Why juvenile incarceration reached its lowest rate in 38 years
Fewer young people are behind bars than at any point since 1975, due in part to lower rates of juvenile crime and a shift away from interventions focused on long-term incarceration.The number of young...
View ArticleA year after Trayvon Martin shooting, is America much changed?
A year ago Trayvon Martin made a fateful decision: to take a break from the NBA all-star game on TV and kick down to the corner convenience mart, where he bought a Snapple and a bag of Skittles.The...
View ArticleNo laughing matter: How a comedian's election is upending Italy
Italian politics has long been the butt of jokes, with its revolving-door governments and larger-than-life personalities like the scandal-prone Silvio Berlusconi.But few people could have predicted...
View ArticleAbortion rights: Why New York is swimming against the national tide
Former Gov. George Pataki, the Roman Catholic Church, and now Fox News host Bill O’Reilly have joined a growing chorus of voices blasting New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) for championing an abortion bill...
View ArticleBest Buy cutting 400 Minnesota jobs in 'initial reduction'
Best Buy Company, Inc., on Tuesday announced another round of job cuts as part of its ongoing turnaround effort—this time eliminating about 400 people at its Richfield headquarters.The electronics...
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Battle over state GOP leadership is a fight to shape the party
Keith DowneyFour months after the November elections, Minnesota Republican activists and leaders are no closer to identifying a strategy to turn around the party’s fortunes, but they are nearer to...
View ArticleMost vulnerable students to get one-two punch under sequester
Political rhetoric about spreading out the pain notwithstanding, if it comes to pass the sequestration will deliver a one-two punch to Minnesota’s most disadvantaged students. The two revenue streams...
View ArticleHealthful eating can be delicious, Mediterranean-diet study shows
As food writer Mark Bittman underscores in the New York Times today, a key take-home message from a major new study on the heart-healthy superiority of the Mediterranean diet is “eating well is not...
View ArticleObama's secret plan for Republican party-cide
Michael Kinsley (who, in case you missed it, is back with The New Republic for about the ninth time in his career) is up this morning with a hilarious, sarcastic sendup of the various righty voices who...
View ArticleAssociation of National Advertisers joins those opposing Dayton's business...
The Association of National Advertisers is asking Gov. Mark Dayton and legislators to drop a proposal to tax advertising services.As part of his overall budget, Dayton wants to expand the sales tax to...
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Three short films, years apart, capture slices of Minneapolis street life
MinnPost illustration by Andy SturdevantWalking around the city is its own form of private cinema.In a recent post on my friend and fellow strolling enthusiast Bill Lindeke’s blog Twin Cities...
View ArticleClimate change comes to Minnesota: Three experts outline the impacts
So, how is all this climate change we hear about showing up in Minnesota?Three "1,000-year floods" have occurred in our state in the last eight years — September 2004, August 2007 and September 2010,...
View ArticleMinnesota for Marriage plans March 7 Capitol rally against gay marriage
While supporters rallied at the state Capitol Wednesday and prepared to introduce a bill legalizing gay marriage, opponents are making their own plans to fight the legislation.That includes a Minnesota...
View ArticleFreedom Foundation budget forum moved to Friday
The Freedom Foundation of Minnesota says it is moving a forum on Gov. Mark Dayton's budget back a day; originally scheduled for Thursday at the Humphrey School, it will now be Friday.The Freedom...
View ArticleState grants of $3.5 million go for flood relief after last summer's storms
The Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources is sending $3.5 million to seven soil and water conservation districts around the state to help with repairs for properties affected by flooding in last...
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Gay marriage supporters unveil proposed legislation
Same-sex marriage legislation — and its supporters — arrived at the Capitol Wednesday, setting the state for one of the session’s most contentious issues.State lawmakers unveiled the long-awaited...
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Scores of water-permit holders illegally using 'billions of gallons'
Really? “Billions of gallons”? Mark Steil of MPR reports:“At a time when drought threatens state water supplies, scores of water permit holders in Minnesota are illegally using billions of gallons more...
View ArticleKline committee hears school safety proposals
WASHINGTON — More than two months after the mass shooting at Connecticut’s Sandy Hook Elementary School, Rep. John Kline’s Education and the Workforce Committee heard from a panel of experts Wednesday...
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After Sandy Hook, 'zero-tolerance' policies are making schools less safe
Photo by Amber ProcacciniJames DensleyThe mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in December brought the issue of school security into the national spotlight. NRA spokesman Wayne LaPierre called for...
View ArticleNo body doesn't mean no case in Kira Trevino disappearance
The Kira Trevino disappearance case is beginning the potboiler churn.Mara Gottfried of the PiPress says: “If the Ramsey County attorney charges Jeffery Trevino in the disappearance of his wife, the...
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