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As Biden Axes KXL Pipeline, Water Protectors Urge Him to Reject DAPL and Line 3
An Indigenous Water Protector and an Aitkin County sheriff chat in front of a construction site for Enbridge’s Line 3 tar sands pipeline near Palisade, Minnesota, on January 9, 2021.
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As President Joe Biden moved to kill a key permit for the Keystone XL pipeline on his first day in office Wednesday, Indigenous Water Protectors in Minnesota want to see Biden’s campaign promise extended to another notorious tar sands pipeline project: Enbridge’s Line 3 replacement and expansion, which, like Keystone XL, also crosses an international border and would lock in dangerous, planet-warming pollution.
Created: January 19, 2021 10:52 PM
More than 3,800 inmates in Minnesota prisons have tested positive for COVID-19 since the pandemic began. Eleven inmates have died from the disease.
As recently as December, there were increases in cases at Oak Park Heights, Faribault, St. Cloud and Togo prisons. MCF-Togo saw its first cases last month.
“The bottom line is in a static environment where people don’t move, or you don’t have to move people in and out, it would be very simple to manage your population,” said Commissioner Paul Schnell. “We have to move our people through the system.”
The Department of Corrections Commissioner spoke to Minnesota House lawmakers on Tuesday. He explained intake for men happens at St. Cloud and when the facility fills up, they have to move inmates to other locations.
Poston is beginning his third term in St. Paul.
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Rep. John Poston
Minnesota’s 2021 Legislative Session officially began Jan. 5 with state Rep. John Poston, R-Lake Shore, and 133 other state representatives being sworn into office during a ceremony at the state Capitol.
“As the 2021 legislative session begins, I remain committed to working hard to end Governor Walz’s peacetime emergency powers and restore the legislature as a constitutional co-equal branch of government,” Poston stated in a release. “Additionally, I plan to hold the line on increased government spending and will continue to fight for taxpayers and protect the pocketbooks of hardworking Minnesotans.”