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2 days ago · BY: Madison McVan - October 9, 2024. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency fined American Crystal Sugar $12,315 for violating its air emissions permit at a sugar processing plant in Moorhead. The fine against the state’s largest sugar company comes at the start of the 2024 harvest season. Because American Crystal Sugar is a co-op, the fine ...
MyPillow is getting evicted from a warehouse, but Lindell says it's …
Mar 26, 2024 · MyPillow is getting evicted from one of two Shakopee warehouses it leases, but CEO Mike Lindell told the Reformer that the building has been sitting empty since last fall.. The company’s main manufacturing warehouse — about a mile away — is where all of the Minnesota company’s products are made, including the famous foam-filled pillow, as well as bath towels, slippers, coffee and ...
A straightforward explanation and defense of the new state flag …
Mar 8, 2024 · RED LAKE — In December, the State Emblems Redesign Commission, which was created by the Legislature, adopted the new Minnesota state flag. The new flag is brilliantly blue — like the sky above us and the waters around us. The color “Minnesota Blue” was chosen for the abstract shape of Minnesota as part of the new state flag.
Here’s how much you need to make to live in Minnesota
Feb 14, 2024 · A single person in the Twin Cities metro area needs to earn $47,442 a year — about $22 an hour — to afford the basics: food, housing, health care, transportation and a cell phone. For a family of four, the parents need to earn at least $119,229 a year — or about $28 an hour each. That’s according to the Economic Policy Institute’s ...
Here’s what you need to know about your rebate check, other …
Jul 11, 2023 · The Legislature passed multiple measures this year to give money back to Minnesotans, the first of which is set to go out in a few months. The Department of Revenue provided an update this week with some key details. Lawmakers passed a broad tax rebate for most filers; a new child tax credit and expanded […]
GOP candidate's social media posts: climate denial, homophobia, …
Sep 16, 2024 · Cal Warwas is the Republican candidate in Minnesota House district 7B, an Iron Range swing seat that opened up when DFL Rep. Dave Lislegard announced his retirement earlier this year. He’s running against Lorrie Janatopoulos, a former director at the Department of Employment and Economic Development. Warwas is a …
Takeaways from Gov. Tim Walz’s 2024-25 budget proposal
Jan 25, 2023 · Gov. Tim Walz on Tuesday proposed a historic budget that gives money to working class and low-income Minnesotans, and invests in a range of government programs aimed at improving education, housing and health and child care. Walz’s budget would give checks to over 2.5 million Minnesotans, provide tax relief to some Social Security recipients ...
How Minnesota changed during Tim Walz’s tenure
Jul 31, 2024 · Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has hit the talk show circuit in support of Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign and is currently on the short list to serve as her running mate, according to media reports.. The sudden, intense speculation about Walz has sparked interest in his gubernatorial record, which began in 2019.One way to illuminate that record is to explore how Minnesota has ...
The clash of two big steel companies will help shape the future of …
Feb 8, 2021 · We on the Mesabi are worried about Hibbing Taconite staying open, while Cleveland Cliffs and U.S. Steel are literally dueling over the very future of American steel production.
What's in Minnesota's 2023 tax bill • Minnesota Reformer
Jun 1, 2023 · The Legislature’s $3 billion tax bill was one of the 2023 session’s landmark pieces of legislation, with lawmakers approving rebate checks for over 2.5 million Minnesotans and distributing tax credits to impoverished families to help pay for child care and other necessities. But within the bill there’s also $1 billion in tax increases ...