Editor: To the people of Itasca and St. Louis counties and the state of Minnesota. Wake up! Do you realize what the consequences the Excelsior Energy coal gasification plant to be located near the town of Taconite is going to be to our state?
Wisconsin business leaders cringe whenever the state appears as a "Top 10" high-tax state in national rankings. The designation, they fume, sullies the state's reputation and drives out investment. Most recently, Wisconsin ranked as the nation'...
SIOUX FALLS (AP) — A $6 billion coal train project has created strange political bedfellows in South Dakota, where railroads helped pioneers settle the land when it was still Dakota Territory.
A coalition of health and environmental groups plans to stage protests today at nearly 30 Target stores across the U.S., urging the Minneapolis-based retailer to phase out selling toys, shower curtains and other merchandise packaged in or made out of polyvinyl chloride plastic. No protests are planned in Minnesota. The 60-some groups, led by the Center for Health, Environment and Justice, said
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - Opponents are trying to reroute one of the largest railroad track expansions in a century, claiming it threatens the Mayo Clinic and its patients and staff.
Economic boon or environmental risk? Loan may decide project's fate SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- Opponents are trying to reroute one of the largest railroad track expansions in a century, claiming it threatens the Mayo Clinic and its patients and staff.
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- The prospect of a third railroad to serve Wyoming's Powder River Basin coal fields rests largely in the hands of the Federal Railroad Administration.
Opponents are trying to reroute one of the largest U.S. railroad track expansions in a century, claiming it threatens the world-famous Mayo Clinic and thousands of disabled patients.
Immigrants are reshaping Minnesota. More than 15,000 legal immigrants arrived last year, more than in any year during the past quarter century. Somalis, Ethiopians and Mexicans are among those coming in the largest numbers.
