By Madison McVan | Reporter
Good morning, Reformers.
A host of new retaliatory tariffs imposed by Canada on American goods take effect today.
The new taxes on American exports are a response to tariffs levied against Canadian goods by President Donald Trump after trade negotiations fell apart last month.
Canada is Minnesota’s biggest trade partner, accounting for about 25% of the state’s export market.
Canada’s retaliatory tariffs will affect steel, dairy, appliances, agricultural equipment, paper and electronics.
Minnesota companies sold more than $1 billion worth of machinery and electronics to Canada last year.
Canadians appear to be standing by Prime Minister Mark Carney’s decision to go tit-for-tat with Trump. A Bloomberg News poll last week found nearly three-quarters rated Carney’s handling of the trade war as “good” or “very good.”
Meanwhile, only 20% of Americans support levying additional taxes on Canadian goods, according to an Ipsos poll released Sept. 1. The midterm election is in 56 days.
To the rest of the news:
Demonstrators hold up signs protesting tax breaks for data centers during a special legislative session Monday, June 9, 2025 at the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul. (Photo by Nicole Neri/Minnesota Reformer)
By Brian Martucci
Brian Martucci takes a close look at the costs and benefits of building a data center in your city.
Americans are opposed to data centers in their communities by a margin of more than 3 to 1 — but some of the benefits, especially when it comes to property taxes, are very real.
For instance, Loudoun County, Virginia, near Washington, D.C., has reduced residential property taxes every year of the past decade thanks to hundreds of millions in annual revenue from more than 70 data centers.
The economic upsides have not assuaged many Americans’ worries about noise and water pollution, while the public has also watched their state legislatures and local governments negotiate away tax revenue in deals with tech giants promising lots of jobs.
By Shalina Chatlani
Tim Lambert, editor-in-chief of our sister outlet, the Pennsylvania Capital-Star, was a reporter for a public radio station when a plane hijacked by al-Qaida crashed in an open clearing near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
“It was around 4:30 in the afternoon — among the chaos of the newsroom — and I looked up at this TV that was on a cabinet, and the reporter from one of the national outlets was standing at the corner of the Lambertsville (and) Shanksville Road,” Lambert recalled. “And it was at that moment, I stopped and thought, ‘Wait, we still own land near Shanksville, and it’s awfully close to that intersection.’”
While reporters across the nation and around the world were covering the tragic event, he was the only journalist who had access to the Flight 93 crash site.
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OH BY THE WAY
A highlight of my long weekend: The Current’s Block Rockin’ Weekend, which features three-song sets from the same artist.
I listened to one hour that featured only artists with bird-related names. Here’s one of my favorites.
That’s all from me. Have a great day!
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