St. Paul budget keeps spending flat but includes $1 million for troubled...
St. Paul's budget for 2013 was finalized this week, with about $501 million to be spent on city services, about the same as this year.The council and Mayor Chris Coleman have been negotiating the final...
View ArticleCommittee approves Franken's location privacy bill
WASHINGTON — The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday signed off on a technology privacy bill introduced by Sen. Al Franken while also acknowledging it won’t see final Senate passage until sometime...
View ArticleObama: No delay for medical device tax
WASHINGTON — President Obama has rebuffed a call from Senate Democrats to delay a tax increase on medical device manufacturers.WCCO interviewed Obama at the White House on Thursday and asked if he...
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A Christmas message of acceptance, peace, hope and the common wisdom of all...
Christmas is supposed to be a time of peace, love and goodwill to all, including those who do not celebrate the birth of Jesus as a High Holy Day. Unfortunately, the stress and commotion of the season...
View ArticleSenate pays $90K bill in Brodkorb fight
It’s not like it’s coming out of their personal accounts … .MPR’s Tim Pugmire says certain senators have met and decided to pay another $90,000 to sustain their fight against Michael Brodkorb: “A...
View ArticleWhy Israeli settlements debate is heating up again
Palestinians seek a state in the West Bank and Gaza with a capital in East Jerusalem, which together represent about 22 percent of historical Palestine. Israel captured those areas in the 1967 war with...
View ArticleMysteries swirl around North Korea's satellite launch
US and South Korean officials appear to disagree on one detail of the North Korean satellite that has nothing to do with any difference over what to do about it.No sooner had major American television...
View ArticleEuropean rights court takes CIA to task on rendition in landmark ruling
The European Court of Human Rights made history Thursday by ruling in favor of a Lebanese national who said he was tortured by a CIA rendition team partnered with Macedonia. The decision marked a legal...
View ArticleWhy Susan Rice withdrew her name as secretary of State
Ambassador Susan Rice stunned Washington Thursday afternoon by withdrawing her name for consideration as secretary of State. President Obama accepted her decision.Currently the US envoy to the United...
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Casinos influencing Indian culture — in a good way
Last of five installments. You can read the whole series here.Sharon Schmickle and I began this project with a Big Question: Have casinos improved the lives of those living on Minnesota’s Indian...
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'Nutcracker' sans orchestra; get ready for 'Downton' No. 3
Loyce Houlton’s “Nutcracker Fantasy” pirouettes into the Cowles tonight – without live music.As Kristin Tillotson reports for the Strib, that wasn’t the plan; the Minnesota Dance Theatre's...
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Minnesota task force finalizes plan for implementing federal health care reform
Lucinda JessonA Dayton administration task force has finalized its recommendations for implementing federal health care reform and lowering Minnesota’s increasing health care costs.The key goal, as...
View ArticleSilent march remembers the homeless who died in Minnesota
Betty Skye was discovered dead early last spring on the boardwalk that fronts Lake Superior in Duluth and Jane Mitchell died in a Minneapolis hospital, both victims of hard-living and homelessness.But...
View ArticleNature (unplugged) nurtures creativity, study finds
If you want to boost your creativity, consider taking a hike — although make sure you leave behind your cell phone and all other electronic devices.That’s the take-home message from a small but...
View ArticleWolves, at the quarter pole, on the verge of getting it on
The first quarter of the season was always going to be a much better means of measuring the floor of the Minnesota Timberwolves’ potential for achievement, as opposed to the team’s ceiling. Knee...
View ArticleKrugman on the end of the 30-year Republican campaign
Don't miss Paul Krugman's column this morning. There's no sudden new thought but, brick by brick, he builds a compelling logical explanation for the fiscal cliff moment in Washington based around the...
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WCCO's Frank Vascellaro interviews President Barack Obama
Local TV news anchor Frank Vascellaro scored an interview with President Barack Obama, which aired on WCCO Thursday night. Obama addressed the fiscal cliff, the new medical device tax that is about to...
View ArticleSt. Paul honors three stewards of the Mississippi River
Three people who've contributed to the health and vitality of the Mississippi River will be honored Monday in St. Paul.Jay Cowles, Sage Cowles and Weiming Lu are the St. Paul Riverfront Corp.'s 2012...
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Andrew Zimmern’s matzo ball soup
TCJewfolk Andrew ZimmernGrowing up in New York City, I can remember going to my bubbe’s house and noshing on a bowl of her matzo ball soup. It was perfect. Since then I searched all over for something...
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Will Rybak run again? Minneapolis ex-mayors weigh in
Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak was taking questions from reporters in the hall outside the City Council Chambers. His 2013 budget, largely unchanged, had just been approved. The mayor was all smiles --...
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