Weber Johnson Public Affairs

09/11/2026

08/04/2026

Great start to !

07/20/2026

07/04/2026

Happy Independence Day!!!! Make it an amazing day!!!

Happy 250th America!! 🇺🇸

05/13/2026

Incredibly interesting AgriGrowth conversation with the Fed, Huntington Bank and Baker Tiley at their Spring Economics Outlook luncheon.

Thank you Darin Broton for hosting this event and economic overview.

04/28/2026

Well done piece by the DNT Editorial Board.

Congrats Congressman Stauber on this monumental achievement for jobs, clean energy and the future of Minnesota.

From the editorial: "Environmental-review and permitting processes can effectively w**d out proposals. ... Or they can demand changes to ensure safe, jobs-providing, and economies-jolting operations."

04/22/2026

This is so good:

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1CEAaGMAEx/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Thank you Congressman Stauber for all of your work to support Minnesota and the clean energy opportunities that will come from this domestic extraction of critical Minerals

04/21/2026

If we are going to be serious as a state and as policymakers this is a really important addition to this discussion.

We are now able to start having a science driven discussion around specific mine plans of operations. If that is the kind of discussion Minnesota is interested in having.

Regardless, as we transition to more renewable energy sources and thrive in a communications economy, the strategic metals here in our own backyard are critical to this discussion and all that is ahead

The Minnesota DNR released the following statement on the recent federal action to overturn a mining ban near the BWCAW.

Minnesota has among the most rigorous state-level environmental protections in the nation. Nothing in the Senate’s action on April 16, 2026, changes that. The Minnesota DNR’s environmental review and permitting work is grounded in state statutes, rules, and policies, which require both rigorous science and extensive input from the public, Tribal Nations, and other parties. At this time, there are no active proposals for non-ferrous mining projects in the Rainy River watershed pending before the DNR.

There has been public confusion regarding state mineral leases currently held by Twin Metals. Currently, the DNR has the legal option to cancel only one, specific lease held by Twin Metals. The lease in question is not located within the area that Twin Metals has previously sought to mine. The DNR has not made any decisions about that lease, but will evaluate all options. If the DNR does choose to terminate this specific mineral lease, it would not impact the mining project that Twin Metals has been pursuing.

Full new release: https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/news/2026/04/17/dnr-statement-federal-action-overturn-mining-ban-near-bwcaw

04/20/2026

We have an opportunity here to take the politics out the potential for some very positive mining right here in our backyard.

Please take a listen when you have some time. Julie Lucas has done a wonderful job bringing serious science into this discussion.

Julie Lucas, Executive Director of Mining Minnesota, helps us understand the Senate vote to authorize new planning stages near the Boundary Waters. It would be