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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 ...
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 ...
What we know about abortions in Minnesota - MinnPost
WEBMay 3, 2022 · The most recent report came out in 2021 and covers 2020. The number of abortions induced in Minnesota has declined dramatically over the years, from more than 19,000 in 1980 to fewer than 10,000 ...
Minnesota workers can apply for ‘hero pay’ starting Wednesday
WEBJun 8, 2022 · This from Dana Thiede at KARE-TV, “The application process opens Wednesday, June 8 for frontline workers to claim their share of $500 million set aside by legislators as so-called ‘hero pay ...
Does Minnesota law have a ‘viability’ threshold limiting abortion?
WEBJul 12, 2022 · The following year, Minnesota lawmakers enacted some restrictions, passing a law that says abortions after a fetus is “potentially viable” must be performed at a hospital, and are limited to ...
The 20 Minnesota legislative races to watch in 2022 - MinnPost
WEBSep 27, 2022 · The presidential results apply the Joe Biden-Donald Trump and the Hillary Clinton- Trump votes from 2020 and 2016 to the new districts. The 2016-20 composite result combines the 2016 presidential ...
What three polls tell us about Minnesota’s political trends
WEBSep 30, 2021 · The one bright spot for Walz, Biden and Democrats is the continuing unpopularity of Donald Trump in Minnesota. Change’s MinnPost survey found the former president with only a 41 percent ...
How the Minnesota GOP’s endorsement process pushes
WEBMay 19, 2022 · Not since 1994 has a non-endorsed GOP candidate won Minnesota's Republicans primary, which means candidates must cater to the most active and conservative party members — the 2,000 delegates who ...
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 ...