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Jan 2009
- Friday, January 30, 2009
  - Klobuchar plans to watch Super Bowl -- with Obama | Cynthia Dizikes
  - Urban notes: Sheehy takes over community grants; plus ballpark neighborhood improvements, transit outlook | Steve Berg
  - Legislature considers making October ‘Domestic Violence Awareness Month’ in Minnesota | Joe Kimball
  - Lonnie Robinson one of many reasons undefeated Tommies rank No. 1 in hoops | Pat Borzi
  - Minnesota budget commissioner adds stimulus duties | Joe Kimball
  - Coleman-Franken trial: Bush sends support to Coleman; could Franken be 60th Dem again? | Jay Weiner
  - Your chance to speak up on Minneapolis budget cuts | Joe Kimball
  - Daily Glean: Congress to Pawlenty: Dump your health cuts | David Brauer
  - Citizens League gets big turnout for policy teams | Joe Kimball
  - You could be the next U.S. attorney | Cynthia Dizikes
  - Reducing carbon emissions: Legislators see lots of interest from public, special interests | Ron Way
- Thursday, January 29, 2009
  - Franken-Coleman trial: Another day, but, really, nothing new, except … | Jay Weiner
  - Dentists open wide and say, "Aaahh … no," to Gov. Pawlenty's budget health cuts | Joe Kimball
  - Why don't they like us? Study says people don't want to move to Minneapolis | Joe Kimball
  - Bremer, a bank built for charity, creates new fund to help individuals hitting hard times | Scott Russell
  - St. Paul's West Side cops and residents honored for solving staffing issue | Joe Kimball
  - Minnesota Medical Association joins those criticizing the Pawlenty budget | Joe Kimball
  - Minnesota officials looking for owners of millions in unclaimed money and property | Joe Kimball
  - Daily Glean: Stimulus goodies: Minnesota gets $4.5 billion | David Brauer
- Wednesday, January 28, 2009
  - Franken-Coleman Senate trial: The case of the goofy Coleman website | Jay Weiner
  - Initiative launched to streamline Minneapolis operations and shift park policy to City Hall | Steve Berg
  - County auditor in Willmar worried about ballot security | Joe Kimball
  - Hennepin County firms up its priority list for stimulus spending | Joe Kimball
  - America's new role in the world | Sharon Schmickle
  - Coleman-Franken trial: Forget ballots; it's time for legal-team 'action figures' | Jay Weiner
  - Mankato city employees get 3 percent raise this year | Joe Kimball
  - Michele Bachmann joins the blogosphere with ‘Majority Tracker’ | Joe Kimball
  - Daily Glean: Pawlenty to Obama: Make me look good | David Brauer
  - Minnesota's worst stimulus fund proposals? Tennis, golf and skateboard improvements, says low-tax group | Joe Kimball
- Tuesday, January 27, 2009
  - Minnesota needs 'land reform' to reach a greener future | Steve Berg
  - Coleman-Franken trial: Nary a word is spoken in courtroom this morning | Jay Weiner
  - New Ramsey County manager introduces herself -- and warns of cuts | Joe Kimball
  - No deficit in North Dakota; they're even talking rebates | Joe Kimball
  - Daily Glean: Five billion budget whacks | David Brauer
  - Hurt by Wisconsin competition, border town Taylors Falls seeking legislative help | Joe Kimball
  - Coleman-Franken trial: Some examples of the troublesome evidence | Jay Weiner
- Monday, January 26, 2009
  - Paul Eger is Minnesota’s new PCA commissioner | Joe Kimball
  - Norm Coleman attending Senate election trial | Jay Weiner
  - Senate election trial: Coleman, Franken sides trade shot after shot | Jay Weiner
  - Farewell to Olivia Dodge, nature center founder and donor of Minnesota Governor's Mansion | Joe Kimball
  - Coleman-Franken trial: Just how many absentee ballots should be recounted? | Jay Weiner
  - Sheryl Ramstad reappointed to Minnesota Tax Court | Joe Kimball
  - Minnesota facing negative effects of aging work force, state demographer says | Joe Kimball
  - Entenza jumps into Minnesota's crowded DFL gubernatorial pool | Joe Kimball
  - From art tours to crisis nursery: Junior League's 85 years of innovative volunteering | Scott Russell
  - Daily Glean: Appall of America | David Brauer
  - Beyond race: What Michelle Obama means to me | Roxane Battle
  - Three finalists named for open Met Council seat | Joe Kimball
  - Senate election trial: Coleman YouTube video tweaks earlier Franken spot | Jay Weiner
  - How Obama can learn from Bush's health-care missteps | Dr. Craig Bowron
- Friday, January 23, 2009
  - Franken-Coleman trial: Politics and a tangent | Jay Weiner
  - Obama mania: And now the latest from my sons -- the foreign correspondents | Jay Weiner
  - Como Park memorial Saturday for environmental education leader | Joe Kimball
  - Coleman-Franken trial: Going through the motions with nary an agreement | Jay Weiner
  - Paulsen joins Republican Whip Team | Cynthia Dizikes
  - EPA overturns Big Stone II, environmental groups report | Joe Kimball
  - Minnesota secretary of state discusses foreign ballots in International Falls, eh? | Joe Kimball
  - Oberstar supports more accountability in TARP, rips Bush oversight | Joe Kimball
  - 'Forgive them, Father. They’re cheeseheads.' | Joe Kimball
  - Edward Foley: The three-judge recount panel is off to a good start | Eric Black
  - Daily Glean: Will Obama's $3 billion save state's bacon? | David Brauer
  - MnDOT’s bizarre problem: A gusher of federal cash | Steve Berg
  - Lessons in the new world of old food marketing | Mark Neuzil
  - University officials plead for minimum hit at Legislature | Joe Kimball
  - Video report: Take time to enjoy the great winter wonders | Dave Dahl
- Thursday, January 22, 2009
  - Senate election contest: Judges deny Franken motion to dismiss Coleman challenge | Jay Weiner
  - Legislative proposal would give end-of-life rights to Minnesota same-sex couples | Joe Kimball
  - House Speaker Anderson sees quick congressional action on federal funds for states | Doug Grow
  - Senate election contest: Coleman declares on his website, 'I will win' | Jay Weiner
  - McCollum appointed to House Budget Committee | Cynthia Dizikes
  - Heegaard leaving Minnesota Higher Ed post to join Bush Foundation | Joe Kimball
  - Senate election contest: Ruling likely today on Coleman effort to re-examine ballots and gather absentee envelopes | Jay Weiner
  - Jacobs: Quit whining, recount going well. Schultz: Yes, but it's headed to federal court. | Eric Black
  - Coleman joins Republican Jewish Coalition as paid consultant | MinnPost staff
  - Hot Stove Banquet: An affair to celebrate baseball and, this year, to root for 'Sammy' | Jay Weiner
  - Mistake in bill to be rectified; Stearns County park land back in play | Joe Kimball
  - Daily Glean: Re-igniting the fight over Muslim-backed charter | David Brauer
  - Klobuchar assigned to Judiciary Committee | Cynthia Dizikes
  - MSCU, Bruininks respond to Pawlenty | Sharon Schmickle
  - Close the Gap health initiative targets young athletes who die from cardiac arrest | Pat Borzi
  - Sticker Sisters enterprise promotes girl power | Kay Harvey
- Wednesday, January 21, 2009
  - Reid: ‘We’re going to try to seat Al Franken’ | Cynthia Dizikes
  - New name added to White Bear preschoolers' 'Presidents Song' | Joe Kimball
  - How sweet the sound: President Obama | Delma J. Francis
  - Two judges appointed in Hennepin County | Joe Kimball
  - Medical marijuana bill back again in Minnesota Senate | Joe Kimball
  - Pick yourself up, dust yourself off | Eric Black
  - Crow Wing finds cheaper option than $12,000 retrofit of historic doors | Joe Kimball
  - National light rail expert to speak tonight in St. Paul | Joe Kimball
  - Coleman-Franken trial: Lights, cameras, action | Jay Weiner
  - Robbinsdale to close three schools | Joe Kimball
  - Daily Glean: Reliving 'Black will not be asked to get back' | David Brauer
  - Inauguration parties: Mavericks for Obama | Roxane Battle
  - Minnesota Opera's 'Faust': full of dancing with the devil | Camille LeFevre
- Tuesday, January 20, 2009
  - Senate election contest: Are there duplicate ballots? Coleman side says, 'You betcha' | Jay Weiner
  - Another unwanted baby -- until community responds | Chuck Haga
  - One man's reaction to President Obama's speech | Eric Black
  - Olympic hockey decision could have ripple effects for U's Frost | Pat Borzi
  - Senate election contest: Franken side says Coleman twisting process to get 're-recount' | Jay Weiner
  - Central Minnesota DNR officials in the mainstream of biomass energy | Joe Kimball
  - Duluth airport improvements on legislative wish list | Joe Kimball
  - Senate election contest: Powerline again takes a whack at Norm Coleman legal team | Jay Weiner
  - Inauguration parties: Politicians and puff pastries | Roxane Battle
  - Foes of St. Paul billboards unveiling documentary detailing all 561 of them | Joe Kimball
  - Daily Glean: Born-again ballot counter | David Brauer
- Monday, January 19, 2009
  - Minnesotans line up for inauguration tickets | Cynthia Dizikes
  - Senate recount/contest: Coleman-Franken war of words ensues over latest ballot proposal | Jay Weiner
  - Senate recount/contest: Franken side reacts to Coleman’s absentee ballot effort | Jay Weiner
  - Senate recount/contest: Coleman’s team wants all 12,000 previously rejected absentee ballots re-examined | Jay Weiner
  - Gen. Colin Powell gives Minneapolis MLK Day address | Joe Kimball
  - PUC's Big Stone II decision smudges new law to reduce carbon emissions | Ron Way
  - Coleman's attorney Friedberg: 'I would do anything for Norm, except vote for him' | Joe Kimball
  - Inauguration parties: A tough act with a soft heart | Roxane Battle
  - Group wants sexual orientation to be protected class in North Dakota | Joe Kimball
  - Sports and the inauguration: A link worth reading | Jay Weiner
  - Atlantic makes the case for a potential Coleman win in Senate election contest | Joe Kimball
  - Review: Jammin' without Marley | Britt Robson
  - Daily Glean: Everybody's scrambling for a local Obama angle | Doug Grow
  - Merrick tale leads to question of what it means to be an employee | Scott Russell
  - Serious transitional badness: Think Lincoln, not Obama | Eric Black
- Friday, January 16, 2009
  - Obama Inaugural is a big moment for Estrella, too | Cynthia Boyd
  - Ambitious health care bill to cover all Minnesotans introduced in Legislature | Joe Kimball
  - Mark Dayton makes it official as 6th DFLer in Minnesota governor’s race | Doug Grow
  - Portraits of the Supremes (not Diana Ross et al.) hanging in Landmark Center | Joe Kimball
  - Is the 'January Thaw' fact or fiction? | Dave Dahl
  - Northwestern Minnesota nursing homes taken over by Health Department | Joe Kimball
  - Senate recount update: Friedberg to be Coleman lawyer for trial | Jay Weiner
  - Michele Bachmann profiled in The Hill | Joe Kimball
  - A Palestinian-American's view of the conflict in Gaza | Eric Black
  - Video report: Protesters at support rally for Israel offer their views | Steve Date
  - Inaugural lineup: Y'all are planning on having a ball | Roxane Battle
  - Daily Glean: Read guv's lips: lots more tax breaks | David Brauer
  - Funds sought for study on how chemicals in Minnesota lakes affect fish | Joe Kimball
  - Then, and now: the joys -- and truths -- of urban chicken-raising | Chuck Haga
- Thursday, January 15, 2009
  - Franken planning fundraiser in Washington | Cynthia Dizikes
  - Coleman-Franken legal teams meet Friday with judges but far apart on scheduling desires | Jay Weiner
  - Duluth council pay won't be halved | Joe Kimball
  - McHale, as coach, splits the difference | Steve Aschburner
  - Franken-Coleman recount: A dissent on Wall Street Journal op-ed piece | Jay Weiner
  - Franken side sees no merit in Coleman’s proposed ‘five-phase’ recount trial | Jay Weiner
  - Brits gladly say 'bye to Bush as they await fashions of 'Mrs. O' | Mark Neuzil
  - A quick summary of Minnesota Gov. Pawlenty's State of the State | Joe Kimball
  - Minnesota preservation efforts cataloged in new blog | Joe Kimball
  - Coleman-Franken recount: Musings on the lawyering of an election that doesn't end | Jay Weiner
  - Daily Glean: The reverse broken-windows strategy | David Brauer
  - At least one DFL challenger still in Minneapolis mayor's race | Joe Kimball
  - Obama mosaic in search of a permanent home | Casey Selix
  - Minneapolis extends historic protection to the North Loop, causing concern among developers, neighbors | Steve Berg
  - St. Paul gets grant for accessible street-crossing signals | Joe Kimball
- Wednesday, January 14, 2009
  - Those wild, wacky Saints are at it again ...outdoor baseball in February | Jay Weiner
  - Senate recount/contest: Not so fast, Minnesota Supreme Court tells Franken | Jay Weiner
  - Justice community: Cutting budgets for courts, county attorneys and defenders is dangerous | Jay Weiner
  - MPR, Central Corridor light rail officials reach truce -- for now | Joe Kimball
  - Coleman-Franken recount/contest: Opposing groups of citizens weighing in | Jay Weiner
  - Would IRV have avoided the Senate recount? | Eric Black
  - Michele Bachmann still outspoken in opposition to bailout funds | Joe Kimball
  - Lawsuit challenging Minneapolis Instant Runoff Voting thrown out | Joe Kimball
  - Real-life 'Hotel Rwanda' survivor keeps speaking the unspeakable | Roxane Battle
  - Daily Glean: Generalissimo Francisco Fletcher | David Brauer
  - Budget cuts may hamper Twin Cities efforts to control crime as economy worsens | Steve Berg
- Tuesday, January 13, 2009
  - Back to the Supreme Court: This time, Franken appeals matters, seeking an election certificate now, not later | Jay Weiner
  - GOP lawyers group denies any improper role in Coleman recount battle | Doug Grow
  - St. Paul taking lead role in multi-city mortgage battle | Joe Kimball
  - Look to the stars, and don't sweat the small stuff | Sharon Schmickle
  - Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak puts re-election announcement on web | Joe Kimball
  - Digital TV conversion seen as civil rights issue by some in Minnesota | Joe Kimball
  - Bold proposals from a Minnesota governor in hard times: Floyd Olson in 1933 | Iric Nathanson
  - Minnesota, Wisconsin hope to share just about anything except Packers, Vikings | Joe Kimball
  - One way to view the Arab-Israeli conflict: Parallel Realities | Eric Black
  - You can look it up: Library use in some Minnesota cities rising because of recession | Joe Kimball
  - Daily Glean: A little homegrown health-care fraud case | David Brauer
  - Government inertia might doom DFL’s latest anti-Coleman blast | Doug Grow
- Monday, January 12, 2009
  - In tight times, Greiling's 'Miracle' education plan might need a miracle | Marisa Helms
  - From age 5 on, fan can tell you firsthand that new Hall of Famer Jim Rice is nice | Pat Borzi
  - Minnesota and Wisconsin governors to announce joint initiative Tuesday | Joe Kimball
  - Minnesota granted food stamp waiver; some eligible for continued benefits | Joe Kimball
  - Update: Minnesota Senate race: Al Franken seeks immediate certificate; Pawlenty, Ritchie say, 'No way' | Jay Weiner
  - Minnesota budget trends study says changing demographics require revised state financial system | Joe Kimball
  - Governor appoints two new MAC members, reappoints three others | Joe Kimball
  - New Minneapolis School Board member Bates ready with tough budget questions | Beth Hawkins
  - Election debriefing: Obama/Wellstone campaign guru to speak Thursday | Jay Weiner
  - Daily Glean: Coleman, Franken shake on something | David Brauer
  - Video report: Local leaders voice support for Israel | Steve Date
- Friday, January 9, 2009
  - Video report: Are we getting more ice storms? | Dave Dahl
  - Michele Bachmann’s House comments support Israel's right to defend itself | Joe Kimball
  - Mississippi Headwaters group under budget pressure | Joe Kimball
  - Franken to attend inauguration | Cynthia Dizikes
  - Duluth gavel did travel | Joe Kimball
  - Norm Coleman official Senate website: Office Closed | Joe Kimball
  - Stillwater to tap citizens for tax-cut solutions | Joe Kimball
  - Southwestern Minnesota cities, counties lost $900,000 in 2008 state aid | Joe Kimball
  - Outlook for Senate races in 2010: Bad news for GOP | Eric Black
  - Daily Glean: Kling! Kling! Did MPR deliver noisy LRT ultimatum? | David Brauer
  - Heads-up to nonprofits: Foundations expect 4 percent decrease in grant-making in 2009 | Scott Russell
  - Not all gloom and doom: a $670,000 grant for the Ordway | Casey Selix
- Thursday, January 8, 2009
  - 1,200 celebrate the long, abundant, controversial life of Carl Pohlad | Jay Weiner
  - Despite critics, Vikings' progress earns Childress chance to see things through | Pat Borzi
  - Two named to terms on Minnesota Board on Judicial Standards | Joe Kimball
  - George Will taking part in Pawlenty’s Friday radio show | Joe Kimball
  - Rybak among mayors offering input to Obama and his economic team | Joe Kimball
  - Lots and lots of lawyers: Legal teams preparing for Franken-Coleman election contest | Jay Weiner
  - Protect senior services in Minnesota budget battle, care groups say | Joe Kimball
  - Despite tensions, Jewish and Muslim students come together to talk | Sharon Schmickle
  - Excited by a 'first,' wrongful voter says he forgot he'd lost the right | Chuck Haga
  - Cut City Council pay by half in Duluth? Not a good plan, newspaper says | Joe Kimball
  - Airport bathroom case may finally be over; Craig won't appeal | Joe Kimball
  - Checking out the London Eye – and its (possible) Minnesota roots | Mark Neuzil
  - Daily Glean: A tale of two Purple People Eaters | David Brauer
- Wednesday, January 7, 2009
  - Chris Coleman re-election bid has solid backing from St. Paul pals, pols | Joe Kimball
  - Franken-Coleman recount: We can’t count and we’re funny, so says 'The Daily Show' | Jay Weiner
  - The WPA in Minnesota: economic stimulus during the Great Depression | Iric Nathanson
  - Pawlenty’s State of the State to be Jan. 15 at noon | Joe Kimball
  - Governor and legislators outline shared-services proposal for Minnesota schools | Joe Kimball
  - Largest transportation plan since interstate highway system is coming down the road, says Oberstar | Joe Kimball
  - Senate recount: It's unlikely Coleman will win in court | Eric Black
  - Daily Glean: Norm Coleman as unfunny Bill Murray? | David Brauer
- Tuesday, January 6, 2009
  - Groups seeking safer Minnesota child car-restraint law | Joe Kimball
  - St. Paul's colorful -- and longtime -- political candidate Maryjane Reagan dies at 87 | Joe Kimball
  - Norm Coleman formally announces he’s contesting Senate election | Jay Weiner
  - Coleman -- Chris, not Norm – to seek four more years | Joe Kimball
  - Coleman-Franken recount: Fivethirtyeight takes on Wall Street Journal | Jay Weiner
  - St. Cloud School Board members cut their own pay | Joe Kimball
  - Franken-Coleman recount: Coleman to face media at 3 p.m. | Jay Weiner
  - The sun will come out tomorrow in Duluth, says mayor | Joe Kimball
  - Saving the Twins outshines everything else as Carl Pohlad's legacy | Pat Borzi
  - Daily Glean: Senate to Franken: No seat for you | David Brauer
- Monday, January 5, 2009
  - Reform meeting gives governor ideas to chew on while preparing budget | Joe Kimball
  - What's next for Norm Coleman? Chair of RNC? | Joe Kimball
  - Two new members to join Hennepin County Board Tuesday | Joe Kimball
  - Coleman campaign calls Supreme Court recount ruling disappointing and says court challenge now ‘inevitable’ | Jay Weiner
  - Update: Minnesota mystery of the day solved -- for now: Norm Coleman Senate offices ordered closed | Doug Grow
  - Franken campaign hails Minnesota Supreme Court recount ruling | Joe Kimball
  - Franken-Coleman recount: Supreme Court deals Norm campaign another blow | Jay Weiner
  - Looking to downsize? FDA recommends avoiding these tainted weight-loss products | Dr. Craig Bowron
  - Minnesota Vikings wrap-up: Situation same as ever | Steve Aschburner
  - For the Brits, Vikings score one big yawn | Mark Neuzil
  - Minnesota Reform Summit kicks off today with governor and big thinkers | Joe Kimball
  - Daily Glean: Franken's Canvassing Board coronation | David Brauer
  - Central Corridor light-rail leaders urge Minnesota Public Radio to get on board | Joe Kimball
  - Senate recount outlook: Here are some real lollapaloozas | Eric Black
- Friday, January 2, 2009
  - Supreme Court responds to Coleman's recount request | Eric Black
  - Update: Vikings fans (boo!) aren't like Eagles fans | Steve Aschburner
  - Franken-Coleman recount: GOP Senate leader says don’t even try | Jay Weiner
  - Counties say they can better help with state deficit if some mandates are repealed | Joe Kimball
  - With the new year comes a new tax in Mankato. | Joe Kimball
  - How the Internet cleared up my grandpa's sordid past | David Hawley
  - Coleman-Franken recount: Some looming scenarios | Eric Black
  - Family starts nonprofit to promote Catholic school inclusion of children with disabilities | Scott Russell

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