Gov. Arne Carlson Blog: Can we learn from two Minnesota giants?
The more I witness the Presidential race, the more I am drawn back to my visits last fall with two of Minnesota’s most enduring and beloved statesmen, Walter Mondale and Al Quie.By happenstance, we...
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Minneapolis Council Member Don Samuels explains support for Rybak stadium plan
Don Samuels, one of the first Minneapolis City Council members to voice support for the stadium proposal, represents Ward 5, on the near north side of the city. Samuels chairs the council’s Public...
View ArticleMinneapolis ELCA opposes marriage amendment, elects Ann Svennungsen bishop
Leaders of the Minneapolis Area Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) have voted to oppose the state's proposed constitutional amendment that would ban gay marriage.Meeting at the...
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Street Stories: Franklin Avenue arm wrestling
Via mpls.tv, Josef Buchel narrates his story of a friendly arm-wrestling competition in a Franklin Avenue coffee shop that took a surprising turn.
View ArticleCourt to release redistricting maps at 1 p.m. Tuesday
The special court panel charged with drawing new redistricting maps in the state will release its plan at 1 p.m. Tuesday, court officials said today.The plans will be available on the Minnesota...
View ArticlePawlenty pays down nearly $60,000 in campaign debt
WASHINGTON — Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty paid off nearly $60,000 of his remaining presidential campaign debt in January, according to new Federal Election Commission filings.Pawlenty’s campaign...
View ArticleDFLers highlight Cravaack family move to New Hampshire
When 8th District Congressman Chip Cravaack announced last summer that his family was moving from Minnesota to New Hampshire, it was obvious that the issue would become campaign fodder in the...
View ArticleJosh Wise is new director of Minnesota Fair Trade Coalition
The Minnesota Fair Trade Coalition has hired Josh Wise as its new executive director.The group includes 40 labor, family farm, environmental, faith and social justice organizations and works to support...
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Todd Boss publication reading March 14
Acclaimed Twin Cities poet Todd Boss — a featured author at MinnPost's 2011 Book Club Blast — couldn't be happier about the release of his new poetry collection, "Pitch" (W.W. Norton), which has spent...
View ArticlePat Reusse calls stadium plan 'sensible,' 'doable'
Stadium chatter has revved back up, just when you didn’t think that was possible. Over at the Strib, Pat Reusse has had it with “cleaver”-wielding politicians: “I'm saying Minneapolis might be better...
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Secretary of State Mark Ritchie offers Voter ID alternative: electronic poll...
Minnesota Secretary of State Mark Ritchie has proposed an alternative to the Voter ID plan now being considered by Republicans in the Legislature.At a state Senate hearing Friday, he said electronic...
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Walker After Hours: Faux Real 9 p.m. Friday, Feb. 24
Fauxhawk? Cubic zirconia? Pleather?This Friday, choose your illusion and slip on your knock-offs to celebrate "Lifelike," the new Walker exhibition where things are not quite what they seem.Hosted by...
View ArticleFoley council decides to put cops back on the beat
Officials in Foley have been noodling for months about what to do for police patrol protection in the central Minnesota city of 2,300.A deal with the Benton County Sheriff's office was deemed too...
View ArticleBell Museum of Natural History at U of M turns 140 next week
The University of Minnesota’s Bell Museum of Natural History celebrates its 140th birthday March 1.They'll serve birthday cake that day to the first 140 visitors at 2 p.m., when a presentation will be...
View ArticlePeace for Israeli/ Palestinian 'so-called enemies?'
The lack of progress toward an Israel/Palestine peace deal remains a heartache to those who care about either side of the conflict and especially those who care about both.The quest for understanding...
View ArticleGOP senators: Let the Vikings take out a loan
Hello! GOP Sen. Roger Chamberlain offers some nigh-on-to-coherent thinking on Vikings stadium financing. Mike Kaszuba of the Strib writes: “[T]hree Republican senators offered a plan Thursday that...
View ArticleVolunteer with Cook for Kids — 4 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 28
Next Tuesday, join Twin Cities Rotaract in volunteering with Cook for Kids at Jeremiah Program in Minneapolis.Cook for Kids volunteers help purchase, prepare and serve a well-balanced, nutritious,...
View ArticleSt. Paul downtown ballpark pitch far different in tone from Vikings’ effort
The contrasts between the push for a new baseball park for downtown St. Paul and a Vikings stadium couldn’t be greater.Those contrasts were revealed again today when the push for state bonding money by...
View ArticleAnother Vikings stadium funding proposal unveiled, unloved
Another day, another Vikings stadium scheme at the state Capitol.This time, it was a handful of Republican legislators unveiling their plan to help the Vikings with the new stadium the team says it...
View ArticleGrand jury investigating alleged Twitter threat against Bachmann
WASHINGTON — A federal grand jury is investigating a Twitter user for allegedly sending threatening tweets about Rep. Michele Bachmann.The man, whose identity and Twitter username are redacted from a...
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