With Adrian Peterson, who needs a passing game?
In the old days of outdoor football the first snowstorm was usually the Viking ticket to salvation. The snow piled four feet high in midfield and the visiting teams were totally demoralized.On Sunday,...
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Minnesota House Republicans react to state budget forecast
Reacting to the release of the state budget forecast last week, incoming House Minority Leader Kurt Daudt (who was interviewed recently by MinnPost's James Nord) and Deputy Minority Leader Jenifer Loon...
View ArticleGov. Dayton posts list of ways he's helped the state economy
Now that he's completed nearly two years in office, halfway through the term that ends in 2014, Gov. Mark Dayton is assessing his progress.Today, his administration released a list of accomplishments...
View ArticleSpare Key nonprofit expands mortgage help program to three more states
Spare Key, a nonprofit that gives financial help to families with ailing children, will expand from its Minnesota base into three more states: Wisconsin, North Dakota and South Dakota.The agency is now...
View ArticleDisability lobbying coalition hires Rebecca Covington as executive director
The Minnesota Consortium for Citizens With Disabilities, a lobbying coalition of disability advocacy groups, has hired Rebecca Covington to be executive director.She has experience with advocacy and...
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Rep. Gottwalt goes from 'health reformer' to insurance broker
GOP Rep. Steve Gottwalt of St. Cloud is all about “market-based solutions” to health care. In an MPR investigation, Tom Scheck reports: “State Rep. Steve Gottwalt, R-St. Cloud, led the GOP effort to...
View ArticleMinneapolis committee rejects demolition request for 1903 Gluek saloon
The developer who wants to tear down a saloon built in 1903 by Gluek Brewing Co. in Minneapolis’ Cedar-Riverside neighborhood was told Monday to move the building instead.Developer Bianca Fine told...
View ArticleSenate Democrats: Delay the medical device tax
WASHINGTON — Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken have signed a letter asking Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to consider delaying the implementation of a forthcoming health care reform tax on medical...
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Minnesota leaders off to a rocky start at legislative ‘preview’
Typically, when legislative leaders and the governor meet with the media prior to the start of a session, there’s a can-do feeling of good will in the air.Not so this time around.David Hann, the Senate...
View ArticleMinneapolis' first day of snow emergency nabs 380 vehicles
We don’t have records going back to the invention of the automobile, or the tow truck, but the 380 vehicles towed on the first day of Minneapolis' snow emergency — nearly four times the number that...
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Despite casinos, reservations still plagued by high unemployment
Second of five installments. You can read the whole series here.It is easy to understand why so many workers at the Mystic Lake Casino and Hotel complex are non-Indian. If you were a multi-millionaire...
View ArticleNew UN plan to get girls in school boosted by Malala's father
The Pakistani government and the United Nations' education agency unveiled a plan today to motivate girls around the world to enroll in schools by the end of 2015. Organizers dubbed it the "Malala...
View ArticleDebunking the 'five-second rule'
The educational YouTube channel Vsauce took its turn recently at debunking the stubbornly persistent myth of the “five-second rule.”Cooks, please take note.The five-second rule is the belief that if...
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John Pizzarelli charms in person and in his new book, 'World on a String'
If you want to grow up to be a famous jazz guitarist and singer, radio host, recording artist, in-demand live performer and (most recently) author, do like John Pizzarelli. Be born into a musical...
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Treaty of Traverse des Sioux ceded millions of acres from Dakota to U.S.
The Treaty of Traverse des Sioux of 1851 is an agreement between the Sisseton and Wahpeton bands of Dakota and the U.S. government. It transferred ownership of much of southern and western Minnesota...
View ArticleGhana pulls off sixth 'free and fair' election in model for region
Ghana has once again voted freely and fairly in a presidential election, electing its president for four more years and bolstering its image as a stable democracy in a region where smooth elections are...
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Remembering Brubeck; Andrew Bird coming to the State
Most of us have heard by now that Dave Brubeck died last Wednesday, the day before his 92nd birthday. Ben Ratliff wrote a wonderful obituary for the New York Times, as did Howard Reich for the Chicago...
View ArticleAnonymous readies fresh attacks against Uganda over anti-homosexuality bill
Anonymous is preparing for its second round of cyber-attacks against the Government of Uganda protesting the country’s anti-Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) legislation that would punish...
View ArticleLetter from Skunk Hollow: Fresh snow brings cascade of sweaty, joyful chores
Some snowfalls are decorative and others, when you live in the country especially, are infrastructure. Sunday’s was of the second kind.All day long it deepened, seeming not so much to fall from the...
View ArticleSupporters show solidarity after Chávez names successor
Thousands of Venezuelans poured into central Caracas Sunday in solidarity as their president,Hugo Chávez, prepared for his journey to Cuba for surgery.The passions that led the president's followers to...
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