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Feb 2009
- Friday, February 27, 2009
  - Pres. Obama's excellent Iraq speech, a couple more thoughts | Eric Black
  - St. Paul city staffers push mayor's snowbound car | Joe Kimball
  - Virginia mayor and City Council: Give us a pay cut or give us jail time | Joe Kimball
  - Ordway looks forward to revamped 'Little House' | Casey Selix
  - Bad etiquette: Why is Pawlenty bashing the stimulus package? | Doug Grow
  - Video report: What are the 'Monsters of March?' | Dave Dahl
  - Federal money available for renovation of abandoned and foreclosed homes | Joe Kimball
  - Daily Glean: Minnesota's joblessness: already a record-breaker | David Brauer
  - Housing for long-term homeless aided by Central Corridor | Joe Kimball
  - Hollywood story: Gusties women's hockey team | Pat Borzi
  - Legislators meet U of M regents candidates | Joe Kimball
- Thursday, February 26, 2009
  - Coleman-Franken trial: Lillehaug’s O.J. moment and the slippery envelopes | Jay Weiner
  - Coleman-Franken recount trial: A possible answer to the 300 odd St. Louis County ballots | Jay Weiner
  - Governor criticized for flying around state with stimulus news | Joe Kimball
  - St. Paul Superintendent (at least for now) issues statement about taking a new job in Austin, Texas | Joe Kimball
  - Coleman-Franken trial: Judges change their minds; testimony of witness on double-counting allowed | Jay Weiner
  - Rookie legislators feel the pain | Joe Kimball
  - Education commissioner tells educators Q Comp to expand | Joe Kimball
  - Perception problem: Minnesota banks cringe at 'bank bailout' talk | Catharine Richert
  - Daily Glean: Fake absentee votes in St. Louis County? | David Brauer
  - Jackie Lindskoog and the joy of amateur sport | Doug Grow
  - Legislators hope to keep rest stops from being dump stops | Joe Kimball
- Wednesday, February 25, 2009
  - St. Paul's Rice St. gets boost with opening of new development | Joe Kimball
  - Minneapolis traffic congestion 10th worst in the land | Joe Kimball
  - Rep. Walz has list of federal projects for his district | Joe Kimball
  - Smart people react to Obama speech, I | Eric Black
  - Coleman-Franken trial: An ode to quarters, parking and routine | Jay Weiner
  - Gov. Pawlenty offers a hint, sort of, in the guessing game: "Will he run for president?" | Joe Kimball
  - Daily Glean: Drat! No senator until summer? | David Brauer
  - Arts advocates' pleas to legislators counter governor's plans | Scott Russell
  - Art, interaction: Both are essential to urban design | Steve Berg
- Tuesday, February 24, 2009
  - UPDATE on Coleman-Franken trial: Franken wins another round as 933 votes counted by State Canvassing Board are safe | Jay Weiner
  - Ex-inmate's vote costs him a month in jail | Chuck Haga
  - Four finalists for Hennepin County judgeship announced | Joe Kimball
  - Sugar beet counties get disaster aid after wet fall and heavy freeze | Joe Kimball
  - Pawlenty handicapped in 2012 GOP presidential sweepstakes | Joe Kimball
  - Mayo CEO to be C-SPAN analyst after Obama speech | Joe Kimball
  - Hennepin County taking ideas on cost cutting | Joe Kimball
  - Disco and dinosaurs stayin' alive at St. Louis Park's Roller Garden | Roxane Battle
  - Daily Glean: Court-approved Franken voters change stories | David Brauer
  - What's in the stimulus package for farmers? | Mark Neuzil
  - Pawlenty moving to abolish Environmental Quality Board | Ron Way
  - Twins sign Joe Crede: the stats on hitting -- and money | Aaron Gleeman
  - Rep. Bachmann praises stimulus-spurning governors | Joe Kimball
- Monday, February 23, 2009
  - Coleman-Franken recount: Coleman-ation of Norm’s case in sight; universe shrinks, double-counting dominates Day 21’s testimony | Jay Weiner
  - Klobuchar: Coleman/Franken stalemate hasn't hurt Minnesota. Yet. | Joe Kimball
  - Pawlenty wraps up weekend in Washington for National Governor's Association meetings | Joe Kimball
  - N. Dakotan is Obama pick for federal health post | Chuck Haga
  - Recount trial: Testimony resumes as Week 5 begins and Franken ballot universe grows | Jay Weiner
  - Virginia mayor and City Council try to cut their pay, but law won't let them | Joe Kimball
  - Rep. Peterson says USDA, not FDA, should inspect food | Joe Kimball
  - Minnesota candidates got donations tied to investment scheme | Joe Kimball
  - Daily Glean: Heaping shovelfuls of dirt on Norm's chances | David Brauer
- Friday, February 20, 2009
  - More big Repub bucks for Coleman | Eric Black
  - Video report: Do winter conditions determine when spring will arrive? | Dave Dahl
  - Coleman-Franken trial: In no uncertain terms, Franken side opposes Coleman injunction attempt and seeks sanctions | Jay Weiner
  - Coleman-Franken trial: Coleman TRO attempt might have come too late | Jay Weiner
  - Effects of 'Clean Cars' bill argued in House panel | Ron Way
  - Don't expect Minnesota budget resolution any time soon | Joe Kimball
  - Coleman side files motion to halt some handling of 933 votes | Jay Weiner
  - Daily Glean: A $1 billion bioscience center, or a mirage? | David Brauer
  - More Minnesota schools consider four-day week as budget solution | Joe Kimball
  - Judicial reform: A move to insulate Minnesota from a national trend toward bare-knuckle politics in judicial elections | Steve Berg
  - Ban deception in political campaigns? No way, says House panel | Joe Kimball
- Thursday, February 19, 2009
  - Senate recount trial: Coleman side’s data further dispute 'Friday the 13th' ruling | Jay Weiner
  - St. Paul schools superintendent on news she's a candidate for Texas job: No comment; ask them | Joe Kimball
  - Chris Coleman's new campaign staff hints at higher office | Joe Kimball
  - College students lobby legislators: Don't forget about us | Joe Kimball
  - Minnesota's Rep. Peterson on stimulus: 'I hope I'm wrong' | Joe Kimball
  - New judge in Duluth was prosecutor in Congdon Murders case | Joe Kimball
  - Daily Glean: 'Fatal' attraction: Norm's lawyers rip judges | David Brauer
  - Senate recount trial: Franken legal win streak continues | Jay Weiner
  - Obama administration supports Bush rule on guns in parks, including Voyageurs | Mark Neuzil
- Wednesday, February 18, 2009
  - Follow the money; stimulus website set up | Joe Kimball
  - Housing group says state funding for home construction good for the economy | Joe Kimball
  - Walz to take superintendent to Washington for Obama speech | Joe Kimball
  - Coleman-Franken trial: Coleman effort to change judges’ minds is denied | Jay Weiner
  - FEMA wants Mankato and North Mankato to spend big bucks on levee study | Joe Kimball
  - Daily Glean: Losing, Norm's lawyers say election 'fatally flawed' | David Brauer
  - Legislature looks for fix-up funds for St. Paul's Union Depot | Joe Kimball
  - Incoming Duluth administrator had previous role in city's troubled retiree health plan | Joe Kimball
  - Rep. Bachmann's stimulus interview baffles some Democrats | Joe Kimball
  - As spring training gears up, here's an early look at how the Twins' roster could shape up | Aaron Gleeman
  - New director of Minnesota State Arts Board is upbeat about its role despite governor’s phase-out plan | Casey Selix
- Tuesday, February 17, 2009
  - Common Cause Minnesota supports early voting, June primary and other election changes | Joe Kimball
  - Minnesota Senate action could slow plans for high-speed train swing through Rochester | Joe Kimball
  - Willmar group hopes to start a national conversation on energy, starting with regional meeting next week | Joe Kimball
  - Rep. Ellison touts expanded dialogue with Islam during speech in Qatar | Joe Kimball
  - Daily Glean: Battered women, bused out of town | David Brauer
  - The Vikings as a casualty of the recession? It's hard to see a happy ending | Steve Berg
  - Five DFL candidates for governor speak in Bemidji, criticize Pawlenty | Joe Kimball
- Monday, February 16, 2009
  - Rochester officials get around, on the taxpayers' account | Joe Kimball
  - John Stiles leaves DFL job to run Chris Coleman's re-election campaign | Joe Kimball
  - Former Afton City Council member fined for false information in a campaign letter | Joe Kimball
  - Video report: Liberians in Minnesota face deportation | Steve Date
  - Stimulus to help jobless Minnesotans, commissioner says | Joe Kimball
  - Minnesota among states looking at liquor sales changes to boost tax revenue | Joe Kimball
  - Tougher laws sought for sale of handguns | Joe Kimball
  - Daily glean: Recession-proof industries? Fewer of them these days | Joe Kimball
  - Companies to Classrooms provides donated supplies to help teachers cope with tight budgets | Scott Russell
- Friday, February 13, 2009
  - Coleman-Franken trial: Judges rule out 13 of 19 disputed categories of absentee ballots | Jay Weiner
  - Minneapolis City Budget Address -- Take 2: Rybak updates the message | Joe Kimball
  - Michele Bachmann still against the stimulus bill, says haste makes waste | Joe Kimball
  - Sen. Klobuchar taking to the road in southeastern Minnesota | Joe Kimball
  - A year to go, Olympic luger Tony Benshoof will have to climb a hill to slide down a hill | Jay Weiner
  - The look of love says so much more than the gift | Kay Harvey
  - Multivitamins: A multiwaste of money? | Susan Perry
  - Marshall superintendent defends Minnesota's Q Comp system of teacher merit pay | Joe Kimball
  - Video report: Volcanoes playing a role in Minnesota weather | Dave Dahl
  - Private colleges tell legislators of their financial woes | Joe Kimball
  - Officials say bike paths and walking paths will complement Central Corridor light rail route | Joe Kimball
  - After his radio show today, Pawlenty is off to hobnob with snowmobile enthusiasts | Joe Kimball
  - Daily Glean: St. Paul to lose 12 percent of its cops? | David Brauer
  - United Way leader stepping down and hints at changes in giving | Scott Russell
- Thursday, February 12, 2009
  - Former legislator and congressional candidate Dennis Newinski dies at age 64 | Joe Kimball
  - St. Paul has new human rights director: Luz Maria Frias | Joe Kimball
  - Albert Lea paper comes out in favor of cleaning up Minnesota. Litter-ally. | Joe Kimball
  - Lots of jobs for Minnesotans in stimulus bill, Oberstar says | Joe Kimball
  - Minnesota lawmakers told that sexually transmitted infections are way up statewide | Joe Kimball
  - Fave love and loss songs for the valentine-whipped | Jim Walsh
  - Coleman-Franken trial: Decisions coming soon, real soon | Jay Weiner
  - Was Norm Coleman's quote really from HHH? | Joe Kimball
  - Daily Glean: Seven billion times, no! | David Brauer
  - Hard times: The trailer park as a 21st-century housing model? Seriously. | Steve Berg
- Wednesday, February 11, 2009
  - Blogger says Madia likely won't run again | Joe Kimball
  - Daily Glean: FBI hasn't talked to us, mosque leaders say | David Brauer
  - Minnesota chief justice on road trip to warn of judicial funding cuts | Joe Kimball
  - MnDOT outlines plans for south-central Minnesota construction | Joe Kimball
  - $50 million gift to U children's hospital honors medical pioneer Amplatz | Sharon Schmickle
  - Some Lutheran churches will feel pinch when 'fee' replaces 'free' for weekly donation program | Doug Grow
  - Legislators considering bill to keep sex offenders off Facebook, MySpace | Joe Kimball
  - Duluth mayor wants to bring back aide fired by previous mayor | Joe Kimball
  - Mayor Coleman takes St. Paul budget woes to residents with two community meetings | Joe Kimball
- Tuesday, February 10, 2009
  - Coleman-Franken recount trial: Judges move to narrow the scope of the trial | Jay Weiner
  - Franken-Coleman trial: today’s Zinger of the Day Award | Jay Weiner
  - Was Gov. Pawlenty shoring up a 'presidential resume' weakness with Germany trip? | Joe Kimball
  - Sartell City Council member is part of Red Bull division heading to Iraq | Joe Kimball
  - Michele Bachmann to talk this morning about stimulus on Fox business web site | Joe Kimball
  - Mankato City Council won't play chicken | Joe Kimball
  - Daily Glean: Stimulating: why the Norm-Al contest matters | David Brauer
  - Oh, no! My dream Twins job looks all the more like ... a February fantasy | Steve Berg
- Monday, February 9, 2009
  - Coleman-Franken trial update: Sides agree not to count 'late' absentee ballots | Jay Weiner
  - Mark Dayton -- a candidate for governor in 2010 -- criticizes Pawlenty trip to Germany | Joe Kimball
  - Coleman-Franken trial: A courtroom kerfuffle, a call for ‘efficiency’ and Dakota County votes | Jay Weiner
  - Coleman-Franken recount: Lawyer fees update | Jay Weiner
  - Single-payer health insurance advocates see some progress in long road ahead | Joe Kimball
  - Ich bin ein Municher; Gov. Pawlenty in Germany for security conference | Joe Kimball
  - U of M grad student discovers Texas state dinosaur isn't really | Mark Neuzil
  - Minnesota State Capitol gets Duluth deluge | Joe Kimball
  - Daily Glean: Did the court, or Coleman, cherrypick ballots? | David Brauer
  - Coleman-Franken recount: Lawyers fees detailed in FEC filings | Jay Weiner
  - Name that bridge in St. Cloud | Joe Kimball
- Friday, February 6, 2009
  - State Capitol flags at half-staff Saturday to honor Iraq war casualty | Joe Kimball
  - Freeze for Rochester teachers? Not so fast, says union rep | Joe Kimball
  - Mankato leaders cancel Vermont trip, will 'retreat' instead to Chaska | Joe Kimball
  - Nonprofits lobby for fair tax hikes to avoid drastic cuts | Scott Russell
  - Franken-Coleman recount: SOS Mark Ritchie getting national spotlight on … C-SPAN | Jay Weiner
  - Back to school before or after Labor Day: Who decides? | Joe Kimball
  - How many funny senators can one state have? Here's the Amy speech | Joe Kimball
  - Video report: Is the weather going crazy? | Dave Dahl
  - Daily Glean: Swindler's (local) list | David Brauer
  - Power lines over the Midtown Greenway? A classic case of destroying a place to save it | Steve Berg
- Thursday, February 5, 2009
  - Coleman-Franken trial: Another day, a couple more county auditors -- and three more ballots | Jay Weiner
  - Mayor Chris Coleman sees big things in St. Paul's future | Joe Kimball
  - Inclusive Twin Cities Women's Choir creates music, community | Delma J. Francis
  - Media spotlight on Coleman and Franken outside the courtroom, too | MinnPost staff
  - Coleman and Franken square off … in Rochester | Jay Weiner
  - Conservative group finds examples of local governments saving money in tough times | Joe Kimball
  - Minneapolis restructuring idea gets cold shoulder at City Hall | Steve Berg
  - Coleman-Franken Senate race: ‘Venue change’ as Supreme Court hears argument for interim Franken election certificate | Jay Weiner
  - Northfield woman keeps working to strengthen seat belt laws, 10 years after daughter's death | Joe Kimball
  - Amy Klobuchar is hilarious | Catharine Richert
  - Bill would divest Minnesota's state investments in companies with ties to Iran | Joe Kimball
  - LGA cuts would take local governments back to the Clinton administration | Joe Kimball
  - One more way nonprofits can save a little money | Scott Russell
  - Daily Glean: Prosecutorial witness tampering in Dakota County? | David Brauer
- Wednesday, February 4, 2009
  - Senate race trial: 'A turning point,' says Coleman side, but Franken set to seek election certificate Thursday | Jay Weiner
  - Phalen Park holiday lights display garnered $50,000; proceeds go to four charities | Joe Kimball
  - Rybak gets big spread in Governing magazine | Joe Kimball
  - Coleman-Franken recount: An unpleasant surprise for The UpTake’s Noah Kunin, TV star to Recount Addicts | Jay Weiner
  - Minnesota scores low in gun control group's scorecard | Joe Kimball
  - MnDOT official offered St. Louis County top job | Joe Kimball
  - It's Girls and Women's Sports Day: New Lynx COO vows to help fans 'get to know 'em' | Jay Weiner
  - Where have all the flowers gone in Austin? | Joe Kimball
  - Daily Glean: Court to Coleman: 'We're not Florida' | David Brauer
  - Economic cold comfort: Recessions are necessary economic corrections | Sharon Schmickle
  - Ways to cope with winter's chill: Stock up on pixie dust | Roxane Battle
- Tuesday, February 3, 2009
  - Wait on digital TV conversion because millions aren't ready, advocacy groups say | Joe Kimball
  - Wednesday is Disability Day at the Capitol | Joe Kimball
  - Coleman-Franken contest: Scope of trial and 'universe' narrows | Jay Weiner
  - World War II chaplains honored with half-staff flags | Joe Kimball
  - Coleman-Franken trial: Weight of absentee ballot envelopes becomes issue; one dispute dropped | Jay Weiner
  - Mayor Rybak anxious for stimulus, says he'll create green jobs | Joe Kimball
  - Rethinking Al Franken: He was stronger than you thought | Eric Black
  - Teacher merit pay plan gets low grades | Joe Kimball
  - Daily Glean: The 'smoking tub' of peanut butter | David Brauer
  - Habitat loss, not the cold, threatens pheasants, grouse | Ron Way
  - Transportation is metro's biggest concern, says group in charge of transit | Joe Kimball
  - Holder confirmed as nation’s first African-American attorney general | Cynthia Dizikes
- Monday, February 2, 2009
  - Coleman-Franken recount trial: Money pours in, but like 'Groundhog Day' film, testimony covers familiar ground | Jay Weiner
  - Mayo officials consult in D.C. on health care | Joe Kimball
  - Gov. Pawlenty on CNN: Sure, we'll take the stimulus | Joe Kimball
  - Minnesota legislators to consider fishing 'double dipping' | Joe Kimball
  - Daily Glean: No alternative budget from state DFLers | David Brauer

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