Gun leg off to vote soon; EPA mercury requirements
| May 12, 2023 I don't know about you, but I love me some rain. We’ll have bouts of scattered showers and some thunder through tomorrow night, especially for southern and southwestern Minnesota. Heavy rain is possible in parts of southern Minnesota over the weekend. Get the latest on Updraft. | |
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| | | New Minnesota gun restrictions reach final legislative votes | | The proposals include expanding background checks to more sales, allowing for temporary removal of guns from people in crisis and the possibility some people in prison could get out sooner with program involvement. Also included: language about bias-motivated crimes and altered procedures around pardons. | |
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| | | For the first time, EPA to require taconite plants to slash mercury emissions | | The rule would require the six taconite processing plants in northeastern Minnesota to cut their emissions by 57 percent by the end of 2026. In 1990, Congress first required the EPA to set these standards by the year 2000. But the agency never did, and some argue the new requirement doesn't go far enough. | |
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