Doug Loon News Today

SAINT PAUL— An amendment to a permitting reform measure designed to speed up the approval process for clean energy projects in Minnesota has put the prospects for the entire measure in doubt. …

MARSHALL — Southwest Minnesota faces some challenges to economic growth – including ongoing problems like a lack of access to housing and child care. Howeve

Passage of measures before the Legislature would be a significant step toward a constitutional amendment to roll back the influence of big money in elections.

The campaign finance restriction, which carried potential fines and other penalties, was supposed to take effect in January. It’s now on hold as a lawsuit proceeds.

Democrats crossed off a long list of priorities in a single session in power. Republicans say they overreached.

Doug Loon described the legislation as “too big, too costly and too big of a tax.”

At a Minnesota Chamber of Commerce luncheon, the head of the Minneapolis Fed drove home the economic importance of population growth.

U.S. Steel is investing $150 million in direct reduced or DR-grade pellet capabilities at one of its mines in northern Minnesota.

After meeting with key business leaders across the northland, President Doug Loon gave a snapshot of the state's economic strengths, opportunities and challenges.

The Minnesota Chamber of Commerce stopped at Potlatch Deltic on Monday during its policy tour, and spoke with local business owners about working on employment shortages and tax burdens.