After 15 years of watching Northstar Commuter Rail bleed, House Transportation Chair Jon Koznick said enough is enough. Koznick introduced legislation that would end the service that for nearly two decades has been costing Minnesota taxpayers dearly. As MPR News reported, a MNDOT study shows the Northstar line cost nearly $12 million to operate in 2023. The line collected $323,589 in fares. …
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In 2022, the Minneapolis City Council passed an anti-First Amendment ordinance that created a so-called “buffer zone around [abortion] clinics” preventing pro-life activists from engaging in “sidewalk counseling” at the Planned Parenthood offices in Uptown. Attorneys for the Thomas More Society, representing the Minnesota-based Pro-Life Action Ministries, sued the city, saying that the …
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It's April 15!! We’d like to say Minnesota’s sixth smallest refunds in the U.S. ranking is because Minnesotans are spot-on with their withholdings, but we’re pretty confident that Minnesota’s hostile tax climate is holding down taxpayers and small businesses. Minnesota's tax refunds are among the lowest By Alex Fitzpatrick and Torey Van Oot Story by Axios Minnesota: Image at right by …
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