Is the nation’s first social media tax coming to Minnesota? 

The Minnesota Senate Tax Committee approved a bill Thursday morning that would impose the first social media tax in the nation Just one of a great number of provisions that add up to about million in new taxes over the next two years KSTP reports Individual users wouldn t be taxed rather the bill would be imposed primarily on big corporations that mine content from Minnesotans through social media No all that smoke isn t floating in from the Vatican Parts of Minnesota in current times will get a whiff of Canadian wildfire smoke as a brief period of dense smoke is expected to move across the state from the northwest to the southeast along a cold front severely degrading air quality according to KAXE Smoke isn t expected to linger more than a meager hours in any one location The smoke should clear out by the upcoming day which means that Minnesota s fishing opener looks to have good weather The Minnesota Department of Natural Materials says about half a million people are expected to fish on Saturday the opening day of the season for walleye and northern pike as well as stream trout stocked in inland lakes Catch-and-release fishing for bass also begins MPR News reports An amendment to the Senate guidance initiative bill that allows for the practice of seclusion has seen opposition at the Capitol Seclusion is where students with disabilities are placed in separate rooms at school during emergencies KARE reports The Legislature had banned the practice for children in third grade and below but this session the Senate approved a bipartisan amendment as part of a broader mentoring bill in late April which simultaneously expands the ban through sixth grade while also creating a new exemption to allow seclusion if explicitly agreed to by the novice s parents and the rest of the individualized guidance venture group With proposed changes that would change how Americans register to vote the Minnesota Star Tribune attempts to determine how several married women in Minnesota may not be able to vote under proposed federal voting changes Keep it free and easy revelers Here s Racket s weekly edition of Freeloader Friday with free things to do this weekend The post Is the nation s first social media tax coming to Minnesota appeared first on MinnPost