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There are many different ways that plant, insect, and disease pests can enter Minnesota. The particular method of introduction for a pest is called a pathway. This month, as folks go to the florist to get Valentine's Day arrangements, it is an appropriate time to explore the cut-flower industry. This is a potential pathway for noxious weed introduction. Most people would not think of a floral arrangement as being a possible source of a new weed infestation, but this can and does occur. There...
LONGMONT, Colorado (February 2, 2017) – First Nations Development Institute (First Nations), a national Native American nonprofit organization that works to improve Native economies and communities, today announced it has received a $2,736,500 grant for a three-year Native arts project. This award will position First Nations to expand its Native Arts Initiative (formerly known as the “Native Arts Capacity Building Initiative” or NACBI) into 2019. Launched in early 2014, the purpose of the Native Arts Initiative (NAI) is to support the perpe...
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is taking his first steps aimed at scaling back financial services regulations, and the Republican-run Congress cast a vote early Friday signaling that it's eager to help. The president will sign an executive order Friday that will direct the Treasury secretary to review the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial oversight law, which reshaped financial regulation after the 2008-09 financial crisis. http://www.startribune.com/trump-takes-first-step-to-scale-back-financial-regulations/412660133/...
A bill aimed at repealing Minneapolis and St. Paul’s new paid sick leave ordinances — and preventing other Minnesota cities from passing their own labor rules — cleared a first hurdle in the Minnesota Legislature on Thursday. The proposal, introduced by Rep. Pat Garofalo, R-Farmington, would prohibit cities from enacting ordinances that would mandate a higher minimum wage, paid sick leave or other types of leave or requirements about scheduling workers. After hours of public testimony, most of it in opposition to the bill, the House Job Growt...
A top aide to President Donald Trump has cited a 2011 "massacre" in Kentucky that never happened as a reason why the administration's temporary ban on immigration from seven Muslim-majority nations is necessary. During an interview with MSNBC's Chris Matthews that aired Thursday, Kellyanne Conway defended Trump's executive order on immigration last week by saying that former President Barack Obama instituted a similar policy for Iraqi refugees in 2011. http://www.startribune.com/ap-fact-check-conway-cites-massacre-that-didn-...
Days after his graduation last May, Waleid Hassan landed four job interviews. The Metropolitan State University graduate ultimately said yes to a job at Osseo Senior High School teaching geometry and Algebra 2. Six months into his first teaching job, Hassan said he loves it. The test for schools is to figure out how to retain teachers like Hassan. A newly released Minnesota Department of Education report reveals that teachers are increasingly leaving the profession. http://www.startribune.com/more-minnesota-teachers-leaving...
Jurors in northern Minnesota have awarded $28.6 million to a young woman who was paralyzed more than seven years ago when an Ely School District bus crashed into the car in which she was a passenger, her attorney announced Thursday. Paige Anderson, of Marble, Minn., was 16 years old when the crash occurred Oct. 9, 2009, at the intersection of Curley Avenue and Hwy. 169 in Coleraine. Anderson, now 23, has been a quadriplegic since the collision. Another passenger, Emmy Foss of Bovey, Minn., died in the crash. http://www.start...
A girl is dead and two teenagers are recovering from injuries after an apparent shooting in St. Paul late Wednesday, police said. Officers were called to a residence on the 500 block of Case Avenue E. around 10:30 p.m. They found three teens who were injured. Paramedics then pronounced a girl dead, police spokesman Sgt. Mike Ernster said. Her death is St. Paul's fourth homicide of 2017. http://www.startribune.com/st-paul-shooting-leaves-girl-dead-two-teens-hurt/412529113/...
A Minnesota federal judge must conduct hearings to determine whether a proposed settlement for about 100 million Target customers who were victims of a 2013 security breach treats all customers fairly, a federal appeals court said. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said in an opinion filed Wednesday that Judge Paul Magnuson must review the class certification he approved in November 2015. Katie Boylan, a Target spokeswoman, said the company does not comment on pending litigation. http://www.startribune.com/court-orders-r...
SEOUL, South Korea — In an explicit warning to North Korea, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Friday said any use of nuclear weapons by the North on the United States or its allies would be met with what he called an "effective and overwhelming" response. U.S. defense secretaries have long offered assurances to South Korea and Japan that the American nuclear "umbrella" will protect them, but Mattis's statement was perhaps more pointed than most. He made the remarks during an appearance with his South Korean counterpart, Defense Minister H...
President Donald Trump vowed Thursday to "totally destroy" a law passed more than 60 years ago that bans tax-exempt churches from supporting political candidates, a nod to the religious right that helped sweep him into office. Speaking at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, Trump said he would seek to overturn the Johnson Amendment, which prohibits tax-exempt nonprofits — including churches and other houses of worship — from "directly or indirectly" participating in a political candidate's campaign. http://www.start...
SMYRNA, Del. — Using a backhoe to smash through a barricade of footlockers, authorities stormed Delaware's largest prison early Thursday and ended a nearly 24-hour hostage standoff involving inmates armed with sharpened objects. One hostage — a guard — was found dead. A second hostage, a female counselor, was safely rescued minutes after the tactical teams forced their way into the all-male, 2,500-prisoner James T. Vaughn Correctional Center. Some inmates had shielded her from harm, officials said. http://www.startribune.com...
SANTA YNEZ, Calif. - The Santa Barbara County Supervisors filed a lawsuit challenging the Chumash tribe's 'Camp 4' housing development. The 1,390 acre land in Santa Ynez was put in to a federal trust by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The supervisors are currently in litigation with the government agency. http://www.keyt.com/news/santa-barbara-s-county/county-supervisors-file-lawsuit-challenging-chumash-camp-4-housing-development/303007437...
(Nespelem, WA)- - Although the closing date for accepting Cobell Land Buy-Back offers from Colville Reservation land owners was January 26th, the Buy-Back Team has announced it will continue to process offers after that date. However, there is no guarantee that late offers will be accepted. According to the Memorandum of Agreement entered into between Colville Tribes and the Cobell Buy-Back Program, the Buy-Back Program is responsible for Outreach, Land Research, Valuation and Acquisition. Questions regarding any of these four issues should be...
CANNON BALL, N.D. - The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe issued a statement saying they are not associated with the people who attempted to establish a new camp on private land late Tuesday night. The tribe claims these campers put the Standing Rock cause and peoples’ lives at risk and are asking people not to return to the camp. Tribal Chairman Dave Archambault said: http://www.kfyrtv.com/content/news/Standing-Rock-Sioux-Tribe-says-they-are-not-associated-with-DAPL-protesters-who-attempted-to-establish-new-camp-412494563.html...
The company developing the controversial Dakota Access oil pipeline wants some records regarding the project to be hidden from the public. Dakota Access LLC, a subsidiary of Energy Transfer Partners, outlined its objections to certain disclosures in a brief late Wednesday in the federal District Court for the District of Columbia. http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/317575-dakota-access-company-wants-some-court-information-sealed...
The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians was awarded $18 million in the Ramah Navajo Chapter et al. V. Jewell lawsuit in January. Chief Phyliss Anderson has decided how she's going to allocate the funds throughout the tribe. First on the list is to expand Pearl River Elementary School to get classrooms out of trailers. http://www.wtok.com/content/news/Choctaw-tribe-to-expand-elementary-school-build-housing-412486373.html...
As the Republican-led Congress and White House move forward on the repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and major tax-reform legislation, there are several new opportunities that may benefit tribal governments and their members. Among the examples are the prospective reduction in individual tax rates, the advancement of provisions recognizing the governmental status of tribal governments consistent with state governments and consideration of tax credits or other tax incentives for infrastructure and industrial development on Indian...
Despite objections from Democrats, Republicans in the Senate are working hard to help President Donald Trump fill out his Cabinet, even those who have actively opposed Indian interests. The latest pick under scrutiny is Scott Pruitt for the Environmental Protection Agency. Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyoming), a former chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, advanced his nomination even though no Democrats showed up for a business meeting on Thursday morning. https://www.indianz.com/News/2017/02/02/another-tribal-sover...
BISMARCK –– Two Republican state lawmakers, Representatives Vicky Steiner and Keith Kempenich, introduced a bill Thursday, January 26, proposing state control of federal Indian reservations. House Concurrent Resolution No. 3017 partially reads: “A concurrent resolution urging Congress to modify the Indian Reservation system by vesting states with the ability to engage in relations with Native American tribes and the responsibility of developing plans to improve the failed Indian Reservation system…” https://www.indianz.com/N...
The Environmental Protection Agency’s last news release on January 20 was a warning to residents of the Yakama Nation in eastern Washington not to burn, use woodstoves or idle their cars due to stagnant air levels that have increased air pollution to unhealthy levels. The agency stopped releasing information to the public after President Donald Trump instituted an EPA blackout on January 23. Their spokespeople are also off limits because, according to ThinkProgress, more than 94 percent of the EPA’s 16,205 public servants have not been all...
Young adulthood is supposed to be an exciting time. Getting a job, buying a home, and starting a family are on the agendas of many people in this age group. Unfortunately, this facet of the American dream has been snatched away prematurely from an increasing number of young people. A new and disturbing report in The Lancet, based on data collected from the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics, shows an increase in the death rates from 1999 to 2014 for young Americans, driven substantially by a shocking increase in the mortality of white...
A severe lack of housing on the nation's reservations means many Native Americans are forced to find rentals in nearby communities. That's the case for the Wind River Reservation in central Wyoming. But tribal members there still struggle to find places to live because of what they say is racial discrimination. Ever since last summer, Ken Hebah has been unable to find a place to live. The Eastern Shoshone Tribe member says he doesn't need much. http://www.npr.org/2017/02/01/512887794/native-americans-struggle-to-find-housing...
Horton – The Tribal District Court of the Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas announced this week the convictions of Delores Hooper and Darlene Wewenes on the crime of larceny. Both tribal members were found to have acted by “fraud or stealth with the intent to deprive the owner’s thereof, to wit: Kickapoo Child Care Assistance Program.” Judge C. Steven Hager, Judge of the Kickapoo Nation accepted the guilty pleas from the defendants and the case was prosecuted by Kickapoo Prosecutor Brad M. Lippert. http://www.hiawathaworldonline.com/...
