Probably everyone reading this has experienced anxiety when asked to stand in front of a classroom and correctly spell an ever-increasingly difficult list of words. You spell until you can’t and then you’re out. And then you watched your classmates duel it out with words you likely haven’t even heard of much less know the meaning of or how to spell them. (The only thing worse than the …
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Rather than blaming Donald Trump for everything and chest bumping his Democrat base, Tim Walz missed an opportunity Wednesday night in the State of the State address to bring lawmakers together for a serious discussion about the looming $6 billion deficit. Disappointingly, Walz’s 20-minute speech was self-indulgent. Rather than addressing concerns of Minnesota families, he addressed the …
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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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