The latest fallout stemming from the proposed Chinese ag plant in Grand Forks involves the strategic air force base at the center of the national security review underway of the…
While all of the attention of late has been on apprehensions of migrants at the southern border, the northern border made the news last week. The U.S. Border Patrol issued…
Dozens of GOP members of Congress have urged the Biden administration to scrutinize the potential national and food security threat posed by a proposed Chinese-owned agriculture plant in the works…
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…
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,…
State Representative Kasper drafting supportive legislation After teaching in Grand Forks Public Schools for 13 years, math teacher Chris Loff decided this summer to leave his district. Loff sent a…
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Opponents of a $350 million Chinese-backed agricultural processing plant proposed in Grand Forks captured far more than the required 3,617 signatures on a petition to put the controversial project up…
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…
The Grand Forks City Council has already voted to move forward with a controversial development agreement on a proposed $350 million corn-milling plant by the Chinese-owned company Fugeng Group. But…
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…
Four migrants are found dead in a blizzard. The suspected human smuggler is released without bond. The southwestern U.S. border gets all the attention, but Minnesota’s northern border is also…
State and local taxes and spending KAAL TV: Gov. Walz announces allocation of $103 million of federal money Brainerd Dispatch: Area cities receive DEED grants Star Tribune: Minnesota keeps top…
When the Democrat-controlled Congress resurrected earmarks earlier this year, the Grand Forks Herald reminded readers of why the poster child for wasteful government spending was abolished in a bipartisan effort…
Apparently, the city of Burnsville has an image problem. Or is it a branding problem? The agency with the winning bid to redefine the aging suburb puts it this way.…
On April 20th, the Star Tribune ran a story entitled "Technology, Cost Could Hamper Efforts for 100 Percent Carbon-Free Grid in Minnesota by 2050." It was good to see the…
One way to evaluate the effects of Minnesota’s economic policies is to compare border counties.