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Minneapolis apartment development booms, but not in the burbs
A lot of ink, of the digital sort, has been spilled (some right here) about the boom in apartment building in Minneapolis, in both downtown and uptown. It seems as though announcements of new projects...
View ArticleGOP budget cuts spending, changes Medicare and kicks off fresh budget battles
WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan introduced the House GOP budget plan on Tuesday, kicking off a new round of budget battles on Capitol Hill.Ryan’s budget balances in 10 years, thanks to both $4.6...
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Gay marriage debate drawing all kinds
It isn’t May and there’s a lot of budget work left to do, but the gay marriage debate has begun at the Capitol. Tim Pugmire’s MPR story says: “A Minnesota House panel listened this morning to...
View ArticleTarget's latest design partnership benefits charity
Target Corporation on Monday unveiled the latest in a long list of design partnerships, this one involving a charity-based fashion line. Minneapolis-based Target is partnering with FEED Projects to...
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Cirrus in Duluth names new president
Patrick WaddickCirrus Aircraft, the aviation company that is based in Duluth and owned by the Chinese, has named Patrick Waddick its new president, reports Candace Renalls of the Duluth News-Tribune....
View ArticleThree finalists named for Minnesota Supreme Court vacancy
Three well-known legal minds are finalists for a seat on the Minnesota Supreme Court, to replace Justice Paul Anderson who will retire in May.The Commission on Judicial Selection has recommended former...
View ArticleA thoroughly modern choice for pope: yours truly
Memo to the College of Cardinals:On the off chance that you haven’t yet read my email, I thought I’d remind you that I’m officially tossing my hat into the ring. No puns intended about the hat or the...
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EPA nominee Gina McCarthy will make a great partner for Minnesota
According to the American Lung Association, asthma afflicts more than 400,000 Minnesotans, including nearly 120,000 children. The chronic illness causes nearly 10,000 hospital visits and an additional...
View ArticleFeisty Dayton gets in the Chamber's face
Gov. Mark Dayton’s speech in front of the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce was an interesting affair. Tom Scheck at MPR concentrates on … nurses and hospitals: “Dayton says he thinks the Minnesota Nurses...
View ArticleDon’t make fun of 'carpet stewardship'
Brick City Blog State Senator Julianne Ortman had an interesting Twitter entry this morning:Come on….what is a carpet product stewardship program?! MPCA has a revenue account for that!? Only in the...
View ArticleIran plans to sue makers of 'Argo': Could lawsuit succeed?
News reports suggest that Iranian government officials are exploring the idea of suing the makers of “Argo,” saying the Oscar-winning film gave an unrealistic portrayal of Iran during the 1979 seizure...
View ArticleAs Hungary's electoral campaigns kick into gear, public apathy abounds
Although Hungary's next parliamentary election is more than a year off, you would be forgiven for thinking that election season was already well under way.Already the ruling right-wing Fidesz party,...
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Barrie Jean Borich writes a tale of two cities
barriejeanborich.netBarrie Jean BorichShe’s keeping an eye on the progress of the gay marriage legislation being debated at the Capitol, but Barrie Jean Borich doesn’t really need to pay attention to...
View ArticleAn inside view of a top-notch early childhood education program
Among the crowd of 4-year-olds pulling on warm jackets and stuff like Spider Man gloves and fluffy pink scarves for outdoor play Tuesday at the Early Childhood Education Center at the Midtown YWCA in...
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Ecumen, seeking replicable model, redesigning rural care in Detroit Lakes
Fueled with $3 million in grant money, Ecumen is looking to revamp the care it provides to people in rural communities. The $3 million it has received from the Margaret A. Cargill Foundation will be...
View ArticleTunisians invoke Macbeth to warn against a return of toil and trouble
In a Tunis theater last week, four actors representing four ordinary Tunisians not so long ago sat on stage clutching lifesize dolls of Tunisia’s former dictator, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. “God protect...
View ArticlePalestinians hold low expectations for Obama visit
RAMALLAH, West Bank — The helipad at the Muqataa, the memorial mausoleum where Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is buried in Ramallah, has been swept clean in anticipation of next week's arrival of US...
View ArticleChina's pig dumping scandal puts spotlight on illegal pork trade
The 6,000 rotting pigs floating toward Shanghai may pose a public health problem, but at least they are not part of a much greater threat. If they had not been thrown into the Huangpu River, it is...
View ArticleReport leaked by Putin ally says ruling party actually lost in 2011
Is a power struggle breaking out among Russia's pro-Putin elite?A hitherto obscure Moscow think tank that's headed by one of Russia's most powerful men and a staunchKremlin ally, Vladimir Yakunin, has...
View ArticleFirst Latin American pope speaks softly and carries an allegedly dark past
CARACAS, Venezuela — The 266th pope, and the first ever from Latin America, has one lung, rides the subway, reads Dostoevsky and has been described as both a moral compass and a sellout to Argentina’s...
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