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Amazon sales tax is imminent
The Deets Tom Webb at the Pioneer Press reported that the Minnesota is reaching the end of an era when it comes to sales tax collection for online purchases. It was a good run, but it’s coming to an...
View ArticleDisability advocates cite gains from legislative session, but also some...
The 2013 Minnesota legislative brought some gains for people with disabilities and their families, but some key initiatives were stalled, says The ARC Minnesota, a disability advocacy organization."The...
View ArticleTweaking ranked-choice voting: Minneapolis considering three changes
Members of the Minneapolis City Council got scolded by a member of the Charter Commission as they prepared to change some of the rules on how ranked-choice voting will be administered in this fall’s...
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'A Divine Sunday' film event to benefit Trevor Project for LGBT teens
Two partners in a top law firm, a drag queen and a documentarian walk into a bar ...OK, so the late, iconic performer can be there in spirit only, but the other characters hope you will join them for a...
View ArticleH1N1 flu pandemic was deadliest for younger adults
The first analysis of the complete U.S. death records for the 2009-2010 H1N1 influenza pandemic was published Wednesday. It confirms what was widely observed at the time: The pandemic was deadliest for...
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Minnesota Senate leaders, Dr. Larry Jacobs give their assessment of the 2013...
With the 2013 legislative session gaveled to a close, Capitol Report host Julie Bartkey sat down with Senate Majority Leader Tom Bakk, Senate Minority Leader David Hann and Dr. Larry Jacobs of the...
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Cold, soggy paddlers look forward to sun on the Namekagon
Earth Journal writer Ron Meador is posting daily this week from the Namekagon River in Wisconsin.The photo above is included not as a sentimental sunset-on-the-trail shot but as a bulletin of the best...
View ArticleWe're a long way away from the next elections...
...but it's never too far away for Charlie Cook and Stu Rothenberg.In his National Journal "Off to the Races" column, Cook notes that Pres. Obama's approval ratings have suffered no damage and are even...
View ArticleSt. Croix Bridge groundbreaking to be Tuesday in Stillwater
MnDOT plans a groundbreaking for the new St. Croix bridge on Tuesday in Stillwater.The $676 million crossing, already under construction in Oak Park Heights, will connect with Hwy. 36.The...
View ArticleGov. Dayton cuts metro parks, invasive species funds from Legacy Bill
Gov. Mark Dayton has vetoed more than $9 million in funding in the Legacy Bill, saying he made contradictory promises to citizens during his campaign and to legislators during the session, and that...
View ArticleNRCC Chair Greg Walden: Six Minnesota House seats could be competitive in '14
WASHINGTON — MPR's Brett Neely gets the following from U.S. Rep. Greg Walden, the chair of the National Republican Congressional Committee: Six of Minnesota's eight U.S. house seats are among the...
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U.S. House passes Kline student loan bill
Rep. John KlineWASHINGTON — The U.S. House passed a Rep. John Kline-sponsored bill to tie student loan interest rates to market rates on Thursday.All but four Democrats opposed the bill, which would...
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Worley the latest casualty as Twins' rotation sinks lower than last season
REUTERS/Eric MillerVance WorleyVance Worley got knocked around for eight runs while failing to make it out of the fourth inning against the Braves Wednesday, and immediately after the game, the Twins...
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Dayton vetoes two controversial items in Legacy projects bill
Dennis Anderson can claim victory. The AP story says: “Gov. Mark Daytonused his line-item veto Thursday to strike two controversial provisions from the bill that uses state sales-tax money for grants...
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New seasons set for SPCO, Walker, Latté Da, Cowles; Guthrie extends 'An Iliad'
Someone must have shouted “Go!” at the SPCO offices moments after the musicians ratified their new contract on April 29. In record time, less than a month after the end of a 191-day lockout, the...
View ArticleTeen grandson arrested with shotgun at state Sen. Kiffmeyer's home
The 17-year-old grandson of state Sen. Mary Kiffmeyer was arrested Thursday for allegedly threatening family members with a shotgun at the Kiffmeyer home in Big Lake, the St. Cloud Times reports.The...
View ArticleBuddhists from Bangladesh resettle in Myanmar, Rohingya Muslims cry foul
Buddhist families from Bangladesh are quietly crossing the border into Myanmar, where local Rakhine Buddhist groups and government agencies are helping them resettle. The move has created pressure on...
View ArticleRising church asserts itself in Georgia
TBILISI, Georgia — Two dozen stunned pro-gay rights protesters stood in a stranger’s kitchen last week. Blood streamed down a young woman's face where it had been struck by a rock.Outside the building,...
View ArticleA tussle in China over the Communist Party bowing to the Constitution
It is hard to imagine bloggers and tweeters in most parts of the world working themselves into a lather of intellectual excitement about “constitutional government.”Yet in China last Wednesday, the...
View ArticleBoy Scouts allow gay scouts, but leave ban on gay leaders in place
The Boy Scouts of America voted Thursday to approve the admission of openly gay youth members but left in place a ban on homosexual adult scout leaders, raising the prospect of gay scouts having to...
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