Despite efforts to avoid her Tax Committee, GOP Sen. Julianne Ortmann wants the Vikings funding bill to pass through her turf. Don Davis of the Forum papers writes: “Ortman, R-Chanhassen, said the bill should stop in her Tax Committee before heading to... »
The city around you is largely unannotated, and that’s one of the best parts of walking through it each day. Where did that graffiti come from? It wasn’t there yesterday, and it’ll be gone next week. When was this building built? Who art-directed all t... »
Fans of fine craft know that the annual American Craft Council Show is a high-end juried show with work by hundreds of artists from across the U.S. and Canada. They might not know the ACC is a national nonprofit educational organization, or that it mov... »
April is Jazz Appreciation Month and April 13 is Jazz Day, designated in 2009 by the U.S. Council of Mayors. So today’s Artscape is all about jazz, specifically jazz in the Twin Cities. MinnPost invited jazz artists, programmers, radio personalities an... »
St. Paul is touting its showcase summer festival that will fill a gap left by the loss of the once-great but ignominiously departed Taste of Minnesota.The new River's Edge Music Festival will be June 22 and 23 on Harriet Island, with the Dave Matthews ... »
This past Saturday, around 12:30 p.m., I was sitting in a library in south Minneapolis, looking around and wondering why so many people around me were wearing green. It was then that it struck me: Of course! It’s the middle of March, which means it mus... »
A bill proposed by three DFL state Representatives would commission a bust of the late U.S. Sen. Paul Wellstone to be permanently displayed at the state Capitol.The bill is sponsored by State Reps. Tom Rukavina of Virginia, Rick Hansen of South St. Pau... »
Edmond Seifried, professor emeritus of economics and business at Lafayette College in Easton, Pa., laid it on the line to farmers at South Central College in North Mankato last week: “Sometime in the next couple years, you are going to have an unpleasa... »
Rep. Tim WalzWASHINGTON — Michele Bachmann now lives in the 4th Congressional District, but she’ll run for re-election in the newly-open 6th.That’s the predominant headline the day after a state court panel redrew Minnesota’s congressional district bou... »
Reaction to Tuesday’s court-ordered redistricting will continue to refill the news cycle for a while. For the moment, we have CNN’s Kevin Liptak reporting that Our Favorite Congresswoman is not pleased with the “liberal courts” who put Stillwater in th... »
A group opposing a proposed state constitutional amendment that would require voters to show identification is rallying at the Capitol this morning. The group then plans to move at noon to the Wells Fargo bank building on Wabasha Street in downtown St.... »
Facing budget cuts, 12 counties consider collaborating to deliver human services By Cynthia Boyd | Friday, Jan. 27, 2012 There's an effort afoot in southeast Minnesota that could have 12 counties collaborating on their delivery of human services. The i... »
News from Greater Minnesota Let’s just stop these chickenpox parties right now By John Fitzgerald | Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2011 I guess this is the thinking: vaccines are bad, so the best way to immunize your child from infectious disease is to expose them ... »
MinnPost photo by Karen BorosMinneapolis will go with the new single-space meters that take coins and credit cards in the East Hennepin business district. The parking public in Minneapolis currently has its choice of four different meter styles. There ... »
MN Prairie Roots: One final visit to Stockholm -- Wisconsin, not Sweden. By Audrey Kletscher Helbling | Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2011 Shops, eateries and more line the streets of Stockholm, a quaint village along Lake Pepin. This photo was taken in early Octob... »
