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Minneapolis likely to protect master builder Healy's 'prototype' house
A Minneapolis house designed and constructed in 1893 by master builder Theron Potter Healy apparently will be saved from the wrecking ball. The process has been a short but rocky road.First, the...
View ArticleHouse to take up Kline bill on student-loan interest rates
WASHINGTON — When it comes to student loan reform, the White House and House GOP agree on this much: now’s the time to overhaul the system.The question is whether they can hash out the details — and...
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1929 Rand Tower sports art-deco elements — and an aviation theme
There are lots of places in the Twin Cities you can go if you’d like to be alone. Theodore Wirth Park. The southern leg of the LRT Blue Line on a weeknight after 11 p.m. Down by the Mississippi on the...
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Failed Virginia bill on miscarriages reveals ignorance about women's health
CC/Flickr/Tony FischerThe bill was unanimously voted down by the Virginia State Senate after women’s health advocates made it clear that the bill would place an enormous emotional burden on women.As...
View ArticleState pays up to $500 cab fare to take methadone patients from Duluth to...
Methadone patients around the state often take state-paid cab rides to pick up their medication, even traveling one-at-a-time from Duluth to Brainerd, says a report on Fox 9 News.Says the story:For...
View ArticleBud Grant to Gov. Dayton: Block part of that Legacy bill
Former Vikings Coach Bud Grant has asked Gov. Mark Dayton to remove from the Legacy Fund bill more than $9 million in funding for metro parks and to fight invasive species.The Pioneer Press reports...
View ArticleElection law changes get thumbs-up from Secretary of State Ritchie
Minnesota Secretary of State Mark Ritchie says he approves of election law changes made by the Legislature and says they will make voting more convenient.He said in a statement:"These laws further...
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Man finds Superman comic book No. 1 tucked in a wall
The story of the day is Curt Brown’s Strib piece about the guy who found a Superman comic book tucked inside a wall: “In his decade of working construction and home remodeling, David Gonzalez always...
View ArticleWhite House threatens veto of Kline student loan bill
WASHINGTON — There is a little bit of overlap between student loan interest rate reform proposals from Minnesota Rep. John Kline and President Obama, but not enough for the latter to sign the former's...
View ArticleMinneapolis Police Sgt. David Clifford fired for ethics code violation
The reason former Minneapolis Police Sgt. David Clifford was fired now has become part of the public record.Clifford was convicted of a felony after assaulting a fellow bar patron in Anoka last...
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Grading the legislative session: C+ for DFL, but F on reform and bipartisanship
Students across Minnesota are finishing their exams and awaiting their final grades. The 2013 Minnesota legislative session is over and now it is time also to assess the performance of one-party rule...
View ArticleMinnesotans United dropped $2 million on gay-marriage effort
The tab for campaigning for gay marriage? $2 million.The AP story says: “Minnesotans United for All Families leader Richard Carlbom provided the figure to The Associated Press ahead of a mid-June...
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Dayton vetoes two controversial items in Legacy projects bill
Dennis Anderson can claim victory. The AP story says: “Gov. Mark Daytonused his line-item veto Thursday to strike two controversial provisions from the bill that uses state sales-tax money for grants...
View ArticleMemorial Day weekend events scheduled throughout Minnesota
Many events will be held around the state this long Memorial Day weekend to honor those who died while serving in the armed forces.Government offices and many businesses will be closed Monday; there...
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Let's find a way to preserve Anoka's historic mental-health facility
We can all picture the creepy old "mental asylum." It’s a popular image in film, television and the occasional horror novel. It’s a spooky and appealing archetype that people are drawn to. The pop...
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Suspensions down, but St. Paul school behavior unchanged
Not better behavior, just fewer suspensions.Stribber Anthony Lonetree writes: “A year after a public flap over a surge in suspensions of black students, suspensions have dropped by nearly one-third in...
View ArticleAn insider’s view of how the Vikings stadium design came together
In governance speak, the ad hoc People’s Stadium Implementation Committee spent 10 months writing a vision and principles statement to give HKS Architects guidance in designing the best urban football...
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'Deep in the Heart of Taxes' at MinnRoast 2013
It was Red Staters versus Blue Staters during the big opening number at MinnRoast 2013. The two sides “can't agree, philosophically” — but they can sing, dance and crack jokes together. Lyrics by Al...
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Two Minnesota companies among 100 fastest-growing, inner-city businesses
Two Minnesota-based companies are among the nation’s 100 fastest-growing inner-city businesses, according to a new Fortune magazine list.Digital communications service GovDelivery ranked 56th and IT...
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New seasons set for SPCO, Walker, Latté Da, Cowles; Guthrie extends 'An Iliad'
Someone must have shouted “Go!” at the SPCO offices moments after the musicians ratified their new contract on April 29. In record time, less than a month after the end of a 191-day lockout, the...
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