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...
Trump Maternity Leave Policy: An Unfinished Puzzle
Welcoming a child into the world is an already stressful situation for most people; before that little bundle of joy can be welcomed into your life there are many questions that must be answered, precautions...
The MN unemployment rate rose in August, but there’s no need to worry
The unemployment rate in Minnesota rose 0.1% in August, to sit now at 3.8% across the state.
Who is losing jobs? The leisure and hospitality industry is the biggest contributor to the rise in unemployment, down...
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...
Minnesota has officially, formally, rejected Trump’s request for voter data
It was already clear back in June that that Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon wasn't going to play ball with President Trump's Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity.
Now it's official. Steve Simon sent a...
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...
Net neutrality’s latest champion is… Burger King?
Net Neutrality was repealed this past December, and remains a hot topic as average citizens like you and me fight to keep our internet free and open.
(Briefly: Net neutrality keeps all internet sites neutral; i.e....
MN Budget Battle: What went wrong?
We've all had to fight over money at some point in our lives, whether your brother or sister owing you ten bucks or trying to decide with a significant other what to spend your savings...
Meanwhile, in South Korea…
South Korea’s National Assembly passed a bill on 2/28/18 to bring the country's maximum legal workweek hours down from 68 to 52.
Why?
People are overworked.
South Koreans have turned into workaholics since their economy started blossoming...
President Obama hits the Billboard charts with “One Last Time (44 Remix)”
Barack Obama, 44th president of the United States, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Harvard graduate, the United States' most-admired man (11 years straight), husband and father can now add R&B star to his lost list...
