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Gubernatorial candidates: Ins and outs (and maybes) of the race
By MinnPost staff | Monday, June 29, 2009
Great River Shakespeare Festival: a great way to spend a day
By Ed Huyck | Monday, June 29, 2009
Coleman-Franken Senate race: The day the recount ended and the fight turned into something really nice
By Jay Weiner | Tuesday, June 30, 2009
My analysis of the Supreme Court's Franken-Coleman ruling
By Eric Black | Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Health care proposals divide Democrats in Congress
By Cynthia Dizikes | Tuesday, June 30, 2009
For good or bad, GOP's Jim Ramstad could be the ultimate man in the middle of 2010 governor's race
By Doug Grow | Tuesday, June 30, 2009
What kind of a senator will Al Franken be?
By Jay Weiner | Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Video: Eric Black analyzes Franken decision on PBS' 'NewsHour'
By Corey Anderson | Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Vegetarianism linked to lower cancer risk
By Susan Perry | Wednesday, July 1, 2009
With the bike season in full swing, here's a look at the various subsets of the Twin Cities' rich cycling culture.
This report is part of a special MinnPost project done in coordination with the University of Minnesota's School of Journalism and Mass Communication.
Map and videos: Twin Cities bike trails | Video: Rules of the road
To our readers: Because of the Fourth of July weekend, MinnPost is taking a break today to observe Independence Day. Today's content is limited, but on the homepage you'll notice a fresh story and video package about the Twin Cities' rich bicycling culture. The report is part of a MinnPost project done in coordination with the University of Minnesota's School of Journalism and Mass Communication. New articles and all of our regular features — including The Daily Glean, Braublog and Eric Black Ink — return Monday. —Roger Buoen, co-managing editor

Your humble ink-stained wretch can't provide a yes or no answer to the headline question. But I've been talking to some of my best sources, especially in Republican circles. And based on what they tell me, I am increasingly convinced that when the answer is knowable (and some of them think it already is), the answer will be: No.
Related slideshow: Al Franken Capitol rally
Kurt Zellers means business. At least that's what emerges when you talk to the new Republican minority leader for the Minnesota House.
Just because Congress is taking a holiday recess doesn't mean members aren't working on health reform. Some are holding town-hall forums, and others are looking at language for a public plan. Meanwhile, Wal-Mart upset trade groups by supporting a federal mandate for large employers to provide health insurance to employees.
While the pitching staff was thriving in June, the team's offense ranked just 10th in the 14-team league in runs — a decline by 40 percent from the lineup's otherworldly May performance. Adding a higher-caliber second baseman and a strong reliever would go a long way in helping the team compete.
That graciousness shown by former Sen. Norm Coleman Tuesday was not being echoed by top Republican leaders Wednesday afternoon. Tony Sutton, the new party chair of the state Republican Party, and the party’s new deputy chairman, Michael Brodkorb, say they believe the party only needs to make Minnesotans understand the righteousness of the true conservative message and voters will flock to Republican candidates.

Minnesotans — and the nation — can expect to see the "un-Al." As much as he'll tilt toward the left, he might sway toward Minnesota-style boredom, at least at the start. Advisers say he'll focus on concerns that matter to Minnesotans and will try to emulate the best qualities of such former senators as Paul Wellstone, Hillary Rodham Clinton and Bill Bradley.

Attention now turns to political rhetoric, rallies and regrets. Also, bye-bye, Marian.
Media | 7/1/09 4:00 pm
MinnPost | 6/30/09 8:15 am

"Even as the nation's economy begins clawing its way out of the worst recession in 60 years, there are growing signs that this recovery could come with an unsettling twist: The wheels of commerce may begin to turn again without any substantial boost in jobs," writes Don Lee in the Los Angeles Times.

CityRag brings the funny with 20 pugs in silly hats.

The Ohio State University elections law expert Edward B. Foley calls The Wall Street Journal "highly irresponsible" for editorializing that the Al Franken stole Minnesota's Senate election.

"That was hard," admits Olga Viso when asked how she found time to polish a 300-page scholarly tome while also juggling her many duties as director of the Walker Art Center. The book, "Unseen Mendieta" (Prestel, 2008), presents hundreds of images relating to the Cuban-American artist's work, none of which has been available to the public.
FROM TWIN CITIES DAILY PLANET
Just over 100 community members attended a recent public meeting at the Midtown Global Market to submit their comments and questions on Xcel Energy’s Hiawatha Project. The project poses several routes for a new 115 kilovolt transmission line stretching between two new substations at Hiawatha Avenue and Portland Avenue South. Xcel’s preferred route follows the Midtown Greenway, a former railroad corridor and current non-motorized bike path.
FROM TWIN CITIES DAILY PLANET
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