Report: Group of former Bachmann presidential staffers still waiting for...
WASHINGTON -- One of the loose ends a former presidential candidate has to tie up after quitting a race is paying down debt. Many campaigns take on a fair amount of debt over their lifetimes, and a...
View ArticleHow the mortgage interest deduction hurts our cities
Homeowners these days remind me of the 600 members of the Light Brigade -- you know, those "half-a-league-half-a-league-onward" guys. But instead of having cannon to the right of them and cannon to the...
View ArticleMidwest guns summit unites mayors in frustration with system and urgency in...
The individual stories at Thursday’s guns summit of Midwest cities were powerful. The rhetoric at the Minneapolis event was passionate. The array of political and law enforcement figures was...
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Saint Paul leverages new technology for winter clean-up
Few things are more predictable than snow-covered streets in Minnesota's winter. But as the snow falls every year, cities are constantly working to upgrade their technological arsenal for keeping the...
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Lessons to learn from Dayton brothers’ fateful decision in St. Paul
The St. Paul Macy’s department store, which began life as Dayton’s, morphed into Marshall Fields and finally acquired its current name, is closing. This isn’t surprising. St. Paul pitched in to help...
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Shelter report: Signs of trouble
Across the Great Divide Photo by Charlie QuimbyToday I had an extended conversation with one of our guests who's been coming here as long as I have. He generally keeps to himself and is always reading...
View ArticleHagel-McCain ‘rift’: what it tells us about journalism
Mark Salter, a former top aide to Sen. John McCain, has written a thought-provoking piece for Real Clear Politics about one of the less appealing aspects of journalism – the felt need to write a piece...
View ArticleRecovering Gov. Dayton will be back in action to present budget
Gov. Mark Dayton is meeting with his commissioners today in the Governor's Residence, where he continues to recuperate from his holiday back surgery at the Mayo Clinic.He and the commissioners are...
View ArticleWolves prospects without Kevin Love: An injury too far?
For the bandwagon fans who want to ride on the adrenaline of victories and playoff ratification, the second break in the right hand of Minnesota Timberwolves power forward Kevin Love complicates...
View ArticleAllen Quist gets GOP endorsement for special election in House 19A
Republicans in the Mankato area have nominated Allen Quist to run in the special election for state House District 19A.Quist, fresh off his defeat in November's 1st District congressional race, easily...
View ArticleDayton’s eagerly awaited budget proposal touted as a ‘historical shift’
Everyone is eagerly awaiting Gov. Mark Dayton’s budget proposal, which will contain his proposed tax changes and increases that will be at the heart of legislative debates.The governor’s proposal won’t...
View ArticleU of M President Kaler pledges quick response to Legislature, outlines budget...
University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler said Friday that his office would work quickly to respond to top Senate Democrats’ request for a detailed report of the college system’s administrative...
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125 years ago, deadly 'Children’s Blizzard' blasted Minnesota
The winter of 1887-1888 was ferocious and unrelenting. November vacillated between ice storms, snowstorms and sub-zero temperatures. December dumped mountains of snow: 20.2 inches in Moorhead, 39.5...
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Best Buy's Christmas 'not the disaster people were fearing'
What does it say when “flat” is good? Adam Belz of the Strib says: “Best Buy's U.S. sales flattened through the holidays and online revenue grew, both of which analysts saw as encouraging signs after...
View ArticleStillwater native Denis McDonough may be a candidate for Obama chief of staff
Stillwater native Denis McDonough is considered a front-runner to be President Obama's next chief of staff, the National Journal says.Obama is nominating current Chief of Staff Jack Lew to be Treasury...
View ArticleFormer legislator Kate Knuth appointed to state Environmental Quality Board
Gov. Mark Dayton has appointed Kate Knuth — a former legislator who now works at the University of Minnesota — to a two-year term on the state Environmental Quality Board.Knuth, of New Brighton, had...
View ArticleJeff Dubay hired as 1500 ESPN co-host
Jeff Dubay’s personal rehabilitation is a work in progress, but his professional rehabilitation is complete. Friday afternoon, 1500 ESPN hired him to co-host with Judd Zulgad 9 a.m. to noon — the same...
View ArticlePotential successors to Minneapolis Mayor Rybak already lining up support
It’s only been two weeks since Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak announced that he’s not running for a fourth term, but already at least 10 citizens have expressed interest in taking his place, and that...
View ArticleMN Blog Cabin Roundup, 1/11
Will there be payback for the Bakk Brodkorb broadside?from Wry Wing Politics by Joe LovelandIf Bakk insists on using the Brodkorb suit as his rationale for the Republican payroll cuts, that rationale...
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A new kind of art space: Public Functionary
Public Functionary, a nonprofit arts center that plans to open in early 2013 in the Northeast Minneapolis Arts District, is on a mission to redefine modern-day art patronage and connect to the...
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