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No matter your view of the project, it’s hard to dispute the recent economic impact study by the University of Minnesota Duluth Labovitz School of Business and Economics Bureau of Business and Economic Research.
Animals are seen as commodities, not sentient individuals. Animal suffering and death are understood only in terms of profit and loss.
The last thing our state needs is a new fossil fuel plant
The Loring Park shuffleboard courts are one of the least likely spots in the Minneapolis vaunted park system. Whenever there’s action on the court, passers-by do double-takes, come up to the chain link fence and say, “What’s that?”
Everyone’s concerned about inflation these days. But politicians are blaming government benefits instead of rising inequality and corporate profits.
Boston University historian Heather Cox Richardson reminds us Nixon “never did admit wrongdoing, and he was never held accountable.”
I find it ironic that the same politicians who proclaim loudly that they care about diversity and the achievement gap, oppose school choice.
The Electoral College system has almost nothing going for it and introduces many unnecessary flaws and distortions into our poor, dear old nation’s effort to choose a leader.
An old saying is “a healthy forest is a forest with wolves.” There are more deer in our state now than ever in history and it’s not only Minnesota but in every state east of the Mississippi.
As the latest phase of the pandemic escalates, it’s important to let people with chronic or life-threatening illnesses know that they are not alone.
And neither will the sickness in the Republican Party disappear with the former president.
The Journalism Competition and Preservation Act would give news organizations a way to negotiate with Big Tech for fair compensation for their news gathering.
Besides being a boon to the local economy, Minnesota makes sense because of a current libel case here and the presence of Mike Lindell, pillow maker and fellow election denier.
Like clockwork, the odd plaza along “7th Place” fills with rock music fans most weekends, and a corner of downtown St. Paul comes to life.
Personally, I doubt they would have faced treason charges. More likely some form of election fraud, which is nonetheless a felony.
Minnesota’s Black community cannot hope to rebound from the economic downturn if Congress continues to favor those who seek to maximize their riches at the expense of those struggling to stay afloat. Klobuchar should vote no.
While driving extends our ability to move at high speed, it comes at the cost of almost every other kind of action.
This is me reaching out, and hoping for the sake of our wilderness, our state and the youth who must live with a future they had no hand in making, that people do something.
The New York Times columnist considers the 2022 Arizona U.S. Senate contest.
Sen. Amy Klobuchar’s anti-tech bill vendetta fails to address the rising economic anxiety amid soaring inflation and record gas prices affecting so many Minnesotans.
