Christopher Magan

1 week ago | startribune.com | Christopher Magan

Audrey Stenzel, an avid concert-goer and musician, doesn't think anyone should have to choose between affordability and hydration. That's why the Mounds View High School student testified in March in support of a bill at the Capitol that would require Minnesota entertainment venues to provide water to patrons for free. "Consumers have a human right to water and venues should protect that right," Stenzel told members of the Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee.

1 week ago | winonadailynews.com | Christopher Magan

Audrey Stenzel, an avid concert-goer and musician, doesn’t think anyone should have to choose between affordability and hydration. That’s why the Mounds View High School student testified in March in support of a bill at the Capitol that would require Minnesota entertainment venues to provide water to patrons for free. “Consumers have a human right to water and venues should protect that right,” Stenzel told members of the Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee.

1 week ago | startribune.com | Christopher Magan

Hennepin County taxpayers are subsidizing the cost of organic trash pickup to keep residents' garbage bills lower and boost a program county leaders say is key to reducing waste. Minneapolis was an early adopter of organics recycling; starting as a pilot in 2008, it has been available citywide since 2016.

2 weeks ago | startribune.com | Christopher Magan

A melee outside the Franklin Library in Minneapolis involving contract security guards and an Indigenous man, who was banned from the facility, has activists and a county commissioner calling for the security firm's removal. The March 25 altercation ended with the man handcuffed to a fence and guards using pepper spray to disperse a crowd that formed.

2 weeks ago | miamiherald.com | Christopher Magan

Minnesota legislators are weighing a new tax on social media platforms that could raise $334 million in the next four years as the state faces a multibillion-dollar deficit later this decade and uncertainty surrounding federal funding. Under a proposal introduced by Senate Taxes Committee Chair Ann Rest, DFL-New Hope, large social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and X would pay a tax on the collection of user data, which they sell to advertisers.