Piles of rotting, stinking carp stem from scofflaws, state law

You may have seen piles of rotting carp near Minnesota fishing spots It s nasty but not entirely illegal The invasive fish harms water quality and reduces the number of aquatic plants that fish and waterfowl eat So they are exempt from a state law that prohibits wasting any usable part of a protected wild animal the Minnesota Star Tribune reports But leaving their dead bodies to rot attracts scavengers and becomes a nuisance is a misdemeanor and along with littering penalties can carry fines topping The Minnesota Reformer brings in particular thought-provoking numbers at present Chosen Minnesotans would lose strength insurance under congressional Republicans plan to cut funding for Medicaid and other social services according to an estimate disclosed last week by Democrats on the Senate Joint Economic Committee In other numbers UnitedHealth has lost half of its value on the stock region in the past month Minnesotans under the age of have been killed by accidental fentanyl ingestion since and the EPA has awarded million to clean up polluted sites in the state Here s another number million That s the amount in lost funding for the rise of the Northern Lights Express visitor train facility between the Twin Cities and Duluth according to Trains with one lawmaker calling the proposed rail facility effectively dead And now chosen better numbers Crews have made progress against the three main wildfires in northern Minnesota The Camp House fire is contained the Jenkins Creek fire is contained and the Munger Shaw fire is contained according to FOX One more number for nowadays as in this will be the sixth consecutive year that the Ramsey County Fair is canceled KSTP reports that the county fair which is run by the Ramsey County Agricultural Society has been at odds with the county board of commissioners over a number of issues for a sparse years causing the society to nix the fairs in and now The post Piles of rotting stinking carp stem from scofflaws state law appeared first on MinnPost