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A brief history of Minnesota’s Mesabi Iron Range - MinnPost
WEBMay 26, 2020 · The Mesabi Iron Range’s history as a mining district begins well before ore was unearthed. More than two billion years ago, an era of mountain building known as the Algoman orogeny occurred ...
Does Minnesota law have a ‘viability’ threshold limiting abortion?
WEBJul 12, 2022 · The federal 8th Circuit Court of Appeals took issue with that second phrase. In the case Hodgson v. Lawson, the court said the definition presumed viability begins at the end of the 20th week.This ...
How Walz won Minnesota governor's race against Jensen in charts …
WEBNov 9, 2022 · DFL Gov. Tim Walz beat GOP candidate Scott Jensen in Tuesday’s election by 7.7 percentage points, a smaller margin than his 11.4-point victory in 2018. Nonetheless, it was considered a major ...
The story behind Minnesota’s weirdly shaped northern border
WEBFeb 4, 2014 · John Mitchell’s 1755 map showed Lake of the Woods as roughly egg-shaped. In 1798, British explorer David Thompson proved that the northernmost source of the Mississippi was south of Lake of the ...
Minnesota loses another newspaper as International Falls
WEBJun 25, 2021 · Today, newspapers of all sizes are struggling and closing. Ad revenue for U.S. newspapers plummeted from $49.4 billion in 2005 to $14.3 billion in 2018.
Minnesota’s ‘most progressive’ tax state designation explained
WEBFeb 1, 2024 · Minnesota is now the state with the nation’s most-progressive tax system in the U.S., as calculated by the left-leaning Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. Its data-driven assessment ...
Challengers already lining up to try to defeat Omar, Craig, …
WEBSep 13, 2023 · Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar is also running for reelection next year. She has already drawn three Republican challengers: Patrick Munro, John Berman and Mike Ruoho, none of whom have raised any ...
How Moriarty won the race for Hennepin County Attorney
WEBNov 11, 2022 · Mary Moriarty won the race to be the next Hennepin County Attorney Tuesday night, roundly defeating Martha Holton Dimick by nearly 16 percentage points, a feat accomplished by winning Minneapolis ...
What you need to know about the Twin Metals mine plan
WEBDec 18, 2019 · Twin Metals plans to directly employ 700 full-time workers at the mine and estimates it would create another 1,400 spinoff jobs in the region. By comparison, PolyMet says it will create 360 direct ...