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Shaping Minnesota's energy future: an interview with Sen. John Marty
With a recent report putting Minnesota on the "forefront of action on progressive energy measures" because of the 2013 legislature's embrace of solar energy, environmentalist legislators have much to...
View ArticleWater Works: Big plans to make Minneapolis' riverfront a sight to behold
RiverFirst Scherer Park and Hall's Island 3D Fly Through Animation from Tom Leader Studio on Vimeo.Back when I was growing up in North Minneapolis, I learned that the Twin Cities were situated on the...
View ArticleWest St. Paul hires former Coon Rapids City Manager Matt Fulton
The West St. Paul City Council has hired Matt Fulton as city manager for the Dakota County city.Fulton has been consulting for the city of Edina and Pine County, said the Pioneer Press. Until a year...
View Article'Nuclear option' in Senate could determine B. Todd Jones’ nomination
WASHINGTON — Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee sent Minnesota U.S. Attorney B. Todd Jones’ nomination to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms to the floor on Thursday afternoon,...
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Now it's 'chemical bombs' in Montevideo
First, Buford “Bucky” Rogers, the alleged “terrorist,” and now it’s chemical bombs in the great and bucolic city of Montevideo. At WCCO-TV, John Lauritson (who has Montevideo cred) reports: “Over the...
View ArticleAudio: Bob Dylan performing Bobby Vee's 'Suzie Baby' at Midway Stadium
Wednesday night in St. Paul, Bob Dylan paid tribute to ailing rocker Bobby Vee by performing Vee's hit "Suzie Baby." (Vee was in the crowd that night.) Vee hired Dylan, then Bob Zimmerman, in the late...
View ArticleMN Blog Cabin Roundup, 7/12
Minnesota Senate hPVI, 2013 editionfrom LeftMN by Tony PetrangeloThe most Republican district in the entire state is 1 point more Republican than the second most Republican district. The most...
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Rickwood Field is magic for this baseball fan
CC/Flickr/I Believe I Can FryMy visit to 114-year-old Rickwood Field felt like a flashback to the Golden Age when competition was gritty, players were larger than life and, even with its flaws,...
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Scott Dominic Carpenter makes a France-Minnesota connection
It seems hard for Minnesota authors to avoid letting a little regional air into their stories. Lakes and prairies, not to mention long cold winters, evocatively convey a sense of this place.But fiction...
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After Pickett's Charge: Gettysburg re-enactment a moving, disorienting...
It’s been a week since I got home from the Civil War, and I’m still not back to normal. Home doesn’t feel like home. I’m out of synch here — as if I forgot something, as if I left something behind.I...
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Major demolition starts Monday to make room for Saints stadium
St. Paul officials offered a quick tour Friday of the old Gillette/Diamond Products factory in Lowertown, on the eve of its destruction.Starting Monday, the concrete walls of the three-story building...
View ArticleSt. Paul loses first round in court battle as state takes over business...
A judge refused to stop the state Health Department's takeover of St. Paul's inspections of food retailers and restaurants.The state had stepped in this week to take over the inspections, saying the...
View ArticleMichele Bachmann re-enters public eye with some bipartisan words but also...
Congresswoman Michele Bachmann emerged from her blackout on public appearances Friday with more warnings on the problems of Obamacare and an acknowledgement that the unrelenting pressure of...
View ArticleKlobuchar backs filibuster rule change
Unfortunately your browser does not support IFrames.International News | Entertainment | PoliticsWASHINGTON — Sen. Amy Klobuchar told ABC News’ "This Week" that she backs a Democratic plan to end...
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Minnesota scientists shed fresh light on our need to increase food production
A new global study by University of Minnesota researchers sheds fresh light on the need to increase food production in step with population growth by the year 2050 while also showing by example how...
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Monticello repair overruns; Xcel asks consumers to pay
So it’s not just the Pentagon that has a tough time controlling budgets …Dave Shaffer of the Strib says: “Xcel Energy expects to restart its Monticello Nuclear Power Plant this week after a four-month...
View ArticleCambodia king pardons opposition leader ahead of elections
The Cambodian king gave a royal pardon today to the leader of the main opposition party ahead of elections this month, signaling a government effort to add the gloss of fairness to an otherwise...
View ArticleMalala and fellow teenage girls struggle not to stall out in school
The hooded Taliban gunman stepped onto the bus full of schoolgirls in northwest Pakistan and barked a single question. “Which one of you is Malala?” he demanded, referring to Malala Yousafzai, a...
View ArticleIn liberated Libya, women struggle to raise their hand
Somewhere amid the rockets, mortar shells, gunfire, corpses, and wounded of Libya's civil war, a young Red Crescent volunteer in the city of Misrata named Hana Al Orfi decided that when it was all...
View ArticleHaitians brave risky jungle treks for Brazilian dream
BRASILEIA, Brazil — Solon Jacot’s decision to leave his home inPort-au-Prince, Haiti, was a big risk with no guarantees.Now, after a grueling 3,000-mile journey, he’s grateful to be in Brazil. That’s...
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