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Appleton area could lose more than $800,000 per year in revenue following government prison purchase
A shuttered private prison in Appleton was sold to the Department of Homeland Security earlier this year. Now, the city will see a massive loss of revenue due to the federal ownership.
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GOP gubernatorial candidate Lisa Demuth releases fraud prevention plan
Rep. and GOP Minnesota gov. candidate Lisa Demuth released a skimpily-detailed fraud prevention plan while attacking her DFL opponent, Sen. Amy Klobuchar.
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Independent ICE flight tracker marks 5,000th detainee flown out of MSP
On Tuesday, August 18, flight data activist Nick Benson marked the 5000th ICE detainee to leave from the Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport.
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Gov. Tim Walz signs executive order banning nonferrous mining near Boundary Waters
Walz’s executive order, if it stands, would likely kill a proposed project from Twin Metals — a subsidiary of the Chilean mining conglomerate Antofagasta — which wants to extract copper, nickel, cobalt and other valuable metals from underground veins near Ely and Babbitt, about a dozen miles from the wilderness area.
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Klobuchar proposes Minnesota tax credit to assist with rising healthcare premiums
If elected Minnesota’s next governor, DFL Sen. Amy Klobuchar says she would create a state tax credit to help with those skyrocketing costs.
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During Operation Metro Surge, ICE arrested dozens of immigrant crime victims
They were arrested despite having protections from deportation by ICE.
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Mike Lindell wins Trump endorsement, immediately criticizes mass deportation campaign
In another surprising twist in the race for the Republican nomination for governor, Mike Lindell released an 18-page, five-pronged plan to reform the federal immigration system by creating a path to temporary legal residency for working immigrants.
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Report: Trump administration stopping 4 Minnesota wind power developments
The combined output of the four projects would be 1,119 megawatts — more than the twin reactors at Xcel Energy’s Prairie Island nuclear power plant.
