House approves St. Croix bridge legislation
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. House of Representatives approved a new bridge over the St. Croix River on Thursday, voting 339-80 to send a bill authorizing the project to President Obama for his signature.The...
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Vijay Iyer at the Walker; Dr. Seuss show
Friday, March 2East-West jazzWHAT: The Sound of Surprise: A Vijay Iyer Mini-FestivalWHERE: Walker Art Center, MinneapolisWHEN: 8 p.m.The jazz pianist Vijay Iyer makes extensively sourced, deeply...
View ArticleMayor Coleman is principal for a day, but this is no coup d'état
St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman is serving as principal for the day at Maxfield Elementary School today.How will kids sent to the principal's office today explain that to their parents?It's a one-day only...
View ArticleDeal to build Vikings stadium in Minneapolis announced
DFL Gov. Mark Dayton and the Minnesota Vikings announced an agreement this morning to build a new Vikings stadium near the Metrodome in Minneapolis that would be open by 2016.The agreement, reached...
View ArticleMinnesota adds 15,500 jobs in January; unemployment rate at 5.6%
A state report this morning says Minnesota added 15,500 jobs in January, lowering the unemployment rate to 5.6 percent, 0.1 percent lower than last month.The national unemployment rate is 8.3...
View ArticleExpect more frustration than fireworks from Sviggum at Regents meeting
Expect more fatigue and frustration than fireworks from Steve Sviggum tomorrow at the University of Minnesota Board of Regents meeting. The board is expected to follow the advice of attorneys and ask...
View ArticleState Rep. Knuth won't seek reelection after redistricting
State Rep. Kate Knuth, a three-term DFLer from New Brighton, says she won't seek reelection in November.She'd represented New Brighton, Arden Hills, Shoreview and Fridley, but was paired with DFL state...
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How the stadium deal shakes out
A new Viking stadium has over the past year or so replaced The Weather as a topic of obsessive conversation among Minnesotans. Where will it go, who will pay for it and why should we bother when they...
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Obama's case for re-election
Apparently, the U.S. Treasury Department has put together a slideshow that it calls "The U.S. Economy in Charts." (They really need to do some work in the catchy names department.)Derek Thompson of The...
View ArticleThe disappearing center
When I wrote yesterday about Sen. Olympia Snowe's sudden decision to retire, I framed it in terms of the partisan battle for control of the Senate. But a New York Times story on the Snowe retirement...
View ArticleSee Michelle Obama in Minneapolis March 16, but it won't be cheap
First lady Michelle Obama will be in Minneapolis Friday, Mar. 16, for a fundraising event at the Walker Art Center.It won't be cheap to meet her:$250-General Admission (per person)$1,000-Reception...
View Article'Now the real work begins' on Vikings stadium plan
As understatements go, Gov. Dayton saying, “Now the real work begins” counts as a classic. On today’s announcement of stadium deal, or at least how it would structured — voting and actual revenue flow...
View ArticleToday's major developments don't please state Rep. Winkler
While supporters of the proposed taxpayer-subsidized Vikings stadium and the $700 million bridge over the St. Croix River were celebrating today's developments, state Rep. Ryan Winkler was espousing a...
View ArticleMinnPost seeks Office Manager
Mary Zweber, MinnPost's office manager, is leaving us for a new position. She did a great job keeping us organized and growing and we'll miss her. We've opened a job search to find her replacement. The...
View ArticleLegalization gains support in Central America
GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala — Guatemalan President Otto Perez has invigorated the drug legalization debate in Central America, where leaders are under pressure to contain staggering crime rates and...
View ArticleFukushima a year on
FUKUSHIMA, Japan — A visit to the scene of Japan's worst nuclear accident, almost a year after the area was struck by a powerful earthquake and tsunami, is a study in contrasts.Elsewhere along the vast...
View ArticleIran elections: The most important ever, says Khamenei
Iran's Islamic regime is using every tool to convince Iranians to vote Friday in parliamentary elections, in what its top leader predicts will "smack the face" of the United States and other...
View ArticleEU pushes bigger bailout fund and Germany pushes back
Officially, tonight's gathering of the European Union in Brussels is a business-as-usual affair, with questions such as Serbian accession to the EU on the agenda. But behind the scenes, only one issue...
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Dr. Seuss, 'Pinocchio' and a pirate musical coming to Children's Theatre
The Children’s Theatre Company’s 2012–2013 season, announced Wednesday, includes a deuce of Seusses, a pair of world premieres, and two revivals of popular CTC productions.“Dr. Seuss’ The Cat in the...
View ArticleHigh gas prices and foreign oil heating up 2012 campaign debate
Oil, the lifeblood of American commerce, is causing political headaches for an unlikely duo: Democratic President Obama and North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple, a Republican.As the current occupant of the...
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