GOP candidate leaving governor’s race
The race to replace Mark Dayton as governor in next year's election has one less contestant.
Blake Huffman, a republican currently serving as Ramsey County Commissioner, is looking to instead focus his energies on Journey Home,...
Out of tragedy comes Little Alan’s Law
On the evening of January 26, 2018, at around 8:00pm, the Geisenkoetter family were setting up a canvas ice house on a Minnesota lake. The ice house was being set up next to their extended...
Edina Passes Increase on Smoking Age. Who’s Next?
Earlier this month, the city of Edina, MN got the votes it needed to increase the age to buy cigarettes in the city from 18 to 21. They are the first city to do so in...
The loss of net neutrality means the loss of internet freedom
If you've been online even once over the past few weeks, chances are you've heard something about net neutrality and Ajit Pai, the former-Verizon-exec-turned-head-of-the-FCC, who is trying to dismantle it.
Net neutrality keeps all internet sites,...
School security changes on deck from Minnesota republicans
Florida might be on the very opposite end of the country from our northern-most Minnesota, but every last corner of the country has felt the tragedy that rocked Stoneman Douglas High School this past...
Big tech’s big role in (actual) fake news under fire
Long seen as a guiding light, a way to connect the entire planet in new and better ways, helping to usher in a bright and prosperous future, "big tech" i.e. Facebook, Twitter and other...
Watch Ajit Pai embarrass himself on the very platform he’s looking to extort
If you haven't heard about the FCC's repeal of net neutrality regulations, which keep the internet open to everyone (and keeps it exactly the way it is today), then you haven't been using the...
Future research censorship is of serious U.S. concern
Late last week, an analyst from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a federal agency with the goal of improving the public's health using research, released a set of forbidden words that...
The Minnesota fight against female genital mutilation
By now you've probably heard about the two 7-year-old girls who were taken by their parents to Michigan for "surgery" and instead had their clitoral skin removed by Dr. Jumana Nagarwala (allegedly).
The response from the...
Orange Cones and Flashing Lights: Current MNDOT Projects
Constant brake lights and drivers using colorful language can only mean one thing for Minnesota: It's construction season. Lane closures, lane mergers, orange cones and flashing lights are popping up all over Minnesota right...
