Schiltz: ‘I did not violate any ethics rules’
U.S. District Judge Patrick Schiltz on Friday publicly recounted the challenges of administering justice during Operation Metro Surge, just two days after the Justice Department filed an ethics complaint against him and other judges for criticizing the federal government’s actions during the immigration crackdown. University of St. Thomas law professor Michael Paulsen interviewed Schiltz at […]
Minnesotans: We can trust our neighbors who run our elections
Our stomachs have settled from the State Fair, school buses are back on the roads and the leaves are starting to turn. Our transition from summer to fall is officially underway. Which also means early voting has officially started in Minnesota! We lead the nation in voter turnout, and are proud of our record. From […]
Protection of the Boundary Waters is on the ballot
When Congress voted to overturn hard-fought federal protections for the Boundary Waters watershed earlier this year, it did more than revive the possibility of the proposed Twin Metals sulfide-ore copper mine. Congress also sent a troubling message: Decades of scientific research, overwhelming public support, treaty rights and careful stewardship of one of America’s greatest public […]
Removing federal protections for wolves would be catastrophic
President Donald Trump recently issued an executive order that seeks to sacrifice wolves to placate farmers and ranchers for his tariff policy. This order is nothing more than smoke and mirrors, and it’s obvious that it won’t make a real difference for ranchers and farmers who are struggling. The executive order gives the U.S. interior […]
A forward-thinking Agriculture secretary gifted us a wonder 100 years ago
This week marks the 100th anniversary of the policy directive by U.S. Agriculture Secretary William Jardine that 640,000 acres of forests and waters in northern Minnesota be managed as a roadless wilderness area. “It will be the policy of the Department (of Agriculture) to retain as much as possible of the land which has recreational […]
