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TexasTowelie

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Sun Mar 12, 2017, 01:26 PM Mar 2017

Governing goes off the record in Minnesota

Train cars loaded with highly flammable oil roll through Minnesota cities every day, but residents aren’t allowed to see complete disaster plans detailing the potential aftermath of a derailment.

The state has doled out $72 million in tax cuts to hundreds of Minnesota businesses but keeps secret which companies have received the subsidies.

When a contagious bird flu swept across Minnesota in 2015, state officials said they were barred from sharing the locations of the afflicted farms.

Even inspection reports about commercial dog and cat breeders cannot be publicly divulged.

Read more: http://www.startribune.com/growing-web-of-laws-keeps-minnesotans-in-the-dark/415693713/

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Governing goes off the record in Minnesota (Original Post) TexasTowelie Mar 2017 OP
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