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…
Yesterday, the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission gave Xcel Energy approval to run the Prairie Island nuclear plant through the early 2050s. It’s the right move, but state law currently prohibits…
A green transition would demand more land, more materials, and more sacrifice than anyone would like to admit. In the television show “Landman,” a character played by Billy Bob Thornton…
It’s difficult to get a handle on the scope of the federal budget cuts coming down from the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). But the cancellation of billions of dollars…
Six communities will receive a combined $5.21 million in grant funding to “drive economic development and community sustainability” where power plants are scheduled to close or recently closed. The grants…
An “academic freedom” event held earlier this month at Hamline University gives an insight into the current state of higher education. It’s just as bad as you thought. The private…
Quite recently the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) released a report showing the number of job vacancies and unemployment in Minnesota. According to the report, as of…
The powers that be at Red Wing City Hall have already voted on the recall special election aimed at six of seven city council members. But they still don’t think…
Red Wing residents fight to remove the entire city council.
It’s no easy job attempting to recall every member of the city council in your community. There’s no manual for doing it, seeing as how it’s rarely been done before,…
Apparently the Red Wing City Council never got the memo about being able to disagree on issues without being disagreeable, even when it involves members' potential ouster from office.
It’s not every day the entire city council of a community faces a recall election. But that’s exactly what organizers of the Recall City Hall Committee in Red Wing hope…
Happy Earth Day, everyone! Last year I did a seven-part mini-series on how capitalism is saving the planet, which detailed how capitalist countries routinely have a cleaner environment than countries…
As part of the Center's "Morning in Minnesota" breakfast series, I recently traveled to Red Wing and presented on our "Great Jobs Without a Four-Year Degree" project. Following my presentation,…
Listen up, bike lovers. You can now turn your leisure-time passion for cycling into a career at Minnesota State College-Southeast Technical (MSC) in Red Wing. The college has just enrolled…
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…
Should the cops be called in to stop a member of the public from filming or recording a public event in a public place on a cell phone or camera?…