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Energy

Native American Leaders: MN Public To Have No Say In Where Pipeline Goes If Energy Bill Passes

By Text by Mary Turck, Video By Bill Sorem | April 9, 2017

Opponents say the Energy and Jobs bill isn’t really a jobs bill — it’s a bad energy bill that allows Enbridge to put a pipeline wherever it wants to in Minnesota without consulting the public or the tribes.

Energy

Minnesota Oil Train Safety On “Right Track”, But Still A Battle With Railroad Lobbyists

By Video by Bill Sorem, Text by Michael McIntee | February 26, 2017

Trains with flammable crude oil and hazardous materials rumble next to people’s homes across Minnesota on a daily basis. The state has new regulations and training to reduce the hazard, but is still needs more cooperation from the railroads.

Minnesota

Martin Sabo Remembered In MN Legislature For His Impact

By Michael McIntee | March 14, 2016

Former Minnesota Congressman and legislator Martin Sabo is praised members of the Minnesota House and Senate on Monday. Sabo died Sunday at the age of 78.

Education

Lawmakers React To What Gov. Dayton Did And Didn’t Say In State Of State Address

By Video by Bill Sorem, text by Michael McIntee | April 10, 2015

What Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton said in his State of the State address Thursday night generally energized Democrats and brought criticism from Republicans. But the Governor was also chided by lawmakers from both parties for some of the things he didn’t talk about.

Housing

Macalester Alumni Protest College Crackdown on Students

By Jacob Wheeler | June 7, 2013

Macalester alumni are upset over the Saint Paul-based liberal arts college’s crackdown on student activism. The Kicks Well Fargo Off Campus campaign seeks divestment from the bank for its involvement in the housing foreclosure crisis.

Education

Macalester College Students: Sour Beans, No; Divestment, Yes

By Jacob Wheeler | April 24, 2013

Fifteen students at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minn., are occupying president Brian Rosenberg’s office to protest the school’s refusal to divest from Wells Fargo.

Minnesota

Healing A Broken World…An UpTake Leadership Profile: Vic Rosenthal

By Allison Herrera | March 14, 2013

Jewish organizer and activist Vic Rosenthal works with communities in Minneapolis and beyond to help repair a broken world. He is the executive director of Jewish Community Action, an organization that mobilizes Jews to work on issues such as home foreclosures, LGBT rights and voting rights, among many others.

Energy

MN Lawmakers On Climate Change, Proposed Constitutional Amendments

By Bill Sorem | August 25, 2012

Minnesota Legislators comment on global warming and the two proposed constitutional amendments,

MN House

Transit Cuts Pit MN Cities Against Each Other

By Michael McIntee | March 7, 2012

The Metropolitan Council opposes a bill that would rob it to fund transit in suburbs that run their own transit systems.