by GLC Staff | May 29, 2026 | automobiles, automobiles, business, business, civil, construction, crime, culture, district of columbia, economy, election, environment, environment, health, healthcare, home life, housing, housing, immigration, infrastructure, legal, opinion, outdoors, pets, politics, technology, technology, united states, violations, washington, zoning
(Photo: AZPM News) United States — May 29, 2026 Automated license plate readers (ALPRs) — widely deployed by law enforcement agencies through vendors like Flock Safety — are rapidly becoming one of the most extensive surveillance tools in the United States. What began...
by GLC Staff | May 23, 2026 | agriculture, albert lea, business, cannabis, cannabis, cannabis, civil, crime, culture, economy, election, legal, minnesota, politics, retail, small business, united states, violations, zoning
(Photo: Albert Lea City Council) Albert Lea, MN — May 23, 2026 Court of Appeals reverses Albert Lea cannabis denial, finds city acted “contrary to law” and “arbitrary” The Minnesota Court of Appeals has reversed the City of Albert Lea’s denial of a cannabis...
by GLC Staff | May 16, 2026 | business, business, civil, crime, culture, district of columbia, economy, election, entertainment, environment, environment, infrastructure, legal, opinion, outdoors, politics, STEM, technology, technology, united states, violations, washington, zoning
(Photo: Getty Images) Washington, D.C., USA — May 16, 2026 The recent exchange between Tucker Carlson and investor Kevin O’Leary over the expansion of massive AI data centers was presented as a debate about energy, infrastructure, and economic competitiveness. In...
by GLC Staff | Feb 12, 2026 | albert lea, austin, brainerd, business, business, civil, crime, crookston, culture, duluth, economy, education, election, entertainment, environment, faribault, firearms, garrison, grand marais, healthcare, housing, immigration, infrastructure, legal, mankato, minneapolis, minnesota, moorhead, owatonna, politics, rochester, silver bay, st. cloud, st. paul, united states, winona, zoning
(Photo: Stephen Maturen/ Getty Images) Minneapolis, MN — February 12, 2025 On February 12, 2026, the Trump administration announced a major scaling back of its federal immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota, following weeks of unrest, deadly encounters, and...
by GLC Staff | Jan 25, 2026 | albert lea, art, art + food, austin, brainerd, business, business, crookston, culture, duluth, economy, education, education, election, environment, environment, events, faribault, firearms, garrison, grand marais, health, healthcare, housing, housing, immigration, infrastructure, legal, mankato, minneapolis, minnesota, moorhead, owatonna, politics, retail, rochester, silver bay, st. cloud, st. paul, technology, united states, winona, zoning
(Photo: WBUR) Minneapolis, MN — January 25, 2026 In what organizers are calling the largest general strike in Minnesota’s recent history, tens of thousands of workers across multiple sectors walked off the job on January 24, 2026, halting public transit, schools,...
by GLC Staff | Jan 24, 2026 | agriculture, automobiles, automobiles, aviation, aviation, business, business, canada, cannabis, cannabis, charity, construction, district of columbia, economy, education, election, entertainment, entertainment, environment, environment, firearms, health, healthcare, housing, housing, immigration, infrastructure, marketing, ontario, ottawa, politics, retail, small business, technology, video games, washington, zoning
(Photo: Truth Social) Ottawa, ON — January 24, 2026 — Canada is confronting a potential economic challenge from the United States after former President Donald Trump warned that he could impose 100 % tariffs on Canadian goods if Ottawa pursued trade arrangements with...
