WASHINGTON, May 11 -- The Minnesota Council on Latino Affairs (MCLA) has submitted comments to the United States Census Bureau, advocating for revisions to the proposed race and ethnicity code list for the American Community Survey and the 2030 Census. The MCLA argues that the current proposal omits crucial groups, stating, "There are three important groups missing from the proposed code list: Afro Latinos, Asian Latinos, and Indigenous peoples from Latin American countries." The council emphas  more

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- The Minnesota State Demographic Center has submitted feedback to the U.S. Census Bureau regarding proposed changes to the 2030 race and ethnicity code list. In a letter to the Bureau, State Demographer Dr. Susan Brower and Senior Demographer Dr. Eric Guthrie emphasized the importance of balancing evolving racial and ethnic identities with the need for historical data consistency. "We would like to encourage the Census Bureau to weigh any changes it makes to coding against   more

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- Northeastern Minnesotans for Wilderness (NMW) has voiced strong opposition to copper mining activities near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW) in a letter to the U.S. Department of Commerce. The letter, addressed to Director Stephen Astle, argues against using national security or trade enforcement authorities to override existing protections for the Boundary Waters watershed. NMW, a non-profit organization dedicated to protecting wilderness areas in Minneso  more

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- Rep. Betty McCollum, D-Minnesota, posted the following statement in the extensions of remarks section of the Congressional Record on May 9, 2025: * * * Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to H.R. 881, the DHS Restrictions on Confucius Institutes and Chinese Entities of Concern Act. H.R. 881 is a solution in search of a problem. In 2018, Congress passed provisions prohibiting the Department of Defense from providing funds to any U.S. institution of higher education that hos  more