MANKATO: City Becomes First Fair Trade Town in Minnesota The city council handed out celebratory fair trade chocolate after voting unanimously to become the state’s first free trade city and the 25th in the U.S. A previous attempt to use fair trade coffee was a disappointment with one brand too expensive and the other not up to expected standards, according to the city manager. The milestone comes …
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“All eyes of property rights advocates will be on Minnesota with this case” The Minnesota chapter of a national civil liberties legal group is going to court Tuesday to fight for the property rights of a Winona man who’s got other battles on his hands: he’s currently serving as a U.S. advisor in war-torn Afghanistan. The Institute for Justice (IJ) on Tuesday will ask a Minnesota …
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St. Cloud Airport Gets One of First and Last Grants Under FAA Subsidy Program Set to End The St. Cloud Regional Airport is banking on a recently announced $750,000 federal grant to land an airline at the airport that’s been virtually deserted since Delta terminated service in and out of St. Cloud in late 2009. Despite a $5 million makeover of the …
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