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Open World Learning vindicated in latest rankings
open.spps.orgOpen World Learning CommunityAccording to U.S. News & World Report’s latest survey, Open World Learning Community is St. Paul’s best high school, and Minnesota’s 18th best. No. 3 last...
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Hostile reception greets Dayton at first metro-area ‘Meet with Mark’ session
Gov. Mark Dayton’s recent “Meet with Mark” sessions around the state have drawn a wide mix of public reactions, but none like Monday night’s gathering.The animated session turned out to be a lot like a...
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Dr. Jane Hodgson challenged Minnesota abortion restrictions
MN70s nlm.nih.govDr. Jane HodgsonOn April 29, 1970, Jane Hodgson, a respected St. Paul obstetrician, performed an abortion on a woman who had contracted rubella early in her pregnancy. Abortion was...
View ArticleThe importance of Keith Ellison, a patriotic American who's also a Muslim
Progressives loved seeing Rep. Keith Ellison smack down his GOP congressional colleague Peter King on “Meet the Press” Sunday, insisting that profiling Muslims in the wake of the Boston bombing is not...
View ArticleSt. Paul Superintendent Valeria Silva gets national leadership role
St. Paul Schools Superintendent Valeria Silva has been elected to head a national council of large-city school systems.She's the new chair of the Council of Great City Schools'Board of Directors.She'll...
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Celebrating 25 years of the Minnesota Book Awards
In celebration of the 25th year of the Minnesota Book Awards, the Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library compiled a collection of highlights from the speeches given at the annual event.
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Minnesota Senate needs two tries to pass DFL tax bill
In a messy session Monday, Senate Democrats finally passed their tax bill with nearly $2 billion in revenue hikes, but not before giving Republicans enough political fodder to last for the foreseeable...
View ArticleSt. Paul landlord Tim Holden moves ahead with mayoral campaign
Tim Holden's move to file paperwork for his mayoral campaign moves him one step closer to a run against popular DFL Mayor Chris Coleman, who is seeking a third four-year term in November.This amps up...
View ArticleMNsure board members ready to shape state’s new health exchange
Gov. Mark Dayton on Tuesday appointed the governing board of Minnesota’s health insurance exchange, one of the final steps in getting the new MNsure agency on its feet.The exchange, authorized in late...
View ArticleBrodkorb's Thursday pre-trial hearing comes with a twist
Michael Brodkorb’s lawsuit against the Minnesota Senate for wrongful firing gets a Thursday pre-trial hearing — but with a twist.Federal Magistrate Arthur Boylan has changed the setting from a...
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Wind-to-hydrogen project planned in Renville County
CC/Flickr/carilivNorfolk Wind Energy wants to erect 40-megawatt turbines with the opportunity to expand to 100 megawatts.The nation’s first large-scale commercial plant that would convert wind energy...
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N.D. oil patch twice as big as first thought
MPR’s Dan Gunderson files a story on new data showing North Dakota’s oil patch is bigger than first thought:“The U.S. Geological Survey is significantly increasing its assessment of oil and gas...
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Central Corridor tracking report: Progress on goals — plus a momentum shift
By now, you have probably seen clips of the first Central Corridor light rail train car making its maiden voyage on Sunday from Minneapolis to St. Paul. The trip was a test of LRT cars to see if they...
View ArticleHow an obscure council became Egypt's decisionmaker
When Egypt held elections for the upper house of parliament last year, few Egyptians bothered to go to the polls. They were fatigued from six rounds of voting for the lower house of parliament, and...
View ArticleBelfast after the Troubles
Editor's note: This story is part of a three-part series on simmering tensions in Northen Ireland. Read about how theUnion Jack and an old prison have sparked new outrage.BELFAST, UK — “Suitcases,”...
View ArticleAppalachian Trail not forgotten: Women voters still wary of Mark Sanford
After avoiding the subject for months, Elizabeth Colbert Busch finally brought up Mark Sanford's 2009 taxpayer-funded trip to Argentina "for a personal purpose" at Monday night's debate, only a week...
View ArticleNorth Korea warns South against closure of Kaesong industrial complex
North Korea warned Tuesday that it would never forgive South Korea if it moved to shut down a joint industrial complex in the border city of Kaesong.The joint project, combining South Korean capital...
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Nolan: Obama budget could dull Democrats’ political edge
Rep. Rick NolanWASHINGTON — Liberal Democrats broke sharply with the White House last month when President Obama proposed cuts to entitlement programs in his 2014 budget.They considered the cuts, first...
View ArticleWith air strike on Gaza, Israel tells Hamas 'get it together'
Israel’s assassination of a suspected militant in Gaza today, the first fatal attack since a November cease-fire, is widely seen as a warning shot to Hamas.Tension has been high over the past two days...
View ArticleIraqi government takes 10 TV stations off the air for 'incitement'
Iraqi authorities have suspended 10 television networks in response to their coverage of the killing of dozens of Sunni demonstrators by the Iraqi Army last week. The Communications and Media...
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