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1 week ago | 
minnesotareformer.com | Madison McVan |Minnesota Reformer
At Vista Village apartments in St. Paul, residents of the affordable complex reported faulty furnaces and ice building up inside of their windows on cold days. Parts of the floor were water-damaged, and after more than 50 years of housing low-income residents, wear and tear on the building was becoming impossible to ignore.
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1 week ago | 
southernminn.com | Madison McVan
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2 weeks ago | 
minnesotareformer.com | Madison McVan |Minnesota Reformer
A budget bill passed by the state House housing committee Wednesday would prioritize funding for communities whose rules allow for multifamily housing construction, and don’t require certain size, parking or aesthetic requirements for new developments.
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2 weeks ago | 
southernminn.com | Madison McVan
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2 weeks ago | 
minnesotareformer.com | Madison McVan |Minnesota Reformer
Minnesota Rep. Drew Roach, R-Farmington, and Sen. Bill Lieske, R-Lonsdale, called the Jan. 6 insurrection a “hoax” and repeated a false conspiracy theory that the Trump supporters who stormed the Capitol were “actors,” during a video podcast posted Monday on YouTube and the popular right wing platform Rumble.
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2 weeks ago | 
southernminn.com | Madison McVan
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2 weeks ago | 
mesabitribune.com | Madison McVan
Rep. Drew Roach, R-Farmington, during floor session on March 13. Photo by Michele Jokinen/House Information Services. kAmkDA2? DEJ=6lQ7@?E\H6:89Ei c__jQm|:??6D@E2 #6A] sC6H #@249[ #\u2C>:?8E@?[ 2?5 $6?] q:== {:6D<6[ #\{@?D52=6[ 42==65 E96 y2?] e :?DFCC64E:@?
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2 weeks ago | 
minnesotareformer.com | Madison McVan
Environmentalists have long feared that Minnesota state regulators have been captured by local industry heavyweights — allowing big companies like Cargill and 3M to shape environmental policy in their own interests instead of the public’s. But no one would accuse Derric Pennington, a conservation scientist hired by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency last year, of being captured by industry, and by Cargill in particular.
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2 weeks ago | 
mesabitribune.com | Madison McVan
Derric Pennington, photographed on March 27, 2025. Penningtion was fired from his job as an economic policy analyst at the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency for his criticism of Cargill on LinkedIn. Photo by Madison McVan/Minnesota Reformer. kAmkDA2? DEJ=6lQ7@?E\H6:89Ei c__jQmt?G:C@?>6?E2=:DED 92G6 =@?8 762C65 E92E |:??6D@E2 DE2E6 C68F=2E@CD 92G6 366?k^DA2?m k2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^>:??6D@E2C67@C>6C]4@>^3C:67D^6?G:C@?>6?E2=\8C@FAD\42==\7@C\962C:?8D\@G6C\>A42\:DDF6D^QmkDA2?
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2 weeks ago | 
walkermn.com | Madison McVan
Derric Pennington, photographed on March 27, 2025. Penningtion was fired from his job as an economic policy analyst at the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency for his criticism of Cargill on LinkedIn. Photo by Madison McVan/Minnesota Reformer. kAmkDA2? DEJ=6lQ7@?E\H6:89Ei c__jQmt?G:C@?>6?E2=:DED 92G6 =@?8 762C65 E92E |:??6D@E2 DE2E6 C68F=2E@CD 92G6 366?k^DA2?m k2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^>:??6D@E2C67@C>6C]4@>^3C:67D^6?G:C@?>6?E2=\8C@FAD\42==\7@C\962C:?8D\@G6C\>A42\:DDF6D^QmkDA2?
