Communities of color look to lawmakers to close gaps
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| | 'Opportunity to make history’: Communities of color look to lawmakers to close gaps |
Earlier this month, Black community leaders and lawmakers packed the governor’s reception room.
After years of seeing their bills hit a wall at the Capitol, they looked on as Gov. Tim Walz signed into law proposals to outlaw discrimination based on a person’s hair and make Juneteenth — the day the last enslaved people in the U.S. were emancipated — a state holiday.
For many, it was a long-awaited step. And just an introduction of what the next few months could hold.
“This is no landing space. This is a launching place,” Reverend Alfred Babington-Johnson, president of the Stairstep Foundation, said. “This is a journey, just beginning.”
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| | State taking input on new air permit for Water Gremlin |
The public has another chance to weigh in new requirements proposed for an eastern Twin Cities manufacturer with a history of pollution problems.
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is accepting comments until March 3 on the draft air permit for Water Gremlin, which manufactures fishing sinkers and battery terminals in White Bear Township.
The five-year permit would impose more stringent limits on the pollutants Water Gremlin can emit, including volatile organic compounds, particulate matter and lead. | |
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