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Tag: Government

Crime and Justice · Health

Farms, freedom, regulations clash in Grand Marais case

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 4, 2015, 10:14 AM Mar 4, 2015
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If there’s a fight over farming and freedom, it probably involves milk. Read more →

Politics

For many, getting a DMV road test is like winning the lottery

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 11, 2014, 6:22 AM Aug 11, 2014
3

“It’s like trying to buy bread in Poland in the 1980s,” Jeff Mudge tells the Pioneer Press. It’s funny he chose the analogy because several paragraphs into the weekend Pioneer Press’ story about how long it takes to get a driver’s license road test, I was thinking, “this sounds like the old Eastern Bloc days.” Read more →

Time to privatize air traffic control?

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 23, 2013, 2:49 PM Sep 23, 2013
9

The government reportedly is considering getting out of the air traffic control business and turning it over to private industry. Read more →

Guide to a federal government shutdown

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 23, 2013, 12:36 PM Sep 23, 2013
2

What happens if the federal government shuts down? Read more →

Five by 8

5 x 8: Government a la carte?

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 29, 2013, 7:22 AM Jul 29, 2013
3

Whatever happened to the sequester, the loudmouths at kids’ baseball games, a fortune in assisted living, should Reddit be held responsible for a smear, and what Northfield’s got that your town doesn’t. Read more →

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