State Rep. Joe Mullery pushes for a bust of Nellie Stone Johnson at the Capitol
Nellie Stone Johnson, the late civil rights and labor leader who died in 2002, would be honored with a bust displayed in the state Capitol, under a bill introduced by state Rep. Joe Mullery of...
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What Dayton’s budget guru learned from Mike Tyson
Revenue Commissioner Myron Frans, the man responsible for helping to create the Dayton budget/tax proposal, is citing an unusual authority these days.Frans is quoting former heavyweight boxing champion...
View ArticleImmigration reform could change the lives of up to 95,000 in Minnesota
President Obama and a bipartisan group of U.S. senators want to overhaul the nation’s immigration laws with a path to citizenship for more than 11 million undocumented people, a proposal that could...
View ArticleMinneapolis stepping in to assist stymied condo residents
After three local banks turned down condo owners’ loan requests, the city of Minneapolis is stepping in to help residents finance the costs to repair water damage.This is the first time the city will...
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Revenue commissioner Myron Frans on business services tax
At the center of Gov. Mark Dayton's proposed expansion of the sales tax in Minnesota is a tax on business to business services, like legal and accounting services. Businesses are concerned that this...
View ArticleMinnesota mirrors national trend of declining union membership
Minnesota labor unions dodged a bruising and expensive battle in 2012 when right-to-work supporters failed to get their amendment on the November ballot.But a new federal report shows that union...
View ArticleGary Schiff makes Minneapolis mayoral bid 'official'; Don Samuels next
Minneapolis City Council Member Gary Schiff made his official mayoral candidacy announcement Tuesday, and fellow Council Member Don Samuels planning to do the same thing Wednesday evening.“On Day One...
View ArticleMayor Chris Coleman will serve, but no formal re-election announcement yet
St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman may be acting a bit coy about his plans to run for a third term, but he's going out on the town tonight and serving beer at three new or expanded St. Paul bars and...
View ArticleClark Johnson wins DFL primary in 19A; lineup set for Feb. 12 special election
Clark Johnson won Tuesday's DFL primary election in Mankato's House District 19A and will move on to the Feb. 12 special election, where he'll face Republican Allen Quist and the Independence Party's...
View ArticleEffort to expand access to Minnesota’s Medical Assistance program praised
Human Services Commissioner Lucinda Jesson praised lawmakers and the Dayton administration on Wednesday for working to enroll more low-income Minnesotans on public health programs available under the...
View ArticleSenators focus on background checks at gun violence hearing
WASHINGTON — A Wednesday Senate panel hearing on reducing gun violence focused heavily on the matter of expanded background checks, a major priority for gun control advocates and congressional...
View ArticleAmbitious plan would turn Hennepin into Minneapolis’ cultural ‘main street’
By 2025, the two-mile stretch of Hennepin Avenue from the Mississippi River to the Walker Art Center could become the main street of a cultural center extending several blocks on each side of...
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Mayo wants $585 million from state for $6 billion upgrade
Six billion buys a lot of improvements. Jackie Crosby’s Strib story says: “The Mayo Clinic laid out plans Wednesday for an ambitious $6 billion, 20-year initiative that would support its effort to turn...
View ArticleObama's Minneapolis trip will focus on gun violence
WASHINGTON — President Obama's Monday visit to Minneapolis will be to "discuss with local leaders and law enforcement officials his comprehensive set of common-sense ideas to reduce gun violence,"...
View ArticleSouth Korea catches up to North Korea on the space race
South Korea says its first successful launch Wednesday of a rocket from its own soil has opened a new era of opportunity, taking the pressure off to keep up with its rival, North Korea, on a space...
View ArticleEuro zone still waiting for its Marshall Plan
BRUSSELS, Belgium — When European leaders agreed last summer on a "growth compact" designed to pump more than two hundred billion dollars into the euro zone economy, it was hailed as modern-day...
View ArticleForeign policy for profit
BUZZARDS BAY, Mass. — Italian politics has been noteworthy for many things: corruption, chaos, and, of course, bunga bunga parties. One would have thought it couldn’t get any more bizarre, but just...
View ArticlePakistani Taliban enter fray around strategic NATO routes
Clashes between rival militant groups in the tribal region next to the Afghanistan border has reportedly claimed more than 70 lives since fighting broke out last week. The area lies near theKhyber...
View ArticleAnti-drug pact latest casualty of souring US-Russian relations
Russia officially pulled out of a decade-old law enforcement and narcotics agreement with the US on Wednesday, just the latest casualty in an escalating tit-for-tat chain reaction of diplomatic blows...
View ArticleImmigration reform: Which states would feel it most? California, for one
With immigration reform now firmly on the agendas of both the Senate and White House, a key question is how to assess its possible impact on states, particularly in two of the most important areas, the...
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