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The story behind Minnesota’s weirdly shaped northern border
WEBFeb 4, 2014 · John Mitchell’s 1755 map showed Lake of the Woods as roughly egg-shaped. In 1798, British explorer David Thompson proved that the northernmost source of the Mississippi was south of Lake of the ...
MEA weekend: Explaining a distinctly Minnesotan tradition
WEBOct 16, 2019 · Here, many students, parents and educators look forward to the third Thursday and Friday of October as a much-needed break without the added stress of an actual holiday. But MEA break exists for a ...
How Walz won Minnesota governor's race against Jensen in charts …
WEBNov 9, 2022 · DFL Gov. Tim Walz beat GOP candidate Scott Jensen in Tuesday’s election by 7.7 percentage points, a smaller margin than his 11.4-point victory in 2018. Nonetheless, it was considered a major ...
Island Peži will be closest marijuana dispensary to Twin Cities
WEBJun 27, 2024 · Prairie Island dispensary will offer early test for recreational cannabis sales closer to the Twin Cities. Island Peži, which officially launches Saturday, is about 40 minutes from St. Paul ...
Does Minnesota law have a ‘viability’ threshold limiting abortion?
WEBJul 12, 2022 · The federal 8th Circuit Court of Appeals took issue with that second phrase. In the case Hodgson v. Lawson, the court said the definition presumed viability begins at the end of the 20th week.This ...
Minnesota’s ‘most progressive’ tax state designation explained
WEBFeb 1, 2024 · The 2023 taxes omnibus bill adjusted how state taxes impact both the highest earners and the lowest earners, and it helped push Minnesota's tax ranking in a left-leaning institute's recent report.
A brief history of Minnesota’s Mesabi Iron Range - MinnPost
WEBMay 26, 2020 · The Mesabi Iron Range’s history as a mining district begins well before ore was unearthed. More than two billion years ago, an era of mountain building known as the Algoman orogeny occurred ...
Is Minnesota home to the largest number of Somali Americans in …
WEBJul 11, 2023 · Yes. Minnesota Compass reports a total of 86,610 Somali Americans reside in the state, the largest population in the country. An estimated 37,048 residents of Minnesota were born in Somalia ...
Walz spending plan consumes much of Minnesota’s current
WEBJan 27, 2022 · A lot of Walz's proposed spending would be embedded into the state operating budget, obligating the state to spend more in the future to keep those programs in place.