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CURE's Latest Blog Posts
No More Piggyback Rides: The Loophole That Lets Big Water Users Avoid Accountability
A loophole called “piggybacking” lets large industrial water users rely on municipal permits instead of getting their own, shifting liability and consequences onto local communities. Hyperscale data centers are the latest industry trying this maneuver. As Elko New Market shows, the impacts don’t go away—someone else just gets stuck paying the price.
No pipeline near the Pipestone National Monument
The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) is currently accepting public comments on the Magellan / ONEOK Pipestone pipeline project (PUC Docket No. IP-7109/PPL-23-109), a proposed reroute of an 8-inch diameter gasoline and refined petroleum products pipeline that has been shut off since 2022. The reroute skirts the Pipestone National Monument, a site of importance to
MN Data Center Laws 🔎 + Appleton ICE Detention 🚫 + Bon Voyage Clovis 👋 Summer Legal Interns 🌱
The Fine Print: Where Minnesota’s Data Center Law Falls Short 🔎 Across Minnesota, at least 15 hyperscale data centers have been proposed. State leaders say we already passed a “nation-leading” law in 2025, but does it actually cover what matters? Meanwhile, communities are left trying to figure out the impacts on local taxes, electricity use, and water, while projects move forward fast. The TL;DR: Minnesota’s 2025 law
The Fine Print: Where Minnesota’s Data Center Law Falls Short
Minnesota is racing to keep up with a surge in hyperscale data center proposals, but does its “nation-leading” 2025 law adequately protect communities? CURE breaks down what the current laws actually do—and don’t—on taxes, energy costs, and water use, and why more action is still needed.
Say NO to an Appleton ICE Detention Center
The Federal government has recently released documents indicating that they plan to reopen the now-shuttered Prairie Correctional Facility in Appleton, MN, a 1,600-bed prison owned by private prison company CoreCivic, as an U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center. Minnesotans saw this winter how ICE and its detention network are being used to systematically
CURE Opposes ICE Detention Plans in Appleton
CURE is disappointed and alarmed that plans to reopen the Appleton, MN, prison as an ICE detention center appear to be moving forward. We saw this winter how ICE and its detention network are being used to systematically deprive people of their rights, often without regard to legal status. The Trump administration’s push for a
