Julia Coleman
From Farm To Table
Farmers are getting squeezed, and it’s coming for all of us. Because of the war of choice in Iran, global oil prices have surged, driving diesel costs sharply higher. For farmers, diesel isn’t optional. It runs tractors, combines, irrigation systems, and the trucks that move crops. When diesel spikes, their costs explode overnight. And farmers…
Manufactured Homeowners’ Bill of Rights
This past weekend, I spoke with a woman in Brandondale who was furious about something more people should know about. The Minnesota Senate recently passed a Manufactured Home Community Bill of Rights. It would add basic protections: limit rent increases, require justification for increases, provide clear utility billing, and add safeguards when communities are sold.…
Performative, Huh?
A seventh grader who survived the Annunciation shooting wrote a letter to Minnesota lawmakers. Sen. Erin Maye Quade read part of that letter on the Senate floor: “As a school shooting survivor, I want it to be harder to get assault weapons. On August 27, over 100 rounds were fired into the Annunciation Church at…