Poll: Obama up big in Minnesota
WASHINGTON — President Obama has a 15 point lead over Mitt Romney in Minnesota, according to a survey of voters released Thursday by Public Policy Polling.Obama leads the presumptive Republican nominee...
View ArticleHumphrey School program helps launch national competition for best ideas to...
A competition that's looking for the best ideas to fight poverty — and offers cash prizes — is being launched, in part, by the Center for the Study of Politics and Governance at University of...
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Democrats line up to return to Legislature
Lost in all the talk of who is not coming back to the Minnesota Legislature are all those who have been there before and are trying to return. Says Tim Pugmire at MPR: “The list of former legislators...
View ArticleTwo Minnesota commissioners selected for national leadership fellowship
A national leadership program has selected two Minnesota state commissioners to take part in a week-long seminar put on by the Council of State Governments.Administration Commissioner Spencer Cronk and...
View ArticleHouse passes Paulsen's repeal of medical-device tax
WASHINGTON — The U.S. House of Representatives passed Minnesota Republican Rep. Erik Paulsen’s bill to repeal a tax on the medical-device industry on Thursday, 270-146.Passage was expected, given...
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Minnesota's voter ID amendment: a Trojan horse with a surprise inside
It seems to me what you’re doing is trying to sell your amendment to the voters, to mislead them into believing that this is just about saying who you are on election day, when, in fact, your bill is a...
View ArticlePoll: T-Paw no great assistance to Romney in Minnesota
According to a new poll, T-Paw wouldn’t do Mitt Romney much good in Minnesota. Says Bill Salisbury at the PiPress: “President Barack Obama leads Romney by a hefty 54 percent to 39 percent in Minnesota,...
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Larry Millett maps the ghosts of Twin Cities past
larrymillett.comLarry MillettSomehow, because people weren’t thinking ahead, or thought they had a better idea, or simply didn’t care, the most spectacular buildings ever built in Minneapolis and St....
View ArticleTurkey's culture wars heat up after PM equates abortion with murder
Obstetrician Ayse Akin fought for 13 years to legalize abortions in Turkey after seeing dozens of women die trying to perform them on themselves.“It was shocking,” she recalls. “They used chemicals...
View ArticleRock star no more: why global opinion of Obama has deflated
Unilateral military action by the United States drags down global opinion of the American president.Sound like the scenario that confronted former President George W. Bush? Actually, it’s the picture...
View ArticleSyria’s rebels learn the value of a prisoner
JABAL AL-ZAWIYA, Syria — A quiet knock sounded from one of the prison cells. Rebel fighter Abou Reach stood up from the group of fighters relaxing around their rebel base here to respond.On the floor...
View ArticleMoody's ratings agency downgrades Spain
Moody’s said today it had slashed Spain’s credit rating by three notches to just above junk status and placed it on review for a possible further downgrade after the country agreed to borrow 100...
View ArticleCBO director: more eurozone turmoil would be 'bad news for US economy'
Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Director Douglas Elmendorf said he was “quite concerned” about the European debt crisis, noting that it is “unclear” whether the euro can be preserved.“If European...
View ArticleRussia dismisses claims of fueling Syrian conflict with attack helicopters
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov defended his country's ongoing arms sales to Syria today, but refused to specifically address allegations by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton that Moscow is...
View ArticleAmid Iraq violence, journalists struggle about government control
A series of coordinated car bombs in Iraq targeted Shiite pilgrims today, killing at least 72 people in violence that recalled the worst years of Iraq's insurgency and sectarian civil war, which peaked...
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Minnesota legislators among those questioning lobbying tactics on flame...
Three Minnesota legislators were among 21 current and former state legislators from 10 states who sent a letter [PDF] to the American Chemistry Council (ACC) June 4, asking the national trade...
View ArticleNational Republicans reserve ad time for Cravaack
WASHINGTON — The National Republican Congressional Committee has reserved ad time in Minnesota to support freshman Rep. Chip Cravaack's re-election bid.Roll Call reports the $856,000 worth of...
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Minnesota Senate to get hit with another Brodkorb defense legal bill
MinnPost photo by Brian HallidayAttorney Greg Walsh and Michael BrodkorbThe Minnesota Senate still hasn’t paid the $46,000 bill for its defense lawyers' initial work in the Michael Brodkorb wrongful...
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Up close with the animals of Minnesota's Como Zoo
Photographer Orvar Fridriksson managed to capture a wide range of close-up, high quality clips of the animals during his visit to the Minnesota Zoo.Update: A representative from the Minnesota Zoo...
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Wheeling and dealing with Dayton in China
SHANGHAI — Day six of Gov. Mark Dayton’s nine-day trade mission to China opens in the Violet Room of Shanghai’s Hongta Hotel. He arrives with a handful of staff members and is soon met by Dennis...
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