The United States Department of Agriculture has predicted food costs will increase three to four percent this year. That worries Minnesota school officials, who likely will have to manage those increases — and consider raising lunch prices.
The board of directors for American Crystal Sugar Co. has approved the use of Roundup Ready beet seed for the fourth consecutive year. Opponents to genetically modified food are expected to file a suit against the seed, but that didn’t deter the nation’s largest sugar beer co-op.
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources staff say the quality of outdoor life will be significantly reduced if the department isn’t allowed to increase the cost of hunting and fishing licenses.
Two Duluth city council members will introduce a resolution against a proposed bill in the Minnesota legislature that would require local police to enforce federal immigration law.
“It is going to kill jobs for generations to come,” Rep. Carly Melin, DFL-Hibbing, said of a plan by Minnesota Republicans to use $60 million from a fund derived from taconite production taxes.
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