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Stronger together: Co-ops helping co-ops
A video from the National Cooperative Grocers Association highlights two cooperative projects made possible by loans from the National Cooperative Bank, including the City Bella housing cooperative in...
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Council’s ‘Gang of Seven’ backs Minneapolis’ stadium plan
Kevin ReichThe Gang of Seven stuck together Tuesday night, adding the Vikings stadium proposal to the Minneapolis City Council’s legislative agenda and fending off two amendments offered by stadium...
View ArticleTax Cut Rally Saturday at Capitol will include calls for no public subsidy...
It may be too late the way things are going at the Legislature with the Vikings stadium in hyper-drive, but anti-tax groups are expanding their annual Tax Cut Rally at the Capitol Saturday to include...
View ArticleRamsey County gets terrible grade in American Lung Association air quality...
Is there too much haze in the air this morning, or are my eyes correct as I read that Ramsey County gets an F for particle pollution in the air, according to the new American Lung Association...
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Dayton says he won't negotiate on LIFO
Courtesy of the Governor's OfficeGov. Mark DaytonGov. Mark Dayton today said that as the Legislature heads into its final days he is open to compromise on any issue except the proposal to end...
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Congressional panel grills DHS Commissioner Lucinda Jesson on state Medicaid...
MinnPost photo by James NordCommissioner Lucinda JessonWASHINGTON — Gov. Mark Dayton’s human services commissioner on Wednesday faced a combative congressional panel that accused Minnesota officials of...
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Senate tax committee chair wants stadium bill in front of her
Despite efforts to avoid her Tax Committee, GOP Sen. Julianne Ortmann wants the Vikings funding bill to pass through her turf. Don Davis of the Forum papers writes: “Ortman, R-Chanhassen, said the bill...
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Minneapolis Police Chief Tim Dolan stepping down at year’s end
Police Chief Tim DolanMinneapolis Police Chief Tim Dolan has announced plans to step down from his job at the end of the year, wrapping up a 29-year career with the city’s police department.Minneapolis...
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Senate committee's surprise move adds racino, endangering Vikes stadium bill
Well, that was a surprise.Just when it seemed as if the Vikings stadium bill was moving toward inevitable passage, a Senate committee on Wednesday tacked on racinos as an "either/or" funding source...
View ArticleA real prosperity catalyst: the Southwest LRT project
The late namesake of the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome famously observed that without professional sports the Twin Cities would be nothing more than "a cold Omaha." Well, we've dodged that bullet. Even...
View ArticleRacino add-on to stadium bill is probably short-lived
Aaaaaand it’s back, for a day at least. Our Doug Grow and Tim Nelson of MPR report on the return of the racino. “In a surprise maneuver," writes Nelson, "supporters of putting slot machines at...
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Steampunk reigns at 'Alternate History Day'
The Minnesota History Center presented "What If? Alternate History Teen and Family Day" on Saturday, Apr. 21, with music, fashion, art, film, a writers workshop, and and a hands-on "Steampunk Fashion...
View ArticleVenezuela money laundering: 5 arrested in case said to involve opposition...
Five people have been arrested in a drug money laundering case in Venezuela, and there is suspicion opposition politicians are involved in the scheme.The money-laundering network, which is said to...
View ArticleWal-Mart bribery: Mexico opens investigation as WMT shares continue to drop
Federal authorities in Mexico announced Monday they would investigate to determine if government officials at the national level were involved in alleged bribery by the US retail giant Wal-Mart,...
View ArticleRare success story for Egypt's revolution: ending military trials
It was late February in 2011, and former President Hosni Mubarak had stepped down just two weeks before. But Egyptians were still protesting, demanding that the Mubarak-appointed cabinet also step...
View ArticleAmerica's Stuxnet? Weakness found in systems used by Pentagon, power grid
An amateur cybersecurity researcher who bought industrial computer networking equipment on e-Bay for fun has discovered a critical weakness in equipment that helps run railroads, power grids, and even...
View ArticleMad cow: US 'confident' beef is safe, food-safety experts aren't sure
Instances of “mad cow” disease are few and far between. Although medical authorities attributed about 175 deaths in Europe in the 1980s and ’90s to the human form of the disease, no human cases have...
View ArticleWisconsin posts biggest US job loss, as Gov. Scott Walker fights for his job
While Wisconsin Gov, Scott Walker (R) fights to keep his job in a recall election scheduled for June, he is being forced to confront a harsh reality in his state: It lost more jobs during the past 12...
View ArticleSenate staves off postal Armageddon with USPS reform bill
In a rare bipartisan vote, the Senate on Wednesday passed a postal reform bill to head off a potential shutdown at the struggling US Postal Service, which now owes $13 billion to the Treasury and is...
View ArticlePoll update and why you shouldn't care much
I could fill up this blog with fresh poll results every day and it's tempting, in part because it's so easy.A week ago Monday Gallup started publishing a five-day tracking tracking and now publishes a...
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