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This Week’s Top Stories “The United States needs to be deconstructed, period” according to Brian Lozenski.
| Walz education appointee calls for overthrow of US government |
| From the man in charge of overhauling Minnesota’s K-12 education: “The United States needs to be deconstructed, period.” |
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| “Reimagining” George Floyd Square |
| The City of Minneapolis is moving forward with plans for the former Speedway gas station at 38th and Chicago. Proposals range from an art gallery to a “racial justice and healing center.” |
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| Minnesota Power planning two utility-scale solar farms |
| The utility has not released cost estimates for the solar projects, which will be located near Royalton, MN and in Cohasset, MN. |
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| Minneapolis to convert deserted downtown offices into apartments |
| Will it be enough to stave off the looming city budget problems brought on by a collapse in commercial real estate prices? |
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| Tim Walz visits Manhattan, Alex Soros |
| Walz took time out of his busy schedule this week to visit the Manhattan home of philanthropist Alex Soros. |
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| Employment in Minnesota fell for the fourth straight month in August, down 25,600 since April |
| In five and a half years, there has been no growth whatsoever in the number of people in Minnesota who are employed. |
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| Economy |
| Misleading ‘fact check’ on inflation gets a ‘D’ |
| Education |
| Rochester district threatens school closings if voters reject referendum again |
| Is Walz’s administration slow-walking ethnic studies rollout? |
| Energy & Environment |
| WSJ: ‘Good luck’ holding renewables grid together |
| ‘Really tough’ for U.S. solar industry to compete with China |
| Three Mile Island to reopen for Microsoft data centers |
| Xcel plans for new gas plant to meet “carbon-free” state electric mandate |
| I’ll drive my car until the wheels fall off — you should too |
| Public Safety |
| A late-summer murder surge in Minneapolis |
| Spending & Taxes |
| Fargo credit outlook takes a hit, increasing pressure for budget cuts |
| Walz state agencies bloated with DEI staff |
| Downtown Minneapolis office space sells for just $10.25 per square foot |
| 20th, 21st guilty pleas entered in Feeding Our Future. 22nd is on the way. |
| Unions |
| How much will the teachers’ union spend on politics this year? |
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