclerosis, rose to speak of his transformation from being an opponent of legalizing cannabis for medical use to becoming a supporter of the new restrictive bill. Continue Reading
CPL sent anti-transgender direct mail across state to derail MN State High School League policy
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The full-page newspaper ad that the Child Protection League (CPL) took out in the Star Tribune, Duluth News Tribune, Mankato Free Press, St. Cloud Times and the Winona Daily News is not the only medium that the conservative anti-LGBT group is using to frighten Minnesotans about young transgender athletes. Continue Reading
Trains, planes and automobiles go through his district: Kelly lays out transportation chair cred
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Bluestem wasn’t the only one wondering why Representative Tim Kelly was selected to chair the powerful House Transportation Policy and Finance Committee. Continue Reading
West Central Tribune calls for resignation of Big Stone County GOP chair for anti-Muslim posts
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Part of the Forum Communications newspaper chain, Willmar’s West Central Tribune is the only daily newspaper in west central Minnesota. Continue Reading