Earth Day at 55: A greener, cleaner Minnesota

It s Earth Day and Minnesota is cleaner greener and more economically resilient because of it MPR News shares five positive environment-related things that Minnesota has done well over the past years The fallout against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth continues NBC News reports that Hegseth used his personal telephone to send detailed information on the app Signal about strikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen last month The sequence of events which has not been previously communicated could raise new questions about Hegseth s handling of the information which he and the executive have denied was classified KSTP reports that Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison has filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump as well as U S Attorney General Pam Bondi and the United States Department of Justice The lawsuit targets two executive orders issued by President Trump one that banned transgender girls and women from competing on sports teams with women and girls and the gender ideology order A group of eight Republicans in the Minnesota House have introduced provision that would designate certain vaccines and biological treatments as weapons of mass destruction and make possessing or administering them a crime punishable by up to years in prison according to the Minnesota Reformer Visitors to Duluth s Lake Superior Maritime Visitor Center might notice the impact of President Donald Trump s federal hiring freeze As the peak tourist seasons approaches the popular landmark on Park Point has been unable to hire park rangers There is a new activity that aims to provide funds to help farmers address the burgeoning cannabis industry in Minnesota Grant awards for technical assistance are expected to range from to while loan financing is expected to range from to according to the cannabis management office disclosed WCCO News The post Earth Day at A greener cleaner Minnesota appeared first on MinnPost