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The latest results from an MPR/Star Tribune poll have been released.

The State Department's response was only 8 paragraphs long.

Another delay for the long-planned project.

Environmental groups have urged Gov. Tim Walz to reject it.

The Minnesota Court of Appeals found "irregularities" in comments submitted by the EPA.

The EPA was apparently asked to keep its concerns about the project out of the public record.

This decision clears the way for the project's construction.

The project is opposed by eco-groups over pollution fears..

The area would make more money from tourism in the long-term, it says.

Tourism groups meanwhile have launched a lawsuit to protect the Boundary Waters.

After an opening monologue, talk turned to the mining and steel industry.

So how close is the NorthMet copper-nickel mine to actually being built?

North Hibbing still has signs of life, even though no one lives there.

'They want somebody to just give them a job so they can all drink beer.'