Apr 11, 2023
National, Minnesota, Tennessee, Georgia, and Florida Report The US Supreme Court may be facilitating the failure of our nation and the demise of our democratic experiment, by its divisive decisions on issues of importance to the entirety of our population and not just...
Apr 11, 2023
National Report On Friday, in Northern Texas, 5th US District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk’s decision to suspend the Food and Drug Administration approval of the drug mifepristone, over twenty years after its first approval, 9th US District Judge Thomas Rice in the...
Apr 3, 2023
Minnesota Report In the 1980s, the Fridley plant President Joe Biden (D) will visit was called Cummings Diesel, but now it is called Cummings Power Generation Facility. Soon after Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act, Cummings announced it would commence...
Apr 3, 2023
Minnesota Report The question about Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) is not a settled public policy matter. Despite the DFL now holding the governorship and both branches of the legislature, this issue does not have universal acceptance, especially with Republicans and...
Apr 3, 2023
Minnesota Report As Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) is challenged as a viable voting system, this does not mean there is a lack of need for electoral reform. If claims of voting integrity can be voiced, and proven, then they should be addressed. Minnesota has a solid...
Mar 27, 2023
Minnesota Report In 2006, Xcel Energy sought and received an extension of its lease on the Monticello Nuclear Power Plant from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, which was set to expire in 2010, allowing it to continue operation until 2030. This federal decision...
Mar 27, 2023
National & Minnesota Report When Governor Tim Walz (DFL-MN) announced his 2024-25 he declared his goal for Minnesota to be the best place to raise a kid. As time has moved forward, he has elevated his profile in the national media by criticizing Florida Governor...
Mar 27, 2023
National & Minnesota Report On October 20, 2020, the DOD Approves $87 Million for Newest Bioindustrial Manufacturing Innovation Institute headquartered at the University of Minnesota, St Paul Campus with a satellite office in Berkeley, CA. This federal funding...
Mar 27, 2023
Minnesota Report So far the law enforcement response to the rampant drug use on the Light Rail System is minimal at best because the perpetrators know the cops are coming. Any regular rider who is plagued by the people who are sleeping on the train, jumping on for a...
Mar 27, 2023
Minnesota Report Last week, we crossed paths with Former US Ambassador Samuel Kaplan, Chair of the Compensation Council and he informed us of the actions by the last meeting of the body and its decisions regarding the increase in compensation for Constitutional...
