Big test of the filibuster rule may be coming in January
The strongest momentum in several decades is mounting in the U.S. Senate to change the filibuster rule on the first day of the next Congress in January.The general idea has the support of dozens of...
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Replacements tribute at First Avenue; Shakespeare at Park Square
Friday, November 23Thanks for the MemoriesPhoto by Rich MichellLucy Michelle & the Velvet LapellesWHAT: A Tribute to the ReplacementsWHERE: First Avenue, MinneapolisWHEN: 7 p.m.An enormous roster...
View ArticleMinneapolis moving ahead on reorganization of Regulatory Services
The job of reorganizing Minneapolis’ Department of Regulatory Services is moving ahead but is by no means complete.“The framework is there. The plan to move in that direction is there. We’re just...
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St. Thomas’ winning Division III athletic programs happy where they are
In 2005, at the request of several trustees, the University of St. Thomas hired an outside consultant to explore the ramifications of leaving NCAA Division III in athletics. This was three years before...
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U of North Dakota studying ethical issues of drones
North Dakota? Drones? Ethics?Kevin Bonham of The Grand Forks Herald writes: “By next spring, the Grand Forks County Sheriff’s Department could be using unmanned aircraft to probe scenes of traffic...
View ArticleBrighton Development winding down after spurring riverfront revival
A key chapter in Minneapolis’s recent history is coming to a close now that Brighton Development, the local firm that helped launch the city’s riverfront revival, is winding down its...
View ArticleIslamists silence the musicians who guide rural Mali
Down a street of red earth near the outskirts of the Malian capital, a family is preparing for the naming ceremony of its newest member – an event now forbidden in their northern home region by...
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Buzz about orchestra lockouts is heating up
MinnPost photo by Craig LassigAs pressure mounts to resolve the Twin Cities' twin orchestra lockouts, musicians of both orchestras keep playing under their own power. Conversation is heating up around...
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Sister Kenny Institute revolutionized treatment of polio patients
The Sister Kenny Institute was founded in 1942 as a rehabilitation-based treatment center for polio patients. In the 1940s and 1950s, polio was one of the most widespread and dreaded childhood diseases...
View ArticleChina's passport propaganda baffles experts
China’s neighbors are seething with anger over new Beijing-issued passports that they see as the latest, underhand, Chinese jab in an ongoing regional row about maritime territory. Beijing has...
View ArticleKoreans worry about safety after toxic factory leak
On Sept. 27, a dark cloud of gas came over Kim Sun-mi’s village in the industrial southwest ofSouth Korea. She knew by the acrid smell that something had gone wrong at the nearby cluster of...
View ArticleMerkel dabbles in risky business: religion
BERLIN, Germany — When Barack Obama traveled to the eastern city of Dresden with Angela Merkel in 2009, they stopped at the Frauenkirche, or Church of Our Lady. Leveled by Allied bombing raids in 1945,...
View ArticleGrowing up in Gaza
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Fatima Qortoum was just 9 years old when she saw the brains of her brother, 7-year-old Ahmed, fall out of his head. He was struck with shrapnel after an Israeli airstrike. That...
View ArticleSusan Rice: Why GOP opposition to her is no longer white-hot
It’s looking more likely that if President Obama wants Susan Rice, the US ambassador to theUnited Nations, as his next secretary of State, he’ll get his wish.Key Republicans are softening their...
View ArticleFiscal cliff: White House steps up pressure on GOP to reach a deal
The White House is ramping up pressure on Republicans to make a deal that averts a trip over the “fiscal cliff.”Monday morning, the White House put out a report warning that Americans might pull back...
View ArticleBankruptcy judge shakes up power dynamics in Pinnacle pilot talks
Pinnacle Airlines' union pilots, including hundreds based in Minnesota, have gained leverage at the bargaining table from an unlikely source -- a U.S. bankruptcy judge in New York.Bankruptcy court has...
View ArticleGateway Park: When will Minneapolis get a signature downtown park?
All the very best cities have one.No, I am not talking about a National Football League franchise or a symphony orchestra. Minneapolis has those things — or one of them, anyway. What I am referring to...
View ArticleRoche still resists releasing full data on Tamiflu to independent reviewers
The tale of the drug Tamiflu (oseltamivir) just gets curiouser and curiouser.On Monday, the journal BMJ released its latest correspondence in its open data campaign to get Tamiflu’s maker, the...
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Education-equalization proposal to go before state task force
This afternoon, the education policy agenda for the next legislative session is getting a soft roll-out in a conference room in the Roseville offices of the Minnesota Department of Education. It’s not...
View ArticleBusiness will do fine with the Democrats in charge
mnpACT! Progressive Political Blog The business community worked hard to get Republicans elected during the last election. They spent a good deal of money on the project but it failed miserably.Now...
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