New Marijuana Bill Medical marijuana has been an issue in Minnesota, largely due to the fact that the cannabis law has been so restrictive. Recently Minnesota lawmakers voted to expand the law to allow patients to smoke the plant. Normally it has only been allowed in the form of liquid, oils, ...
When a mob of Trump supporters broke into the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, trying to stop the the members of Congress as they tried to validate the results of the November presidential election, it was an act of insurrection unlike anything since the Civil War. Now, as some members of Congress try ...
If it wasn’t for deadlines, some things would never get done at all. It’s true in newspapers, and it’s true in government as well. State leaders agreed early Monday morning on a $52 billion budget plan, hours before the scheduled end of the legislative session. By having a May 17 ...
Israelis and Palestinians are in open war with each other in the Gaza Strip. Hamas, the Palestinian leadership organization, has been firing rockets into Israel, and the Israeli forces are responding with air raids to destroy buildings and tunnels it says are housing Hamas military ...
As we come down to the bitter end of the legislative session, the House spent a long afternoon and evening debating and voting on a bill to legalize marijuana in the state. As much as the pot afficionados might be cheered by the House passage, the Senate is determined to let the bill die ...
Masks We were glad to see Governor Walz lift the statewide mask mandate following new guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It’s about time. However, We agree with Walz that more people need to get vaccinated. It’s time for those who have not been vaccinated to ...