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Christian-based Teen Challenge treatment program prompts fight over state...
There can be large issues hidden in minuscule parts of huge budget bills.Currently at the Minnesota Legislature, for example, there’s arm-twisting and backroom dealing surrounding $1.6 million in...
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On the benefits of learning a trade
Aaron Hill is starting a second career, following in his father's footsteps to become a carpenter. Hill is participating in an apprenticeship program run by the North Central States Regional Council of...
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Minneapolis mayoral candidate Cam Winton grilled, but doesn’t wilt
What does full-contact shadow-boxing look like?A couple of dozen hard-core regular attendees at the events of the U of M’s Humphrey School may have witnessed a bout Thursday at noon when candidate Cam...
View ArticleCongress passes air traffic controller furlough fix
WASHINGTON — Congress has passed a bill to allow the Federal Aviation Administration to end sequestration-related furloughs for air traffic controllers.The furloughs led to flight delays around the...
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New health care jobs save Minnesota's employment numbers
Well, it is where the money is ... Paul Tosto of MPR reports: “Minnesota this year recovered the number of jobs it lost in the Great Recession. A deeper look at the data, though, paint an intriguing...
View ArticleMN Blog Cabin Roundup, 4/26
The Metropolitan Council’s anti-urban headquartersfrom streets.mn by Mike HicksThis is the headquarters of the Metropolitan Council, the Twin Cities regional planning agency. It’s located in downtown...
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Church's rhetoric does not reflect changes to Safe and Supportive Schools Act
Rep. Jim DavnieThe recent articles in MinnPost on the Safe and Supportive Schools Act contain inaccuracies that need to be corrected. While the Minnesota Catholic Conference (MCC) admitted in its April...
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The challenges of building ‘the essential house’
Daniel Yudchitz has been sketching houses for as long as he can remember. “I’ve always had an interest in unique, compact, small-space design,” he says. Last November, his modern home in the Rondo...
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Caribou closings might mean indie coffee boom is brewing
Nancy Breymeier doesn’t want to see anyone lose their jobs – least of all baristas, kitchen staff and her other brethren in the retail coffee business.But Breymeier, co-owner of the Amore coffee shop...
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Dan Patch transit line is still a 'dead horse'
At MPR, Sasha Aslainian reports on the continuing fight over Dan Patch: “Buried deep in the Senate transportation bill at the Minnesota Legislature is a dead horse — actually, a rail line named after...
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Why speak out for gay rights? It's the right thing to do
MinnPost photo by Jana FreibandChris Kluwe"Why do you speak out in support of the gay community?"I've been asked this question multiple times, at multiple events, and every time I give the same answer:...
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Cartoonist Ohman's offense? Starkly provoking a debate over politics and...
There’s been so much talk of late about the lack of decency in politics, on Internet dating sites, and on freeways, to mention just a few places where even mildly good behavior almost never surfaces....
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New Vikes stadium will be 100 feet taller than Metrodome
Perhaps you were expecting a platinum gild to the roof, with diamond inlays?Stribbers Richard Meryhew and Janet Moore write: “The new home for the Minnesota Vikings will be taller and bigger than the...
View ArticleDaimler accused of aiding Argentina repression
LIMA, Peru — Should victims of a South American military dictatorship be allowed to seek compensation in theUnited States against a European auto manufacturer allegedly complicit in brutal...
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Daniel Greysolon forged peace with native peoples, expanded French reach in...
Courtesy of the Minnesota Historical SocietyDaniel Greysolon Sieur Dulhut at the Head of the Lakes— 1679 (Created circa 1922).Daniel Greysolon, Sieur du Lhut (also known as du Luth), was born in Lyons,...
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Polaris is trailblazing again, this time overseas
Courtesy of PolarisPolaris 800 PRO-RMK LEIt’s not Scott Wine’s assistant who greets you. It’s Scott Wine himself. Striding through the sunny lobby of his company’s Medina headquarters and dressed...
View ArticleJapan and Russia want to finally end World War II, agree it is 'abnormal' not to
Russian President Vladimir Putin met in the Kremlin Monday with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the first top-level Russo-Japanese summit in almost a decade.The two wrestled for hours with the...
View ArticleAs Dutch prepare for new king, republicans ask to abolish monarchy
On Tuesday, Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands will abdicate and her eldest son, Willem-Alexander, Prince of Orange, will be inaugurated as the new king. It's expected to be a major event that will be...
View ArticlePre-K programs take biggest state funding hit ever
The 2011-12 school year was not a good one for pre-K funding, for enrollment, or for quality, according to a major new survey.States' funding overall dropped by more than half a billion dollars – its...
View ArticleIsrael says it's not pushing for intervention in Syria, despite chemical...
JERUSALEM — The Israeli intelligence and strategic affairs minister said on Sunday that Israel was not urging the United States to intervene militarily in Syria, despite recent intelligence reports...
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