In Winona County, the tension between agriculture and water quality gets personal minnesotareformer.com/2024/04/30/in-… via Minnesota Reformer

Minnesota Corn Growers Association teaming up with public schools to indoctrinate children with CRT (Corn Reeducation Theory)

Voters' perceptions may be unduly colored by one side of the ledger (prices), but as economists we should discuss both sides, including wages.

For most Americans (esp middle & bottom), wage growth has strongly outpaced price growth post-pandemic --> strong *real wage growth.*

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New: Becker County Attorney Brian McDonald told me this morning that this was a mistake and not true.

“It’s an oversight on my part. I was trying to push out the discovery as soon as I could to the defense, and I used a boilerplate form and it should have been deleted.'

SPJ has assembled a coalition of more than 40 journalism organizations and advocates calling on Texas DPS to abandon its misguided pursuit of criminal charges against FOX 7 Austin photojournalist Carlos Sanchez: spj.org/news.asp?ref=3…

Boeing whistleblowers keep suddenly dying.

Senate approves ban on ‘junk fees’ minnesotareformer.com/2024/05/01/sen… via Minnesota Reformer

Those sources tell me the office has more than 25 prosecutors capable of handling the Londregan case -- but that attorneys have turned it down because they don't support the charges. (2/2)

Local angle: UnitedHealth CEO savaged for failings in massive cyberattack that’s crippled health care via Ashley Murray minnesotareformer.com/2024/05/01/uni… via Minnesota Reformer

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The Farm Workers at the Front Lines of Bird Flu

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Minnesota Education Department official testifies about reporting Feeding Our Future fraud to FBI  minnesotareformer.com/2024/05/01/min… via Minnesota Reformer

Finding investors is the main test for Uber and Lyft alternatives, which must pay licensing fees of $47k in Minneapolis and $41k in Saint Paul. Only one company — MyWeels — has completed applications in both cities minnesotareformer.com/2024/05/01/ube… by Max Nesterak

U.S. House votes to kill BLM rule, delist gray wolf, end Boundary Waters mining limits minnesotareformer.com/2024/04/30/u-s… via Minnesota Reformer

A federal court ordered today that Trader Joe's pay its union $112k in attorney's fees bc of a trademark lawsuit it filed against the union for items sold on its online merch store.

The court said the case stood out 'in terms of its lack of substantive merit.'

Uber and Lyft alternatives say they will launch in Minneapolis soon … just not today minnesotareformer.com/2024/05/01/ube… via Minnesota Reformer

Madison Equities puts ALL its downtown St. Paul properties on market together: First National Bank building, U.S. Bank Center, Alliance Center, Park Square Court, two ramps, etc. plus Handsome Hog building on Selby. That's 1.6 million sq. feet. Cash offer. twincities.com/2024/04/30/mad…

Wind, solar now provide one third of Minnesota's electricity minnesotareformer.com/briefs/wind-so… via Minnesota Reformer