Deadly school lunch: India's free meals program under harsh scrutiny
A day after 23 children in eastern India died from food poisoning, students across the state are reportedly throwing their free meals in the trash, as their parents and other Indians take to the street...
View ArticleDetroit bankruptcy: Governor authorizes filing, declaring 'no viable...
Detroit filed for bankruptcy Thursday, the largest municipal bankruptcy case in US history. The move followed a state-led intervention to revive the city’s finances, which had been failing for...
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As Southwest Corridor LRT costs soar, here’s a better idea: streetcars
Wednesday brought the dismaying news from the Metropolitan Council that the Southwest Corridor LRT could cost as much as 32 percent more than originally forecast. That's a pretty hefty bump,...
View ArticleAnother Trayvon Martin rally: Saturday at the Minneapolis Federal Courthouse
Another local rally to support Trayvon Martin will be held in Minneapolis Saturday.Sponsored by MoveOn.org, the rally is at 11 a.m. at the Federal Courthouse in downtown Minneapolis.There'd been an...
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Older Minnesotans live longer and healthier than people in most other states
If you’re thinking of leaving Minnesota when you retire, then you may want to browse through a new report by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) before you sell your house and...
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Counting Hennepin County votes in Minnehaha Ave reconstruction
The Deets I had a chance to attend the latest Minnehaha Ave reconstruction public hearing last night to hear more about how the plans are coming together . . . or not.There is a lot of interest in...
View ArticleLt. Gov. Prettner Solon heads to Germany with energy study delegation
A Minnesota delegation including Lt. Gov. Yvonne Prettner Solon heads to Germany on Saturday for a week-long study of renewable energy ideas.She and other Minnesotans from government, the energy...
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Up close with baby farm animals at Oliver Kelley Farm
Lambs, piglets and calves, oh my! In the video below the Minnesota Historical Society highlights Oliver Kelley Farm in Elk River, a working farm that raises some of the same breeds of sheep, pigs and...
View ArticleHouse passes Kline-backed No Child Left Behind bill
WASHINGTON — The U.S. House passed Rep. John Kline’s No Child Left Behind fix on Friday, passing off the issue to the Senate, where the bill is unlikely to find support among Democrats.Kline’s bill...
View ArticleThree Republican candidates for governor to debate on Almanac
The three Republican candidates for governor of Minnesota will debate tonight, July 19, on TPT's Almanac news and public affairs show.Scott Honour, Jeff Johnson and Dave Thompson, who've already...
View ArticleMinneapolis City Council approves Downtown East concept
The conceptual framework for the $400 million redevelopment of Downtown East adjacent to the new Vikings football stadium was unanimously approved by the Minneapolis City Council Friday.There was...
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Brodkorb secret recordings leaked
Shades of Richard Nixon… Tom Lyden of KMSP-TV reports: “Although his former colleagues did not know it, Michael Brodkorb recorded the moment the axe came down, ending his employment with the Minnesota...
View ArticleBitter allegations over bonding by state Sen. Senjem strongly refuted by...
An angry battle of words has broken out between GOP state Sen. Dave Senjem of Rochester and Gov. Mark Dayton over proposed bonding for Rochester's Civic Center.According to the Rochester Post Bulletin,...
View ArticleSnag reported in Time Inc.'s effort to sign Strib CEO Klingensmith
P.R. guy Mike Zipko noticed the item about the Star Tribune publisher in the New York Post:Talks with Michael Klingensmith to replace lame duck Laura Lang as new CEO of Time Inc. appear to have hit a...
View ArticleMN Blog Cabin Roundup, 7/19
Growing wealth gap harms families and the economyfrom Minnesota Budget Bites by Caitlin BieglerOver the last 25 years, the wealth gap between white and African-American families in the U. S. has nearly...
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Hive minds: urban beekeeping in high places
Beekeeping has been legal in Minneapolis since 2009, but since May, when the Minneapolis City Council approved an ordinance making it easier to keep bees in the city, an ever-increasing number of...
View ArticleIn assessing Zimmerman's actions and the jury's, facts should trump our...
On one side of our nation’s most divisive current divide are people who believe that race – mostly Trayvon Martin’s – was the prime reason George Zimmerman followed and shot him that night in Florida...
View ArticleConsider the perspective and rights of those who are profiled
FARGO, N.D. — It’s 10 o’clock in the morning. One of Fargo’s finest notices an old Lincoln sedan pull onto South Tenth Street from an adjacent avenue. The driver of the Lincoln is a bearded young man....
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WWII planes — and pilots’ memories — converge in Blaine
Basil Hackleman felt the years melt away as he watched the B-17, buffeted by hot summer winds, come into view over the airport in Blaine on Thursday.“When I see that, I feel 22 up here,’’ said...
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It’s party time: Minnesota lawmakers change key ethics rules
At the start of the 2013 legislative session, members of the board responsible for administering Minnesota’s campaign and ethics laws thought they had a chance to strengthen these notoriously weak...
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