Regulation Duluth News Tribune: Our View: Minnesota’s wild rice standard demands compromise Grand Forks Herald: At Iron Range hearing, miners warn of closures if wild rice rule enforced St. Cloud…
Back in May, I wrote about the proposed hike in Minnesota’s cannabis tax from 10% to 15%. That wasn’t all: Another change which has been less noted is the proposal…
State and local taxes and spending Star Tribune: Gov. Tim Walz proposes additional spending cuts in revised budget plan KAAL TV: Governor Walz releases revised Minnesota budget Grand Rapids Herald…
State and local taxes and spending The Ely Echo: State budget issues loom Pioneer Press: Letters: We need more data to know if TIF is working for St. Paul The…
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy should have checked with his agencies’ customers in Minnesota and North Dakota before giving himself an “A” at a congressional oversight hearing last week in Washington.…
State and local taxes and spending USA Today: Opinion: ‘Knucklehead’ Tim Walz stinks at grammar. He also gets an ‘F’ in state governance Minn Post: Why is most of the…
After years of declining enrollment on some state campuses, the number of students attending North Dakota colleges and universities shot up more than three percent this fall. The Grand Forks…
Economic development Minnesota Reformer: Lawmakers expected to fund infrastructure, economic development projects on Iron Range Labor market KEYC: Minnesota’s unemployment rate holds steady for 6th month in a row Willmar…
The Associated Press all but served as the Biden administration’s PR agency recently in gushing over the proposed rollback of reforms to the Endangered Species Act implemented in 2019. The…
A 30-second ad put out by the state’s tourism board was featured today on the multimillion-follower Twitter account Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok). The video can be seen here. The Libs’…
State and local taxes and spending Minnesota Reformer: House Dems no-show at tax panel Minn Post: Mayor says Minneapolis must ‘step up’ to fund public housing. Does the city need…
Grand Forks has racked up some $235,000 in legal bills this year in the effort to win approval for a controversial $700 million Fufeng Chinese ag plant that remains in…
After months of turmoil, the controversial Chinese-owned ag plant proposed in Grand Forks has ground to a halt, pending a national security review. What started as a local economic development…
Economic development The Center Square: $4.3M Minnesota taxpayer subsidies expected to create 321 jobs Minn Post: Officials estimate ‘remarkable’ $650 million for Minnesota broadband from infrastructure bill Minneapolis/St. Paul Business…
Ten months after Chinese-linked Fufeng Group announced plans for a corn milling plant in Grand Forks, the controversial project remains the target of stubborn opposition locally and increasing scrutiny nationally,…
Labor market WJON: Many Companies Turning to Teenagers to Fill Open Positions Star Tribune: Minnesotans with disabilities feel left behind amid workforce shortage Kare 11: More than 214,000 jobs open…
State and local taxes and spending Rochester Post Bulletin: It was the largest proposed tax cut in Minnesota’s history. And it didn’t get done Bemidji Now: Coalition of greater Minnesota…
State and local taxes and spending The Center Square: Big problems, little time for Minnesota lawmakers cobbling budget MPR News: Scant time left for lawmakers as they grasp for session…
State and local taxes and spending KNSI: Minnesota Lawmakers Finish Deal on Unemployment, Bonuses Star Tribune: Minnesota lawmakers finish deal on unemployment, bonuses Duluth News Tribune: Minnesota lawmakers send multi-billion…
State and local taxes and spending Minnesota News Network: Gov Walz in Rochester: tax check proposal not a “gimmick, ” says “call them what you want to” Star Tribune: Divided…
Oil started flowing through Enbridge’s recently completed Line 3 months ago. But the cases of hundreds of activists who face the consequences of their actions in the failed attempt to…
It’s not official yet, but the fate of a controversial $350 million Chinese-backed agriculture processing plant tentatively approved by the Grand Forks City Council may soon be in the hands…
State and local taxes and spending MPR News: GOP pushes to end taxes on Social Security, but many don’t pay them KNSI: Deal to Stop Minnesota’s Business Tax Increase Remains…
Two Chinese companies stand to benefit from millions of dollars in local tax breaks being offered to locate or expand their operations in Grand Forks and Duluth. No one evidently…