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Sally Jo Sorensen publishes Bluestem Prairie for those who prefer take their corn with a progressive chaser.
Earlier today, Bluestem noted the short memory of Washington Republicans when it comes to Southern Minnesota, a rather silly strategy in the sort of place where neighbors still call farms by the last names of families who re-s Continue Reading
Since 2009, Bluestem has been following the career of Austin neo-nazi leader Sam Johnson, who turned up in our daily reading when he began to protest the presence of immigrants in Southern Minnesota.
Yesterday, MPR picked up an Associated Press article, Colleges’ bank deals s Continue Reading
In Minn. pollution watchdog says voluntary efforts by farmers can help clean rivers, an interview with AP reporter Steve Karnowski, new MPCA head John Linc Stine reveals himself to be something of a toothless guardian of the public interest, and when it comes to frac sand mining, a whole lot of ostrich.
Via an APNewsBreak at the Winona Daily News, Amy Forliti of the Associated Press reports in Minn. man targeted Mexican consulate:
Despite evidence that immigration from Mexico has begun to reverse, internet chatter suggests that Minnesota’s perennial xenophobes Paul Westrum and Ruthie Hendrycks are gearing up to once more stress the panic in Hispanic.
With the decision by Allen Quist to bypass a hypothetical June 2 endorsing convention in Minnesota’s Fighting First, Southern Minnesota’s most watched telenovela will be extended into the deep summer.
The Star Tribune reports that white supremacist Samuel James Johnson, subject of a 2009 three-part Bluestem interview, is named in a federal affidavit unsealed this week. Continue Reading
Covering last Tuesday’s meetings of the Minnesota Senate Ethics Subcommittee, MinnPost political reporter James Continue Reading
This Friday, April 13, brings two pieces of news related to Dave Senjem’s triune majority in the Minesota Senate. Former Majority Leader Michael Brodkorb, fired after titular Majority Leader Amy Koch stepped down, has been denied unemployment benefits.