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Apr 2009
- Thursday, April 30, 2009
  - Senate trial appeal: Coleman spokesman lays out possible ‘remedies’ for Supreme Court to consider | Jay Weiner
  - Many municipal golf courses losing money -- a reason for teed-off taxpayers? | Joe Kimball
  - Fergus Falls school board makes exception: High-schooler can take husband to the prom | Joe Kimball
  - Bulletin: Coleman's brief is filed | Eric Black
  - After first Minnesota flu case confirmed, officials quickly shut down school till Wednesday | Doug Grow
  - TV ad seeks to pressure Pawlenty to sign the certificate | Eric Black
  - Key legislative conference committees set to wrangle on taxes and education funding | Doug Grow
  - Coleman-Franken appeal: Make your best guess, as Minnesota Supreme Court expert predicts Decision Day | Jay Weiner
  - Advocate for the blind still seeking more money for accessibility repairs | Joe Kimball
  - Minnesota State University, Mankato, cancels Mexico study programs | Joe Kimball
  - Gov. Pawlenty goes to Cold Spring for swine flu meeting | Joe Kimball
  - Daily Glean: Pawlenty approval rating hits new low as tax policies rejected | David Brauer
  - Swine flu H1N1: What is a 'suspect case' -- and is summer on our side? | Dr. Craig Bowron
  - Franken-Coleman case: Thinking out loud about "equal protection," the third part | Eric Black
- Wednesday, April 29, 2009
  - A small follow on the Pawlenty-Coleman-Franken matter | Eric Black
  - Michele Bachmann on swine flu: She'll monitor and make sure officials have resources to stop its spread | Joe Kimball
  - Coleman/Franken and the signing of the certificate: Did Pawlenty budge? | Eric Black
  - Pawlenty cancels tonight's Harvard speech to oversee state's swine flu response | Doug Grow
  - Coleman-Franken appeal: Franken hires chief of staff ... in waiting | Jay Weiner
  - Minnesota flu victim will recover; tests still pending on whether it is swine flu | Joe Kimball
  - A rare blown save, a walk-off fielder's choice -- Twins win a weird one | Aaron Gleeman
  - What can a little cup o' joe do in a recession? Create jobs | Roxane Battle
  - Daily Glean: Swine flu is coming! Swine flu is coming! | Brian Lambert
  - Tension at the Capitol: Can't we all just get along? | Joe Kimball
  - First 'probable' case of swine flu in Minnesota | Joe Kimball
  - Hennepin County to employees: Take the day off. Unpaid. | Joe Kimball
- Tuesday, April 28, 2009
  - Bachmann gets the swine flu... wrong | Eric Black
  - The Dalai Lama gets checkup, then speaks in Rochester | Joe Kimball
  - Specter switch has big implications for Obama and for Franken/Coleman | Eric Black
  - BREAKING: Arlen Specter Switches Parties | Eric Black
  - Tough economy means great opportunities for planners | Joe Kimball
  - Subterranean blues: What lies under the city that is worth risking your life to see? | Amy Goetzman
  - Girding for health care battles and 'violent girl fighting' | Brian Lambert
  - Record levels of road construction in NE Minnesota | Joe Kimball
- Monday, April 27, 2009
  - Coleman-Franken: Coupla clarification / reminders on where things stand | Eric Black
  - Minnesota GOP head Carey stepping down; successor to be named in June | Doug Grow
  - Even without the Twins' magic pixie dust, two out of three ain't bad | Aaron Gleeman
  - Ellison one of two U.S. representatives led away in handcuffs from Sudanese embassy | Cynthia Dizikes
  - Ely city clerk suspended pending police investigation | Joe Kimball
  - Steam line to heat and cool new Twins stadium, downtown buildings | Joe Kimball
  - New swine flu puts U.S. on alert | Dr. Craig Bowron
  - Daily Glean: Despite scarifying, no confirmed flu yet in Minnesota | David Brauer
  - Transit funding takes a hit in House bill | Joe Kimball
  - Minnesota healthy officials ready for swine flu | Joe Kimball
  - Medicine or malarkey? A collection of fascinating potions and devices | Roxane Battle
- Sunday, April 26, 2009
  - President Obama breaks a promise to call the Armenian genocide a genocide | Eric Black
- Friday, April 24, 2009
  - Tracking the red dots, red flags and green lights of Vikings' draft tactics | Steve Aschburner
  - The Recount is OVER (the other one) | Eric Black
  - Coleman-Franken recount appeal: Let's get this straight -- secretary of state didn't fiddle with the process | Jay Weiner
  - Senate recount appeal: Coleman side pleased, and Franken side is OK, too | Jay Weiner
  - Speeding I-35W driver injures Rep. Wagenius on her way home from late-night legislative session | Doug Grow
  - Coleman-Franken appeal: June 1 is Supreme Court ‘expedited’ hearing | Jay Weiner
  - Daily Glean: St. Paul's unreality show | David Brauer
  - Norm Coleman's official non-response to my 'modest proposal' | Eric Black
  - Opat's State of Hennepin County speech notes bleak times but new opportunities | Joe Kimball
  - Mankato picks new superintendent from Rochester district | Joe Kimball
  - Arbor Day is today, but St. Paul's ready for Arbor Month in May, too | Joe Kimball
- Thursday, April 23, 2009
  - Pew Poll on Obama at almost 100 days: Approved of, but even more liked | Eric Black
  - UND gets Spirit Lake Sioux support for its nickname, but dispute goes on | Chuck Haga
  - D.C.-based Beverage Institute quick to diss proposed state alcohol tax increase | Doug Grow
  - Coleman-Franken appeal: DFL complains to FEC about Coleman not seeking opinion | Jay Weiner
  - Governor Pawlenty to meet the press today at 1 p.m. | Joe Kimball
  - Here’s Franken document seeking $16,132 in legal fees | Jay Weiner
  - Coleman-Franken Supreme Court case: The recusals are in | Eric Black
  - Little Falls mounting effort to save Lindbergh home from budget cuts | Joe Kimball
  - Albert Lea city employees offer cost-saving suggestions | Joe Kimball
  - Daily Glean: Al to Norm: Pay me 16 grand | David Brauer
  - Franken-Coleman case: Thinking out loud about 'equal protection,' Part Two | Eric Black
  - Rural hospitals tell legislators budget cuts could threaten critical health services | Joe Kimball
  - Entenza makes it official: He's running for governor | Joe Kimball
- Wednesday, April 22, 2009
  - Senate recount trial appeal: Norm says, 'Not so fast' | Jay Weiner
  - Hennepin County's State of the County address is Thursday | Joe Kimball
  - State officials say Duluth illegally managed employee health fund | Joe Kimball
  - In Fairness to the Founders | Eric Black
  - Times must be bad: UnitedHealth's profits are down | Brian Lambert
  - Advocate alleging Minnesota discrimination against those with disabilities in limited stimulus spending | Joe Kimball
  - Three Minnesotans and their fuel-friendly vehicles join the pursuit for the $10M X-Prize | Mark Neuzil
  - Hospitals to be more aggressive in opposing legislative cuts | Joe Kimball
- Tuesday, April 21, 2009
  - Fun with Norm Coleman | Eric Black
  - Franken asks state Supreme Court to expedite appeal | MinnPost staff
  - EPA action may kill 'Clean Car' bills in Legislature | Ron Way
  - Commentator David Brooks speaks in Minneapolis May 5 | Joe Kimball
  - Duluth council member to seek domestic partner measure | Joe Kimball
  - Coleman/Franken case: Thinking out loud about 'equal protection,' part one | Eric Black
  - St. Cloud bridge gets a name: Granite City Crossing | Joe Kimball
  - The AG's office takes an I-Team hit | Brian Lambert
  - Just-released DFL Senate tax bill would raise them, too | Joe Kimball
- Monday, April 20, 2009
  - Senate election recount: Coleman files notice of appeal; state Supreme Court hearing likely in May | Jay Weiner
  - Twins new ballpark: It's green, and it's got political connections | Jay Weiner
  - BULLETIN: Coleman appeal of Senate election trial ruling to be filed shortly | Jay Weiner
  - Text of Mayor Coleman's State of the City address: 'Despite trying times, I'm optimistic' | Joe Kimball
  - House tax plan would make ultra-high earners pay and boost alcohol and cigarette taxes | Joe Kimball
  - About 200 of 'The Hidden Homeless' seek shelter each night in northwestern Minnesota | Joe Kimball
  - Twins make smart gamble exchanging pitcher Humber for promising reliever Morillo | Aaron Gleeman
  - Daily Glean: More billions for the Pohlads | David Brauer
  - Complications of stimulus money might be adding to the delays in an already-complicated legislative year | Joe Kimball
  - Mayor Chris Coleman delivers State of the City today | Joe Kimball
  - Franken starts hiring staff for Senate office; yes, he knows the appeals aren't finished | Joe Kimball
  - Very smart guy says Coleman isn't stalling | Eric Black
  - Through hard times, these women found strength to help others | Kay Harvey
- Friday, April 17, 2009
  - Former reporter to be interim St. Paul Schools chief | Joe Kimball
  - Superintendent Carstarphen honored by Minnesota/ Wisconsin Girl Scouts | Joe Kimball
  - State administration commissioner leaving to head BBB | Joe Kimball
  - Daily Glean: Norm fires back at Star Tribune questioners | David Brauer
  - Save the date: St. Paul State of the City speech is Monday | Joe Kimball
  - Clean up crews -- non-violent offenders and volunteers -- to once again clean up Minnesota highways | Joe Kimball
  - Has it come to this? Eggs thrown at Coleman's house | Joe Kimball
  - Building for mental-health services and graduate-level training named for former Rep. Jim Ramstad | Joe Kimball
- Thursday, April 16, 2009
  - Newest Met Council member: Wendy Wulff of Lakeville | Joe Kimball
  - President Obama's pitch for high-speed rail resonates with Mayor Chris Coleman | Joe Kimball
  - The Lone Senator meets Saturday on No Child Left Behind | Joe Kimball
  - Sustainability efforts moving ahead in Minneapolis | Joe Kimball
  - Non-essential city services face cuts in St. Cloud, elsewhere | Joe Kimball
  - Patty Wetterling continues push for prevention of sexual violence | Joe Kimball
  - Daily Glean: No parties, tea or otherwise, at Best Buy | Brian Lambert
  - State Rep. Rukavina's name raised in governor's race | Joe Kimball
  - Stimulus money to provide EPA Superfund cleanup in Minneapolis neighborhood | Mark Neuzil
  - Software connects domestic violence victims with open shelter beds | Scott Russell
- Wednesday, April 15, 2009
  - Senate election recount: Fundraising nearing $10 million | MinnPost staff
  - Reading, health insurance grants announced | Cynthia Boyd
  - Daily Glean: Lots of Norm and Al with a bit of Denny Hecker on the side | Brian Lambert
  - Washington County horse boarders rear up and say 'Neigh' | Joe Kimball
  - Owatonna newspaper editorial calls for teacher pay freeze; Worthington paper says: Not so fast | Joe Kimball
  - Opposing Tax Day rallies at the Capitol today; one against, one thankful | Joe Kimball
  - Duluth city administrator came back briefly, now gone again | Joe Kimball
  - Disability community comes to Capitol today to urge fairness in budget cuts | Joe Kimball
  - University report warns water consumption for corn-ethanol on the rise | Ron Way
- Tuesday, April 14, 2009
  - Senate election appeal: Franken lawyer tickled pink over judges’ ruling … and why not? | Jay Weiner
  - Senate election appeal: Coleman lawyer says election system is broken; appeal a few days off yet | Jay Weiner
  - Dems want to know about Norm Coleman's legal bills | Jay Weiner
  - White Earth Indian band wins property tax court battle | Joe Kimball
  - Minnesota House DFLers unveil status quo education plan | Joe Kimball
  - Daily Glean: Norm loses again | David Brauer
  - Facebook page urges St. Paul City Attorney John Choi to run for county attorney | Joe Kimball
- Monday, April 13, 2009
  - Bulletin: Judges rule against Coleman challenge in Senate recount contest | MinnPost staff
  - When Wild players stopped listening to 'Dad,' Jacques Lemaire knew it was time to go | Pat Borzi
  - Capitol fiscal notes: hard to understand, slow to come | Joe Kimball
  - State Sen. John Marty formally announces another run for governor | Joe Kimball
  - Counties don't like Pawlenty service collaboration plan | Joe Kimball
  - Legislators preparing outdoors spending plan, thanks to constitutional amendment | Joe Kimball
  - Link to text of Pawlenty's national radio Weekly Republican Address | Joe Kimball
  - Daily Glean: Should Supreme Court's Norm donor recuse himself? | David Brauer
  - Twins' 3-4 first week not so bad, all things considered | Aaron Gleeman
  - Rochester first-grader dazzles with presidential trivia | Joe Kimball
  - Coleman-Franken recount: Should another state Supreme Court justice recuse himself? | Jay Weiner
  - Canoe exhibit in Winona shines -- without aluminum | Mark Neuzil
- Friday, April 10, 2009
  - Analysis of Senate recount absentee ballots: Geography not strong predictor of which candidate would gain | Joe Kimball
  - St. Paul library chief Melanie Huggins will take S.C. job | Joe Kimball
  - Robbinsdale schools select new superintendent | Joe Kimball
  - Congressman Ellison has full district schedule next week | Joe Kimball
  - Daily Glean: Will St. Paul school be state's first named for Obama? | Joe Kimball
  - Radio ads attacking Pawlenty's policies will run on his show | Joe Kimball
  - Video report: Fewer sun spots: Is cooler weather ahead? | Dave Dahl
  - How does Afghanistan treat women? Here's what I saw | Sharon Schmickle
- Thursday, April 9, 2009
  - Senate recount's continuing forecast: blustery partisan winds from two directions | Joe Kimball
  - Sen. Marty: Iowa gay marriage ruling boosts Minnesota efforts | Joe Kimball
  - New York Times takes note of Minnesota's solo senator | Joe Kimball
  - 'Saving Newspapers: The Musical' offers one 'solution' to newspaper woes | Joe Kimball
  - An inside look: Flood forecasting takes charts, graphs and constant adjustments | Joe Kimball
  - Daily Glean: Detours, delays -- down side of $1.4B in stimulus spending | Joe Kimball
  - Allina takes on challenges of improving its health-care system's food culture | Dr. Craig Bowron
- Wednesday, April 8, 2009
  - Met Council, MPR resolve Central Corridor light rail dispute | Joe Kimball
  - Rothsay residents will try to cut energy use by 10 percent | Joe Kimball
  - '10 most threatened' designation a long time in coming for Lower St. Croix | Ron Way
  - Blackduck schools will go to four-day week | Joe Kimball
  - Editorial views differ on Norm Coleman's next move | Joe Kimball
  - Daily Glean: Quam to Piper Jaffray: See ya | Joe Kimball
  - Bill names highway for former House Speaker Irv Anderson | Joe Kimball
  - April 8, 1933: Beer is back in Minneapolis, after 15 dry years | Iric Nathanson
- Tuesday, April 7, 2009
  - Minneapolis adds more high-tech with Twitter and RSS | Joe Kimball
  - Rep. Michele Bachmann on YouTube, coming out strongly against government spending | Joe Kimball
  - Minneapolis program offers $10,000 'forgivable' loans for some homebuyers | Joe Kimball
  - $5 million Duluth courthouse renovation includes new entry for prisoners | Joe Kimball
  - Franken wins today’s vote tally 198-111, giving him 312-vote lead | Jay Weiner
  - Minnesota religious leader Rev. Peg Chemberlin named to Obama advisory council | Joe Kimball
  - How much should it cost to ride the Northstar rail line? | Joe Kimball
  - Update from the Coleman-Franken count of absentee ballots | Jay Weiner
  - State budget cuts hurt already-reeling South St. Paul -- Gov. Pawlenty's hometown | Joe Kimball
  - Daily Glean: Home foreclosure issue: Bachmann vs. Ellison | Joe Kimball
  - To help stabilize neighborhoods, nonprofits get first look at foreclosed property | Scott Russell
- Monday, April 6, 2009
  - Coleman-Franken trial: Pawlenty tells MSNBC that decision could be 'months' away | Jay Weiner
  - Red Cross budget cuts end ride program for elderly, those with disabilities | Joe Kimball
  - Effort to save Indian languages under way at Capitol | Joe Kimball
  - Daily Glean: Family ballots: microcosm of absentee voting problems | Joe Kimball
  - Former St. Paul Mayor Tom Byrne dies at age 85 | Joe Kimball
- Friday, April 3, 2009
  - Minor glitch in state of Minnesota e-mail system now resolved | Joe Kimball
  - North Dakota Senate rejects hotly contested 'personhood' bill | Doug Grow
  - Minnesota advocacy group for same-sex couples lauds Iowa Supreme Court ruling | Joe Kimball
  - Group says rural Minnesota cities hurt by state aid cuts | Joe Kimball
  - Cleanup costs come flooding in for Fargodome | Joe Kimball
  - Video report: Why are we getting all of these spring snowstorms? | Dave Dahl
  - Daily Glean: New nukes? | David Brauer
  - Tennison says he won't run for Ramsey County attorney | Joe Kimball
- Thursday, April 2, 2009
  - Coleman-Franken recount: Dem activist Begala urges party effort to push Coleman to concede | Jay Weiner
  - Coleman-Franken recount: Sen. Klobuchar shoots back at Texas Sen. John Cornyn | Jay Weiner
  - Coleman-Franken recount: Another story about Norm's legal troubles hits the Beltway crowd | Jay Weiner
  - Residents in flooded counties get IRS filing extension | Joe Kimball
  - Minnesota, N.D. governors to call for permanent flood protection in Fargo- Moorhead area | Joe Kimball
  - Meeting on Monday to discuss the effect of the stimulus package and state deficit on persons with disabilities | Joe Kimball
  - Senate recount trial: Coleman talking to D.C. supporters, vowing fight will go on | Jay Weiner
  - Humphrey Dinner award winners named | Joe Kimball
  - Robbinsdale superintendent search down to two candidates | Joe Kimball
  - New law honors Medal of Honor winners in Minnesota every March 25 | Joe Kimball
  - Daily Glean: Hell no, Norm won't go | David Brauer
- Wednesday, April 1, 2009
  - Senate recount trial: Coleman promises appeal will come quickly | Jay Weiner
  - Coleman-Franken recount: GOP’s McConnell weighs in on status of Senate election | Jay Weiner
  - Steve Kelley uses poetry and Shakespeare to woo voters | Joe Kimball
  - Daily Glean: Three judges to Norm's lawyers: Your case is inadequate | David Brauer
  - Iron Range legislators party at Mancini's | Joe Kimball
  - Lawmakers say flood victims should get tax filing break | Joe Kimball
  - Legislators consider sales tax hike to ease property taxes | Joe Kimball

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