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If approved, the proposed changes will incorporate ethnic studies into state social studies standards for the first time.

Minnesota’s social studies standards are getting a long-awaited makeover — if an administrative law judge approves them this winter.

Minnesota’s social studies standards are getting a long-awaited makeover — if an administrative law judge approves them this winter.

An administrative law judge will soon decide if Minnesota's new approach, which adds ethnic studies, will take effect. Not everyone is convinced that it should.

An administrative law judge will soon decide if the new approach, which adds ethnic studies, will take effect. Not everyone is convinced that it should. Minnesotans can offer public comment until Oct. 25.

The order issued by Administrative Law Judge Eric L. Lipman stated some of Robin Sylvester’s claims did not establish prima facie — or on their face — violations of the Fair Campaign Practices Act, while other claims were beyond the jurisdiction of the Minnesota Office of Administrative Hearings.

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Proposed new water standards arent for drinking water. Written By: Duluth News Tribune | 7:00 am, Apr. 18, 2021 × On its surface, the proposal seems alarming and misguided. What does the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency mean it wants to lower some standards for water quality in the Land of 10,000 Lakes? Relax. The agency isn’t suggesting touching any standards for our drinking water. Those lofty benchmarks for purity — ensuring that Minnesota remains “the land of sky blue wat...

the numerical standards set for conductivity, hardness, sodium and bicarbonates in waters meant for industry and irrigation. They also would allow for higher amounts of chloride, alkalinity, salinity and total dissolved solids in waters meant for industry, irrigation and livestock, and wildlife drinking. "The MPCA has established that it has the statutory authority to adopt the proposed rules, as amended, and that the proposed rules are needed and reasonable," Lipman wrote. In a February public...