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网页2 天之前 · BY: Max Nesterak - October 3, 2024. Evergreen Acres Dairy will pay $250,000 in back wages and make repairs to its worker housing to settle a lawsuit brought by Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, who alleged the dairy’s owners underpaid hundreds of workers while charging them for squalid, cockroach-infested housing.
In Minnesota, Xcel Energy looks to mimic power plant with solar …
网页2024年8月28日 · Xcel Energy is proposing a new approach to powering the grid in Minnesota. The utility recently told state regulators it wants to build a network of solar-powered energy storage hubs, located strategically on its grid and linked with technology so they can be operated in concert with each other. The result would be what’s known […]
Why it matters that Gov. Tim Walz was a geography teacher
网页2024年8月28日 · Whether or not you agree with Walz’s politics, the fact that he was a geography teacher is important because it means he could bring this perspective into the White House. His geographic outlook is different from those before him, who were often trained in law, politics, business and economics. As …
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People in prison should be allowed to vote • Minnesota Reformer
网页2024年8月27日 · Perhaps Minnesota will be in the vanguard leading even more states to maintain and extend voting rights for convicted offenders and those in penitentiaries. Given the justice-impacted status of former President Donald Trump, surely this idea should have some appeal to Republicans. Republish. Our stories may be republished online or in print ...
X fixes AI chatbot after secretaries of state complained it spread ...
网页2024年8月26日 · Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon on Monday announced that X, formerly Twitter, made changes to its artificial intelligence chatbot, Grok, after multiple secretaries of state wrote to X complaining the chatbot spread election misinformation. Simon in a statement said that X informed his office last …
National politics prevail at the Great Minnesota Get Together
网页2024年8月29日 · St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter gave a pep-rally-like talk supporting Vice President Kamala Harris and Gov. Tim Walz in the DFL booth on Aug. 27, 2024. Photo by Michelle Griffith/Minnesota Reformer. Rep. Mike Freiberg, DFL-Golden Valley, after trying the mango-flavored Dole whip with chili powder, …
Minnesota minimum wage to rise to $11.13 per hour, a 26
网页2024年8月26日 · Starting Jan. 1, virtually all workers will be entitled to the same hourly minimum wage of $11.13. That’s a 26% increase for workers currently at the lower wage floor. But the 2.6% increase for workers at large businesses will also be the largest annual adjustment since lawmakers tied the minimum wage to …
Former geography teacher Tim Walz is really into maps
网页2024年8月6日 · Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz really, really likes maps. The former Mankato geography teacher, now a vice presidential candidate, identifies as a “GIS nerd” and proclaimed November 15, 2023 as Geographic Information Systems day, writing that an understanding of maps and data “helps community leaders and government officials make data-driven decisions” governing important policy issues like […]
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