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Arne Duncan promotes Preschool for All to close 'opportunity gap'
Pity Arne Duncan. No matter the news he’s come to share, whenever the U.S. secretary of education sets foot in Minnesota he’s somehow upstaged by a local.In Bloomington Tuesday morning to promote a...
View ArticleInvasive Japanese knotweed termed 'significant threat' by DNR
Move over zebra mussels and Asian carp, there’s a new player in town. John Myers of the Duluth News Tribune has the details : “Another invasive species has reached the most-wanted list for eradication...
View ArticleRamsey and Hennepin county boards approve $10 per car wheelage tax
The Hennepin and Ramsey county boards each approved a $10 wheelage tax Tuesday and will use the extra millions to repair and replace roads.In Ramsey County, officials say an additional $3.8 million...
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Federal cuts mean MN National Guard techs endure furloughs
Oh, and thank you for your service … . Elizabeth Dunbar of MPR says,“More than half of the Minnesota National Guard's full-time force will be forced to take to take a day off each week through the end...
View ArticleBachmann troubles referred to House Ethics Committee
Clearly, more “politically motivated persecution.”Kevin Diaz of the Strib says:“A congressional inquiry of U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann has been referred to the House Ethics Committee, significantly...
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Anytime Fitness: Still the fastest-growing fitness company
For the sixth consecutive year, Anytime Fitness, LLC, was named the world’s fastest-growing fitness club by The International Health, Racquet, and Sportsclub Association (IHRSA), based on the rate it...
View ArticleNo more 'return to sender?' Latin American countries move to standardize...
"Opposite the church, 500 meters north of the cedar tree, the blue house with a wooden porch." In many parts of Latin America, these are not just the directions you might be given by a friendly local,...
View ArticleCould Bangladesh protests upend the government?
Protests continued for a second day in Bangladesh after a war crimes tribunal investigating the country’s 1971 war of independence sentenced a top Islamist politician to 90 years in jail for crimes...
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Program helps African-American children learn and parents advocate
African-American books and art line the walls. Soft chairs beckon readers to sit a bit.Yet more than a welcoming place, supporters say, the Network for the Development of Children of African Descent...
View ArticleSwapping land for peace in war-torn Ivory Coast
ZIAGLO, Ivory Coast — The village of Ziaglo in western Ivory Coast is about as quaint as a town comes.Lazy dirt trails wind their way through thickets of tall unkempt grass. The deputy chief rides...
View ArticleHague court 'expected' Nigeria to arrest Sudan's Bashir. It didn't.
Nigeria was accused Tuesday of joining the ranks of African nations defying the International Criminal Court when it refused to detain Sudan’s president, Omar Al Bashir, during an official visit.The...
View ArticleHow Al Qaeda’s assassination of a Syrian rebel might actually help the...
ISTANBUL, Turkey — The assassination of a high-ranking Syrian rebel commander by an Al Qaeda-linked fighter could spell trouble for the rebels trying to fight the regime of Bashar al-Assad and secure...
View ArticleSenate averts 'nuclear option,' but leaves deeper questions unanswered
Senate leaders stepped back Tuesday from the brink of the "nuclear option" abyss, working out a deal that will allow Democrats to confirm a handful of controversial presidential appointees. It will...
View ArticleZetas leader Treviño Morales captured: Big win for Mexico's Peña Nieto
A months-long investigation led the Mexican government to one of its most-wanted men on Monday, Miguel Angel Treviño Morales, the leader of the brutal Zetas criminal organization.The man known as...
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Spruce Tree Centre: 'Ugly or beautiful, your customers can find it.'
Courtesy of Carolyn SwiszczSpruce Tree Centre, as painted by Carolyn Swiszcz.Everyone knows the Spruce Tree Centre. It’s the large green-tiled building at the corner of University and Snelling in the...
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Measuring gerrymandering: A closer look at three key states
Humphrey School of Public Affairs Eric J. OstermeierA few months ago, I annoyed several Democrats (judging by the comment thread) by arguing that the success of Republicans in gerrymandering the map of...
View ArticleTimberwolves' off-season makeover: Some healthy skepticism
Once the all-but-certain re-signing of restricted free-agent center Nikola Pekovic is on the books (most likely contract terms: four years for $50 million), the active off-season makeover of the...
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As White Bear Lake water-level studies begin, a move to dismiss suit against...
White Bear Lake may look serene, but it's become the focus of a contentious lawsuit.And, for now, its future rests in the hands of Margaret M. Marrinan, a Ramsey County District Court judge. She must...
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Competitive seats in the Minnesota House: hPVI, 2013 edition
LeftMN This post is part of a series of posts concerning hPVI. The first phase of this series involves the introduction of brand spanking new 2013 hPVIs. That phase, the first, is the one in which...
View ArticlePreschool for All: childhood's end
MinnPost is clearly enthusiastic about increased federal funding for preschool ("Arne Duncan promotes Preschool for All to close 'opportunity gap'," July 16). Not mentioned, however, is the fact that...
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