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House farm-bill debate starts smoothly, but 200 amendments await
WASHINGTON — The lengthy process to finally approve a House farm bill and reconcile it with one passed in the Senate started off smoothly on Tuesday.Minnesota Rep. Collin Peterson and Republican Frank...
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Cornerstones of St. Paul: Exploring chiseled (and painted) numbers dating to...
Walking through a city, you’re surrounded on all sides by little boasts on the part of the people who've made up the city. Not just in window advertisements or historic markers, proclaiming something...
View ArticleSame-sex marriage, Minnesota and the Supreme Court: an FAQ for the befuddled
Hey, MinnPost — help a sister out: What with love being the law in Minnesota some of us completely forgot that any day now the U.S. Supreme Court will decide two same-sex marriage cases. Do we even...
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How to fund Minneapolis streetcars? A complicated five-parcel Value Capture...
On Tuesday morning, not one but two Minneapolis City Council committees met to approve the creation of a so-called Value Capture District, which would devote the area’s property taxes to financing a...
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Best-selling St. Paul thriller author Vince Flynn has died at 47
Courtesy of Simon and Schuster/Peter HurleyVince FlynnVince Flynn, the St. Paul best-selling author of the Mitch Rapp political-thriller novels, died early Wednesday after a three-year battle with...
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Colvin Roy’s decision puts majority of Minneapolis council seats in play
Sandy Colvin RoyThe next Minneapolis City Council could have a seven-member majority of first-term office-holders.That possibility became more of a possibility following Council Member Sandy Colvin Roy...
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The 'sense and nonsense' (and big business) of traditional Chinese medicine
CC/Flickr/Ross PollackChinese authorities have allowed traditional medicine to flourish side-by-side with modern “Western” medicine.The British digital magazine Aeon has published a long and...
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Three Twin Cities freeways that no one would miss
streets.mn The world’s longest on-ramp, on the west edge of downtown Minneapolis.We’ve been down this road before. Urban freeways impact their neighborhoods through noise, pollution, and by creating...
View ArticleGOP candidate Mike McFadden welcomes state Rep. Abeler to Franken derby
Mike McFadden, the finance firm executive who was the first Republican to announce a challenge to U.S. Sen. Al Franken, responded with a brief statement to Tuesday's news that another Republican, state...
View ArticleMinnesota to open trade office in Dusseldorf-Cologne region of Germany
Minnesota will open a foreign trade office in the Dusseldorf-Cologne region of Germany, state officials said Wednesday.The office will promote Minnesota exports and foreign investment in the state.The...
View ArticleKim Jong Un giving out copies of 'Mein Kampf'
If there's was a weirdness beat, it would need a bureau in North Korea.The Washington Post reports that the highly-qualified leader of North Korea, Kim Jong Un, honored his own most recent birthday by...
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Schiff is first dropout in Minneapolis mayoral race
The herd milling to be Minneapolis’ next mayor has been culled by one.Eric Roper at the Strib says: “Gary Schiff, one of the first candidates to publicly mull a candidacy, dropped out. Schiff's...
View ArticleWhite Bear Lake tries to break world's record for longest ice-cream sundae
White Bear Lake hopes to become home of the world's longest ice-cream sundae Thursday, when volunteers scoop up 1,000 feet of ice cream and toppings in an effort to raise money for the Relay for Life...
View ArticleLisa Murkowski makes it 51 senators in favor of same-sex marriage
In an Op-ed posted on her Senate website, Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska today became the 51st member of the current U.S. Senate and the third Republican to support equal rights for same-sex couples who...
View ArticleStephan Eirik Clark explores cultural anxiety, here and in Russia
Working on your novel? Write faster, faster! Society is changing so quickly that tackling contemporary issues in fiction is nearly impossible.“It was terrifying; I felt like I was writing under a...
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These entrepreneurs chose the Green Line
Now that construction on the Central Corridor Light Rail Transit system — dubbed the Green Line and set to enter into service in 2014 — is over 90 percent complete, businesses and residents are feeling...
View ArticleSingapore residents warned to stay indoors amid worst pollution ever recorded
Singapore residents have been urged to stay indoors amid unprecedented levels of air pollution.The prime minister of Singapore — which prides itself on its clean environment — has warned that the haze...
View ArticleWith Assange still in Ecuadorean embassy, the country tightens press freedom
While Julian Assange remains holed up in Ecuador's London embassy, back in Quito, freedom of expression is high on the agenda. But that's not because of the Wikileak founder's request for asylum. It is...
View ArticleHow Russia views nuclear disarmament — and why it may resist
President Barack Obama is urging Russia to move decisively beyond the cold war paradigm by negotiating a new round of arms reductions that would slash the numbers of nuclear weapons deployed by the US...
View ArticleLatest blow to Egypt's tourism: Luxor's governor
Residents of this tourist-reliant city are seething over the appointment of a new governor for their area who belongs to the political party of a former militant group that killed dozens of tourists...
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