Gov. Dayton appoints Beverly Jones Heydinger to chair Public Utilities...
Gov. Mark Dayton has named Beverly Jones Heydinger the chair of the Public Utilities Commission.Heydinger is an administrative law judge and previously served as deputy Minnesota attorney general. She...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Jennifer Daskal, Obama, and the institutionalizing of the war on terrorism
MinnPost/Jana FreibandMatt EhlingOutside of Beltway legal circles, few may be familiar with the name Jennifer Daskal, a Georgetown law fellow who most recently worked in the Justice Department’s...
View ArticleWhen it comes to public subsidies, Twin Cities light rail seems a bargain
A few months ago, I was sitting at a meeting of the House Capital Investment Committee at the Capitol. Our elected reps were discussing the bonding bill. It's a list of projects — usually stuff of a...
View ArticleLondon theater where Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet first performed found
A London playhouse where William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" was thought to have first been performed have been unearthed.The Curtain theater, where "Henry V" was also first performed, was opened...
View ArticleLocusts from Libya threaten Mali and Niger
NAIROBI, Kenya — Colonel Gaddafi continues to wreak havoc on the desert parts of West Africa from beyond the grave.First, his once-loyal Tuareg foot-soldiers, noting their patron's demise, stocked up...
View ArticleThe new Netanyahu: Not so beholden to Israeli settlers
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu finalized a plan today to remove settler homes built on Palestinian property and quashed a move by hard-line allies in parliament to retroactively legalize the...
View ArticleStocks jump in Europe and US on hopes of rescue for Spanish banks
Concerns for the health of European banks took center stage for global financial markets Wednesday, as hopes rose that eurozone nations would agree on a support package for the ailing Spanish banking...
View ArticleCalifornia primary: First step toward recasting American politics?
California's pioneering attempt to produce more moderate candidates by tinkering with its primary system appears to have had some success Tuesday.Tuesday's primary marked the state's first open,...
View ArticleUS calls for broader international sanctions on Syria
A group of 60 countries led by the United States called for stronger sanctions against the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad Wednesday, on the eve of a meeting in Istanbul where the Friends of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Delta plans to fly fewer 50-seat planes with cramped cabins
If you dislike flying in 50-seat regional jets, you'll love the labor deal that Delta Air Lines recently struck with its pilots union.Under the new labor pact, Delta Air Lines would remove 218 small...
View ArticleSuicide bombings in Afghanistan highlight difficult task ahead for US, NATO
A twin suicide bombing in Kandahar, Afghanistan’s second largest city, left at least 22 people dead and as many as 50 injured on Wednesday in one of the deadliest bombings so far this summer.A...
View ArticleClik here to view.
What do Rybak and Coleman think about mayoral control of schools?
Say what you will about stadiums, property taxes, snow removal and all of the other items by which our mayors live and die politically, Minneapolis and St. Paul are blessed with chief executives who...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A day in the life of Nice Ride bikes
The green bikes have come to downtown St. Paul with this week's installation of 25 Nice Ride stations, just in time for the Twin Cities Bike Walk Week.It's the latest expansion of the popular bike...
View ArticleU of M obesity expert: Bloomberg's plan to curb sugary drinks is 'a drop in...
The pushback against New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s proposed ban last week on super-sized (over 16 ounces) sugary drinks was fast and furious.Many people quickly dubbed the mayor “Nanny...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Holding hands with Ray Bradbury
REUTERS/Fred ProuserBradbury, shown in 1997, died Tuesday.It happened in the spring of 2006, at the Los Angeles Times Book Festival on the lovely UCLA campus, where I’d been part of a panel on travel...
View ArticleClik here to view.
7 burning questions for musician/novelist Dylan Hicks
Courtesy Coffee House Press/Sean SmudaDylan HicksDylan Hicks has been part of Minnesota’s music scene for 25 years, first as a deejay, then as the guy actually singing the songs on the radio, instead...
View ArticleFormer City Council Member Barret Lane backed for Minneapolis Emergency...
Former Minneapolis City Council Member Barret Lane won committee approval for his appointment as the city’s next director of emergency management. Lane has been serving as the interim manager of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
'Noises Off!' at the Jungle; blues fest on Nicollet Mall
Friday, June 8What a FarceWHAT: Noises Off!WHERE: Jungle Theater, MinneapolisWHEN: 8 p.m.There may be nothing worse than a bad farce and nothing better than a good one. Noises Off! is among the latter,...
View ArticleBachmann calls for audit of Minnesota's Medicaid program
WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann has called for a federal audit of Minnesota’s Medicaid management program.Bachmann sent a letter to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Studies on Thursday...
View ArticleState Supreme Court to hear Voter ID challenge July 17
The Minnesota Supreme Court will hear arguments on a Voter ID challenge July 17, expediting the process so the matter can be resolved before ballots are printed for the November election.The...
View Article