Dayton’s budget: Tom Bakk seeks out business leaders’ views
For lobbyists, access to Minnesota legislators -- in the State Office Building, outside the House and Senate chambers or just over coffee -- has never been more critical, given the potential impact of...
View ArticleTV viewing is associated with lower sperm counts, Harvard study finds
Watching TV for 20 or more hours a week is associated with lower sperm concentrations in young men, according to a study published Monday in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.The study, which was...
View ArticleSome Republicans want to see Dayton-Emmer rematch in 2014
An effort to draft Tom Emmer to run again against Gov. Mark Dayton has been registered with regulators, the AP reports.No response yet about the possible rematch from Emmer, who lost the 2010 election...
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Ice fishing: Answering the question, 'why?'
Old and In the Way Whenever the subject of ice fishing comes up and I’m talking with people who don’t ice fish inevitably the questions come…Most common, one word “why?”There’s also “What’s the...
View ArticleDayton's D.C. trip to seek MinnesotaCare money canceled
Gov. Mark Dayton's office announced a last-minute cancellation of Tuesday's planned trip to Washington D.C., where he and state Human Services Commissioner Lucinda Jesson were going to ask federal...
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Gun bills in the 2013 Legislature
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Gun-control advocates, opponents ready for legislators''Gun Week'
It’s Gun Week at the state Capitol, as a key House committee begins three days of intense hearings on ways to reduce gun violence.Gun-control legislation of all varieties — from an assault weapons ban...
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When a monster typhoon isn't news; more ink for The Donald than for fracking
Just happened to notice over the weekend that the strongest cyclone of the season so far for the southern Indian Ocean — and the largest in nearly a year — had been brushing Madagascar with sustained...
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Rep. Keith Ellison reacts to President Obama's Minnesota gun control visit
U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison, DFL–Minneapolis, went on Current media on Monday night in the wake of President Obama's visit to Minnesota, where he gave a speech advocating "common sense" measures to curb...
View ArticleU of M students and administrators to rally at Capitol Thursday
University of Minnesota students and officials will rally at the state Capitol Thursday for the annual "Support the U Day."University President Eric Kaler and members of the Board of Regents will...
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Winona State dean fired for sexual misconduct; totem-pole killer gets 15 years
James William Murphy, former dean of Winona State University’s College of Business, was fired earlier this school year for having sexually inappropriate relationships with several male students and...
View ArticleFranken asks Obama to justify airstrikes against Americans
WASHINGTON — The same day Sen. Al Franken signed a letter asking the Obama administration to justify killing American citizens with ties to terrorists, a Justice Department memo detailing just that...
View ArticleNo snow emergency, but St. Paul plans major street plowing
St. Paul plow crews will try to clear snow from city streets Wednesday and Thursday, after a succession of small snowfalls that clogged the roadways.This is not a snow emergency, though, so there won't...
View ArticleMinneapolis mayoral, City Council candidates detail finances
The first reports from three Minneapolis mayoral candidates — all of them City Council members — have been filed:• Betsy Hodges, who did not actively raise money until after Minneapolis Mayor R.T....
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Al Franken 'favors' Minnesota press
I guess it’s a strategy … At Politico, Dylan Beyers writes: “Minnesota Sen. Al Franken [Tuesday] reiterated that he only talks to local Minnesota press. Onboard Air Force One with President Obama …...
View ArticleMayor Coleman goes to D.C. to help launch book on after-school programs
It won't show up on the bestseller lists, but St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman is proud to be part of a new book about the importance of after-school programs to a community's overall health.Coleman is in...
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House gun hearings open with charged — but polite — arguments from both sides
“Nothing prepares you to hear the news that your father has been murdered with a gun.”That opening statement from Samuel Rahamim came at Tuesday’s packed House committee session on the first of three...
View ArticleDayton, Jesson working to get federal funding for MinnesotaCare
State officials had little progress to report after a conference call Tuesday with the feds about securing funding for MinnesotaCare, a well-regarded public health program for the working poor.Gov....
View ArticleAn evolved transit city: Portland’s lesson for Minneapolis
As a carless transplant now living in Portland, Ore., I’ve spent a lot of time observing the city from a bus seat. This prompted me to ponder the differences between transit systems in Minneapolis and...
View ArticlePro-firearm crowd, Cornish decry 'worthless' gun bills
In the PiPress story on the opening round of gun control hearings at the Capitol, Megan Boldt writes: “But Rep. Tony Cornish, R-Vernon Center, said the police chiefs and sheriffs testifying in support...
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