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Senate approves increase in hunting and fishing fees

MinnPost

The Minnesota Senate approved legislation Monday to raise most hunting and fishing license fees – an increase the state’s hunters and anglers support, according to Sen. Bill Ingebrigtsen.Ingebrigtsen, R-Alexandria, has been fighting with his colleagues... »

St. Paul Foundation's anti-racism awards go to Mahmoud El-Kati and Steve Pederson

MinnpostHighQuality Journalism For People Who Care About Minnesota

Two men who've worked to end racism will be honored tonight at the Facing Race Ambassador Awards event in St. Paul.Mahmoud El-Kati, Macalester College professor emeritus, and Steve Pederson from Alexandria will get the awards, which are sponsored by th... »

Lee Byberg defeats Gretchen Hoffman in CD7 GOP endorsement contest

Politics in Minnesota

Lee Byberg will get a second chance at knocking off 11-term DFL incumbent Rep. Collin Peterson in the 7th Congressional District. Byberg defeated state Sen. Gretchen Hoffman on the first ballot to secure the GOP endorsement at Saturday's convention in ... »

Minnesota has fewer and fewer moose to shoot

MinnpostMinnpost.com Region

Moose hunters will be in a pretty exclusive club this year. John Myers of the Duluth News Tribune reports: “Minnesota will scale back its moose hunting season yet again as the state’s beleaguered moose population continues a rapid downward trend. The M... »

Racino plan dies (another) death

MinnpostHighQuality Journalism For People Who Care About Minnesota

Racino 2012 … we barely knew ye. Tim Nelson at MPR reports: “A bill to legalize slot machines at Minnesota's two horse tracks failed in a Senate committee this Monday afternoon. The State Government Innovation and Veterans committee voted 8-5 against t... »

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Mary Franson is a moron

MN Progressive Project

It doesn't get any simpler or truer than that, folks: Mary Franson, first-term Republican State Representative from Alexandria is an abject moron, devoid of anything resembling rational thought. And a conspiracy-theory-fearing moron, at that. This fact... »

Susan Vass's Last Straw

True North

Our friend Susan Vass is a gifted comedian who grew up, if I recall correcly, in Alexandria, Minnesota. She forwards a column with the explanation that “to keep my head from exploding about Israel, I wrote this to amuse myself.” She files her comments ... »

Does mysterious polling in MN-07 signal more mayhem for Republican Party of Minnesota?

BlueStem Prairie

A reliable source here in Minnesota's Seventh Congressional District tells Bluestem that residents were getting phone calls last week asking who they would favor to represent the district in the U.S. House: Collin Peterson, Lee Byberg, or Gretchen Hoff... »

Senate approves increase in hunting and fishing fees

MinnPost

The Minnesota Senate approved legislation Monday to raise most hunting and fishing license fees – an increase the state’s hunters and anglers support, according to Sen. Bill Ingebrigtsen.Ingebrigtsen, R-Alexandria, has been fighting with his colleagues... »

St. Paul Foundation's anti-racism awards go to Mahmoud El-Kati and Steve Pederson

MinnpostHighQuality Journalism For People Who Care About Minnesota

Two men who've worked to end racism will be honored tonight at the Facing Race Ambassador Awards event in St. Paul.Mahmoud El-Kati, Macalester College professor emeritus, and Steve Pederson from Alexandria will get the awards, which are sponsored by th... »

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