Citizens for Election Integrity Minnesota outlines some costs of voter suppression amendment
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When Dan McGrath of Minnesota Majority invokes the Continue Reading
Fillmore Co Sand Committee meets, citizens oppose mining; Red Wing moratorium nears end
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The Republican Leader, which covers news in the Preston and Lanesboro area, has published in-depth coverage of the meeting of the Fillmore County Sand Committee meeting on August 27, as well as new Continue Reading
Hay Creek Township doubles down on frac sand mining moratoriums following citizen survey
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After surveying residents in the bucolic Goodhue County community, Hay Creek Township voted to adopt its own interim ordinance on frac sand mining earlier this month, Red Wing Republican Eagle staf Continue Reading
Frac sand mining opponents demand transparency from company representative
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Rochester Post Bulletin John Weiss reports in Distrust grows of fracking companies that frac sand oppone Continue Reading
Can Greater Minnesota afford the unfunded mandate that is the photo ID amendment?
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Visiting New Ulm to chat up the photo ID amendment, state representative and former Minnesota Secretary of State Mary Kiffmeyer, who is the public sector co-chair for the American Legislative Exchange Council, a corporate policy front group that is a major player in the drive to restrict voting rights, tells New Ulm J Continue Reading
Lime Township meeting uproar illustrates value of LSP frac sand and local control workshops
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An item in today’s Mankato Free Press underscores the value of workshops of frac sand mining issues and local control that the Land Stewardship Project is hosting tomorrow and a week from now.
Citizens cheer as Goodhue County Planning Advisory Commission recommends extending silica mining moratorium
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Last night, the Goodhue County Planning Advisory Commission recommended extending the county’s silica sand mining moratorium. Continue Reading
Sandmine.info releases new video short on rail transport of frac sand in St. Anthony Park
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Jim Tittle of sandmine.info and The Price of Sand has released Lo and Behold, a new video drawn from testimony at a public hearing about the dozens of railcars carrying open beds of sand that have been Continue Reading
Amish occupy St. Charles frac sand meetings
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How intense has the debate over frac sand become? It’s brought the local Anabaptists into a public discussion in St. Charles, Minnesota.
Citizens challenge frac sand industry in St. Anthony Park, Chippewa Valley and Southeast Minnesota
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Down in conservative Wabasha County, the board of Wabasha County extends nonmetallic moratorium, the Winona Daily News reports. Translated, that means the moratorium on new frace sand permits has been extended.