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WEBSep 11, 2024 · BY: Jacob Fischler - September 9, 2024. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s early Monday statement that he would vote to legalize recreational marijuana use in Florida sent a strong signal that both major parties are moving to adopt popular marijuana reform efforts, unexpectedly elevating the issue in the presidential battle.
Commentary - Minnesota Reformer
WEBSep 2, 2024 · BY: Peter Rachleff - September 2, 2024. This year marks the 90th anniversary of the 1934 Minneapolis Teamsters’ strikes. These strikes changed the course of history and the lives of tens of thousands of working people. They transformed Minneapolis from one of the country’s most notorious anti …
Takeaways from Gov. Tim Walz’s 2024-25 budget proposal
WEBJan 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 ...
What Minnesota primary voters are saying at the polls
WEBAug 13, 2024 · Don and Penny Hon of northeast Minneapolis both voted for Omar. “I’ve been a raging progressive my whole life,” said Don Hon, a 70-year-old retired health care administrator. “I just think she’s done a bang-up job.”. Even though she’s “cute as a button” and a “little, little gal” she’s also “tough as nails,” he said.
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WEBThe Minnesota Reformer is an independent, nonprofit news organization dedicated to keeping Minnesotans informed and unearthing stories other outlets can’t or won’t tell. We’re in the halls of government tracking what elected officials are up to — and monitoring the powerful forces trying to influence them. But we’re also on the streets, at the bars […]
Minnesota’s next two-year budget targets, explained
WEBMar 23, 2023 · Gov. Tim Walz and legislative leaders agreed this week to spend nearly all of the state’s $17.5 billion budget surplus, with the largest amount of new money going to tax credits and cuts, infrastructure projects and K-12 education. Using almost all of Minnesota’s surplus over the next biennium propels spending for fiscal years 2024-25 to ...
The clash of two big steel companies will help shape the future of …
WEBFeb 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.
Minnesota’s economic recovery in 8 charts
WEBAug 3, 2021 · Minnesota’s labor force participation rate fell to 67.8% in April 2020, the lowest in at least 30 years. It recovered over the summer only to drop again and has remained below 68% for most of 2021 so far. Still, Minnesota’s labor force participation rate remains far above the nation’s as a whole. Earlier in the pandemic, when jobs were ...
Minnesota goes to the polls
WEBBy: Deena Winter - November 1, 2021 7:59 pm. A vote here sign at a polling place in Hugo in November 2020. Photo by Max Nesterak/Minnesota Reformer. Voters will go to the polls Tuesday in one of the most intense off-year elections in recent memory. Even as Minneapolis voters determine the future of the city’s police department, dozens of ...
Minnesota can end deep poverty; let’s start with common sense changes ...
WEBFeb 24, 2021 · A flag hangs upside down, signifying distress, at a homeless encampment along Hiawatha Avenue in Minneapolis. Photo by Max Nesterak/Minnesota Reformer. Nearly 250,000 Minnesotans live in deep poverty, which means they make no more than 50% of the federal poverty level. That’s $888 per …