Legislators ask Legislative Auditor to investigate Mankato football firing
Two of Minnesota's top higher-education legislators have endorsed a request that the Legislative Auditor look into the process that led to the botched firing of Minnesota State Mankato football coach...
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McDonough directly disputes Archbishop's testimony
There appears to be a serious crack in the clerical fraternity … . Madeleine Baran of MPR reports, “[A] longtime official for the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis disputed Archbishop John...
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Hodges focuses on racial and economic equity in State of City speech
MinnPost photo by Karen BorosMayor Betsy HodgesMinneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges focused on economic equity during her first State of the City address at the American Indian Center.“While we are one great...
View ArticleVänskä to return as music director of Minnesota Orchestra May 1
Osmo Vänskä will return as music director of the Minnesota Orchestra on May 1.On one hand, the word today that the Minnesota Orchestral Association’s board of directors and Vänskä have reached...
View ArticleFranken: Proposed net neutrality rules 'deeply disappointing and very troubling'
WASHINGTON — Sen. Al Franken said Thursday that proposed federal rules loosening the Internet’s “net neutrality” regulations are “deeply disappointing and very troubling” and “would fundamentally...
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As she died, Sen. Nancy Brataas posed a final question: 'Unconventional?'
My beloved mother, the late state Sen. Nancy Brataas, IR-Rochester, died last week at age 86. She was a woman for whom the most meaningful unit of existence was, perhaps, the campaign. Living a life of...
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Attorney General: arrest Minnesota lawmakers if they drive drunk
Be careful about how you explain this legal position in public … . Abby Simons of the Strib says, “Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson supported an initiative to clarify a long-standing provision...
View ArticleCan leafless e-cigarettes be regulated as a tobacco product? FDA says yes.
Obama administration officials, seeking to justify a new plan to regulate tobacco-less electronic cigarettes under a federal law governing tobacco products, on Thursday enumerated unanswered questions...
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Hennepin Commissioner candidate: demand Southwest LRT alternatives
I filed for the Hennepin County 3rd District Commissioner special election to organize DEMAND from We the People for alternatives to the disastrous Southwest Light Rail plan.I’d like to think that all...
View ArticleWhy Bangladesh's Rana Plaza survivors are back at work
DHAKA, Bangladesh —As Yasmin Khatun lay in a hospital bed last April, she was overwhelmed with memories of being trapped under concrete slabs for 16 hours in the collapsed Rana Plaza garment factory....
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Privacy, please: Legislators, cops and agencies wrestle over data protection
Fueled in part by the NSA surveillance scandal, Minnesota lawmakers are poised to crack down on how police and government employees access private data. But just how tough a crackdown is being decided...
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Minnesotans win major arts awards; St. Paul Art Crawl begins
ragamala.netRanee RamaswamyThe warm spotlight of the Doris Duke Performing Artist Awards shone brightly on Minnesota earlier this week, when four artists with connections to the state were named...
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Andrew Wallmeyer named publisher of MinnPost
Andrew WallmeyerI’m proud to announce that MinnPost has named its first publisher, Andrew Wallmeyer, a journalist who got an MBA and now is a senior associate at the strategic consulting firm McKinsey...
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Criminalizing pregnant women who use illegal drugs: 'Throwing a lit match'
When the Tennessee General Assembly voted last week to criminally prosecute women who use illegal narcotics during pregnancy, it ignored, among other things, the major medical community’s longstanding...
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There is method in Shakespeare's detailed observations of madness
If you’re celebrating the 450th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s birth this week, then you may enjoy the April 19th edition of New Scientist magazine. It includes several articles about the bard’s...
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Vänskä: 'I am very pleased to have this chance to rebuild'
For those following the long, agonizing story of the Minnesota Orchestra, Thursday’s news was a thunderbolt: Osmo Vänskä had his old job back. The Minnesota Orchestral Association board, or enough of...
View ArticleDexter Filkins offers breathtaking reporting on Maliki and the thugocracy...
Saddam Hussein was a monster. But, as portrayed in a breathtaking achievement of reporting, the new post-American Iraq, the one the United States created under the slogan of "Operation Iraqi Freedom,"...
View ArticleReverse outsourcing: state aid lures India company to Dilworth
In a twist on the "outsource jobs overseas" theme, Minnesota officials are celebrating the opening of a clinical testing facility in Dilworth, Minnesota, owned by Axis Clinicals of India.The plant will...
View ArticleLack of indoor pool a 'civil rights struggle'?
Maybe not so crazy when you know the facts. At MPR, Laura Yuen says, “A broad coalition is trying to revive a long-shuttered swimming pool in south Minneapolis, calling it nothing less than a...
View ArticleMinneapolis creates Indigenous People's Day on Columbus Day
Indigenous People's Day — celebrating the heritage and contributions of Native Americans in Minneapolis — won unanimous support of the City Council at a meeting that overflowed the council...
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