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Stories, posts and voices from greater Minnesota. Greater Minnesota coverage is made possible in part by a grant from the Blandin Foundation.

D.C. Dispatches

Report: Mills Fleet Farm CEO set to challenge Rep. Rick Nolan in 2014

By Devin Henry | 06/04/13

WASHINGTON — Stewart Mills is preparing to run for Congress in the 8th District.

Babak Armajani
Politics & Policy

Democracy advocate Babak Armajani dies

By Doug Grow | 06/04/13

One colleague compared him to the trusted adviser “whispering in the king’s ear” about government innovation.

stillwater bridge rendering
Earth Journal

Stillwater bridge cost can be measured not only in millions but in lost lives

By Ron Meador | 06/04/13

A transportation expert points to projects that still await funding, despite many fatalities and injuries.

schematic
Twin Cities Business

Mayo Clinic to build sports medicine center

By Rebecca Omastiak | 06/04/13

Plans call for expanding its sports medicine practice with a 22,000-square-foot center to meet growing demands for its injury and rehabilitation expertise.

treed lot photo
MNopedia

Land for trees: The Timber Culture Act of 1873

By Kathryn R. Goetz | 06/04/13

When Congress enacted the law, many hoped that giving settlers deed to public lands in return for growing trees would reshape the environment of the West.

Cows at a large Wisconsin dairy farm
Politics & Policy

Government efforts to curb threat from livestock waste bog down

By Bridget Huber, FairWarning | 06/04/13

As factory farms in Minnesota spread, a major environmental threat has emerged.

The Glean

Stronger economy gives Minnesota $300M tax windfall

By Brian Lambert | 06/04/13

Downtown deer plunges to death; sex offender program faces court action; cool-weather trend; McCollum says NFL's Redskins is a racist name; demolitions a new MnSCU cost-cutting strategy; and more.

MMB Commissioner Jim Schowalter and State Economist Tom Stinson
Politics & Policy

State economist Tom Stinson steps down, after five governors and three decades

By James Nord | 06/03/13

Gov. Dayton praised him as “an invaluable source of economic wisdom, sound judgment, and common sense.”

Senate Majority Leader Tom Bakk
Politics & Policy

Did Bakk trade away the minimum-wage measure for Capitol-repairs bonding bill?

By James Nord | 06/03/13

Three legislators say Senate leaders got passage of the bonding bill in exchange for no action on the wage measure and the anti-bullying bill. The Senate leader denies it.

waterfall and rainbow photo
MinnClips

Rushing waterfall and rainbow at Grand Portage State Park

By Tom Nehil | 06/03/13

Grand Portage State Park features the highest waterfalls in Minnesota.