Students Protest Minnesota Power Sale in Downtown Duluth

Students protest Minnesota Power sale in downtown Duluth

DULUTH — “Do we care about people, or do we care about profit?” was the rallying cry of a group of local students, as they made their way through the downtown streets Thursday afternoon as part of a planned walkout protest. Approximately 30 students from Harbor City International School left their afternoon classes to protest the sale of Minnesota Power, a publicly traded electrical utility company that serves over 150,000 customers across North…

MN PUC Greenlights private equity takeover of Minnesota Power

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