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  • Demonstrators hold up signs protesting tax breaks for data centers during a special legislative session Monday, June 9, 2025 at the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul. (Photo by Nicole Neri/Minnesota Reformer)

    Big Tech wants to build a data center in your city. Is it worth it?

    Originally published: Minnesota Reformer on September 8, 2026 by Brian Martucci (more by Minnesota Reformer) (Posted Sep 10, 2026)

    A closer look at costs and benefits.

  • A Utah County election worker picks up mailed ballots from the United States Postal Service office on Oct. 26, 2020 in Provo, Utah. (Photo by George Frey/Getty Images)

    Why the rushed Postal Service plan for mail-in voting has states in a panic

    Originally published: Minnesota Reformer on September 2, 2026 by Jacob Fischler (more by Minnesota Reformer) (Posted Sep 04, 2026)

    President Donald Trump’s executive order placing new restrictions on mail-in voting would assign state officials a Herculean task to reach compliance before the crucial midterm elections.

  • A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer watches a crowd of protesters at Delaney Hall, a detention center, in Newark, New Jersey, on May 25, 2026. Employing new tactics, ICE arrested more people in July than in any previous month of the Trump administration. (Photo by Ben Ackman/New Jersey Monitor)

    With new tactics, ICE reaches new high in monthly arrests

    Originally published: Minnesota Reformer on August 11, 2026 by Tim Henderson (more by Minnesota Reformer) (Posted Aug 12, 2026)

    Though it is striving to fulfill the White House’s demand for more arrests, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is still falling short of the Trump administration’s announced goal of 2,000 arrests per day.

  • ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA - JANUARY 11: U.S. Border Patrol agents detain Orbin Mauricio Henriquez Serrano after he failed to present citizenship documentation at a gas station on January 11, 2026 in St. Paul, Minnesota. Then-Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino watches in the background. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

    Orbin Mauricio Henriquez Serrano survived a violent arrest in St. Paul. It still haunts him.

    Originally published: Minnesota Reformer on August 3, 2026 by Madison McVan (more by Minnesota Reformer) (Posted Aug 05, 2026)

    He was one of thousands of immigrants arrested during Operation Metro Surge.

  • htnovo.net

    Nudification law to go into effect Saturday after judge denies delay request from Musk’s AI company

    Originally published: Minnesota Reformer on July 31, 2026 by Michelle Griffith (more by Minnesota Reformer) (Posted Aug 03, 2026)

    A new Minnesota law banning the use of technology that creates sexually explicit images or videos of a person without their consent will go into effect Saturday after a federal judge rejected the request of an Elon Musk AI company to delay the law’s enforcement.

  • ObamaCare Enrollment Photo by Xizi (Cecilia) Hua.

    Obamacare enrollment declines in 49 states

    Originally published: Minnesota Reformer on July 29, 2026 by Shalina Chatlani (more by Minnesota Reformer) (Posted Jul 31, 2026)

    In 49 states, the number of people enrolled in Obamacare plans has declined since Congress made coverage more expensive by allowing federal subsidies to expire at the end of last year.

  • Smoke from Canadian wildfires has led to some of the worst air quality in recorded history in Minnesota. (Photo by Max Nesterak/Minnesota Reformer)

    The war in Iran has unleashed a clean energy boom, but Trump is leaving America behind

    Originally published: Minnesota Reformer on July 24, 2026 by Patrick Hamilton (more by Minnesota Reformer) (Posted Jul 27, 2026)

    Electricity is humanity’s most versatile form of energy and will be the 21st century’s energy source of choice. It is astonishing and bewildering that a president who considers himself the epitome of business savvy is deliberately kneecapping the ability of the U.S. to compete in the energy technologies and enterprises fundamental to surviving and thriving in the 21st century.

  • A mail-in ballot dropbox on P Street Northwest in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, June 16, 2026. (Photo by Ashley Murray/States Newsroom)

    Trump guts election commission in move seen as increasing his sway over midterms

    Originally published: Minnesota Reformer on July 10, 2026 by David Lightman (more by Minnesota Reformer) (Posted Jul 13, 2026)

    Trump is using the authority that the Supreme Court appeared to give him in a decision last week allowing him to remove members of independent agencies, except for Federal Reserve governors.

  • Health and Health Care

    Higher hospital prices mean smaller paychecks and inflated premiums

    Originally published: Minnesota Reformer on July 2, 2026 by Jennifer Schultz (more by Minnesota Reformer) (Posted Jul 09, 2026)

    State legislatures can intervene to help control costs.

  • An election worker processes mail-in ballots for the California state primary election at the Los Angeles County Ballot Processing Center on June 05, 2026, in City of Industry, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

    Trump order limiting voting by mail halted by federal court

    Originally published: Minnesota Reformer on June 25, 2026 by Jonathan Shorman (more by Minnesota Reformer) (Posted Jun 29, 2026)

    Trump has suffered a series of setbacks in recent days in his efforts to influence the administration of state-run elections. 

  • Ahead of the May 2024 primary, a drop box for mail-in ballots sits outside the Shelby County Courthouse Annex in Shelbyville, Kentucky. (Photo by McKenna Horsley/Kentucky Lantern)

    States that won’t obey Trump order will have their mail ballots halted, postmaster says

    Originally published: Minnesota Reformer on June 24, 2026 by Jonathan Shorman (more by Minnesota Reformer) (Posted Jun 26, 2026)

    Postmaster General David Steiner defended the rule at a Senate hearing and dismissed accusations that the Postal Service was acting politically after President Donald Trump signed an executive order in March restricting voting by mail. 

  • Voting at the Portland Expo in Maine’s June 9, 2026 primary election. (Photo by Jim Neuger/Maine Morning Star)

    Trump ‘trampled’ voter privacy by feeding info into Homeland Security system, judge says

    Originally published: Minnesota Reformer on June 22, 2026 by Jonathan Shorman (more by Minnesota Reformer) (Posted Jun 25, 2026)

    The ruling struck at the core of President Donald Trump’s project to assert authority over state-run elections ahead of the November midterms.

  • People shop the shelves at the Ritenour Co-Care Food Pantry just outside of St. Louis last week. The nonprofit has seen rising need as grocery prices soar and thousands of Missourians lose federal food assistance. (Photo courtesy of Ritenour Co-Care Food Pantry)

    More Americans are hungry in the face of federal cuts, rising grocery prices

    Originally published: Minnesota Reformer on June 17, 2026 by Kevin Hardy (more by Minnesota Reformer) (Posted Jun 19, 2026)

    Stewart-Kahn said many families face immediate decisions of which bills to pay and which needs to forgo, but that the parental stress and childhood distress will have long-term consequences for society.

  • A new report analyzing survey results of 10,000 U.S. adults found widespread healthcare affordability challenges. (Photo by John Partipilo/Tennessee Lookout)

    Nearly half of adults struggled to afford healthcare last year, survey finds

    Originally published: Minnesota Reformer on June 11, 2026 by Nada Hassanein (more by Minnesota Reformer) (Posted Jun 15, 2026)

    Forty-six percent of U.S. adults–regardless of insurance type–reported struggling to afford healthcare last year, according to a report released Wednesday by the Urban Institute, a nonprofit research think tank.

  • The U.S. Postal Service on May 29, 2026 proposed a rule to carry out President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting voting by mail. (Photo by Jane Norman/States Newsroom)

    Trump ordered limits on voting by mail. The Postal Service is moving to make states comply.

    Originally published: Minnesota Reformer on May 29, 2026 by Jonathan Shorman (more by Minnesota Reformer) (Posted Jun 04, 2026)

    “Widespread chaos and confusion is the goal of this executive order,” Cliff Albright, co-founder of Black Voters Matter, said in a statement.

  • “I voted” stickers rest on a counter at the Pennington County Administration Building during early voting on Jan. 19, 2026, for a municipal election in Rapid City, South Dakota. (Photo by Seth Tupper/South Dakota Searchlight)

    A U.S. Supreme Court ruling hammered voting rights. What does it mean and what happens now?

    Originally published: Minnesota Reformer on April 30, 2026 by Jonathan Shorman (more by Minnesota Reformer) (Posted May 04, 2026)

    The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision gutting the federal Voting Rights Act could upend American politics and trigger a new rush to redraw congressional districts.

  • President Donald Trump’s budget for the coming fiscal year proposes to end federal funding for libraries. (Getty Images) (Photo: nwexx.blogspot.com)

    Trump’s budget would gut local libraries and museums. Congress is not on board.

    Originally published: Minnesota Reformer on April 27, 2026 by Shauneen Miranda (more by Minnesota Reformer) (Posted Apr 29, 2026)

    President Donald Trump is looking to eliminate funding in fiscal 2027 for the agency that serves as the primary federal funding source for libraries and museums nationwide.

  • Members of the media set up outside the U.S. Supreme Court ahead of President Donald Trump’s expected arrival on April 1, 2026. The court heard oral arguments that day in a case to determine if Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship is constitutional. (Photo by Al Drago/Getty Images)

    Birthright case forces U.S. Supreme Court to confront prospect of Americans losing citizenship

    Originally published: Minnesota Reformer on April 6, 2026 by Jonathan Shorman (more by Minnesota Reformer) (Posted Apr 08, 2026)

    As the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments last week about the constitutionality of President Donald Trump’s executive order to end birthright citizenship, Justice Sonia Sotomayor seemed skeptical. The order as written applies only to babies born in the future, and the Trump administration has asked the court to exclude current citizens from any decision. Still, […]

  • Camp East Montana at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas on Sept. 7, 2025. (Photo by Paul Ratje for The Texas Tribune)

    ‘Unbelievably inhumane’: U.S. Rep. Kelly Morrison visits troubled Texas detention center

    Originally published: Minnesota Reformer on March 26, 2026 by Max Nesterak (more by Minnesota Reformer) (Posted Mar 29, 2026)

    The detention center consists of five massive tent structures on the site of a former World War II detention camp for Japanese Americans at Fort Bliss.

  • A banner of President Donald Trump is hung on the Department of Justice in February. The Justice Department is arguing it needs access to states’ voter data to ensure the security of the midterm elections. (Photo by Heather Diehl/Getty Images)

    In bid for voter data, Trump’s DOJ lays groundwork to undermine confidence in midterms

    Originally published: Minnesota Reformer on March 16, 2026 (more by Minnesota Reformer) (Posted Mar 20, 2026)

    “I just think there’s a total lack of trust in what the federal government will do,” says Alaska state Sen. Bill Wielechowski.

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  • Parallel Universes
    Andy Merrifield

    Anybody who’s ever leafed through Finnegans Wake will quickly recognize that we’re not dealing here with a standard novel, just as anybody leafing through Marx’s Capital will know we’re not dealing with standard economics.

Lost & Found

  • The Rise and Fall of the United Farm Workers
    Michael D. Yates Cesar Chavez (center) marches with United Farm Workers members in Redondo Beach, California, July 9, 1975.

    Chavez could not abide the idea, much less the reality, that the farm workers themselves could and should run the union.

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