MinnPost - Posts Archives

Browse
Minnesota Jobs
Direct from Company Websites!
Unadvertised,
Current,
Highest-quality

Start Searching Now!

Mar 2009
- Tuesday, March 31, 2009
  - Coleman-Franken recount: 400 ballots to be opened next week | Jay Weiner
  - Liberal watchdog site wonders: Why won't the press call Norm a sore loser in the Coleman-Franken contest? | Joe Kimball
  - Census effort gearing up in Hennepin County | Joe Kimball
  - Minnesota dentists oppose governor's proposed cuts to dental care for poor adults | Joe Kimball
  - Govs. Pawlenty and Doyle have plans to share and save | Joe Kimball
  - Daily Glean: Norm's fundraiser sues Norm's landlord | David Brauer
  - Soul man: Chuck Lofy on you and me and the world's fragile post-crash psyche | Jim Walsh
  - Questionable pitching move: Twins swap Charles Nolte for Jason Jones | Aaron Gleeman
- Monday, March 30, 2009
  - Chris Coleman will have challengers ... for mayor's race | Joe Kimball
  - Update: Twins players glad for end of spring training; Morales gets backup catching job | Pat Borzi
  - He's back ... Gov. Pawlenty returns to flood zone | Joe Kimball
  - Update: St. Paul memo argues gang has history of disruptive activity at Cinco de Mayo | Joe Kimball
  - Hunger report shows food shelf use up sharply in 2008 | Joe Kimball
  - There ain't no bugs in me: Anti-antibiotics bill irks agribusiness | Mark Neuzil
  - St. Paul hopes to make pre-emptive strike with lawsuit to keep gangs away from Cinco de Mayo festival | Joe Kimball
  - Gimme a ticket for a fast train, but to Winona or Rochester? | Joe Kimball
  - Daily Glean: GOP: No prob if Minnesota Senate seat vacant for 'years' | David Brauer
  - GOP senator threatens ‘World War III’ if Senate tries to seat Franken before Coleman federal appeal | MinnPost staff
  - Foundation group throws out big ideas to shake up state budget talks | Scott Russell
- Sunday, March 29, 2009
  - Senate map 2010 still spells trouble for G-O-P | Eric Black
- Friday, March 27, 2009
  - Former Northfield mayor has court hearing over alleged conflict in liquor store deal | Joe Kimball
  - Time to discuss the upcoming severe weather season | Dave Dahl
  - Gov. Pawlenty back on flood watch in Moorhead | Joe Kimball
  - Fargo officials vow to 'stand and defend' against rising river | Chuck Haga
  - KFAI program to discuss health-care reform | Casey Selix
  - Daily Glean: Double trouble in Norm DonorGate saga | David Brauer
  - New Agriculture Department program to help Minnesota dairy farmers | Joe Kimball
  - Red Cross beefs up flood presence | Joe Kimball
  - Twins Notes: Mijares, Duensing, Floyd, Baker and Koskie | Aaron Gleeman
  - My visit to Tijuana -- and a journey into the world of Mexico's drug wars | Sharon Schmickle
  - Obama declares state of emergency in flood area; temporary changes for health care also enacted | Joe Kimball
- Thursday, March 26, 2009
  - New Minnesota website goes live: Follow the money | Joe Kimball
  - Cooperation seen in moving seniors from flood areas | Joe Kimball
  - Outstate Minnesota cities fear LGA cuts, too | Joe Kimball
  - Michele Bachmann gets pro-business award | Joe Kimball
  - Wisconsin legislator coming to learn about budgeting. From us? | Joe Kimball
  - Stillwater mayor held at gunpoint ... by Bayport cops | Joe Kimball
  - Daily Glean: The Freedom to Look Foolish Act | David Brauer
  - Minnesota community members ponder what to do to address continuing racial achievement gap | Cynthia Boyd
  - Science news: Why Americans know so little | Sharon Schmickle
- Wednesday, March 25, 2009
  - MPCA uses low-tech method to clean up contamination | Joe Kimball
  - Survey: Many American Indians think race relations in Bemidji are poor | Joe Kimball
  - Washington County Board extends 4-H through Fair season, then county funding is plowed under | Joe Kimball
  - Daily Glean: Brains ... nun's brains ... | David Brauer
  - Health insurance watch: Some good news amid grim numbers | Casey Selix
  - No passport needed for Beyond Borders film fest | Rob Nelson
- Tuesday, March 24, 2009
  - David Metzen picked to head Minnesota Office of Higher Education | Joe Kimball
  - Coleman-Franken recount: Here's the full advisory opinion from the FEC | Jay Weiner
  - Duluth mayor rolls the dice on street-paving plan | Joe Kimball
  - Daily Glean: Thanks a lot, Federal Elections Commission! | David Brauer
  - St. Paul mayoral aide Grewing named 'Up and Coming' attorney | Joe Kimball
  - Austin, Texas, school board makes it official: Carstarphen's the new superintendent | Joe Kimball
  - Minnesota Budget Project notes surcharge and return to ’98 tax rates as budget fixes | Doug Grow
  - Mauer's uncertain return poses long-term, not short-term, problem for Twins | Aaron Gleeman
- Monday, March 23, 2009
  - Gov. Pawlenty continues western flood tour, stops in Breckenridge for more Red River briefings | Joe Kimball
  - Gov. Pawlenty to check flood preparations in Moorhead | Joe Kimball
  - Cory Tennison in the running for Ramsey County Attorney, too | Joe Kimball
  - Mailing of Ramsey County tax notices delayed -- but they're coming | Joe Kimball
  - Coleman-Franken recount: While we wait, some folks vent | Jay Weiner
  - Court blocks rule allowing concealed guns in national parks | Mark Neuzil
  - Daily Glean: Could a carrot end Norm's shtick? | David Brauer
  - The first -- of many? -- Ramsey County Attorney candidate emerges | Joe Kimball
- Friday, March 20, 2009
  - Rep. Greiling, education advocate, lambastes comments from head of teachers' union | Doug Grow
  - Gov. Pawlenty activates National Guard for Red River Valley flood preparations | Joe Kimball
  - SOS Mark Ritchie says proposed legislation would strengthen Minnesota voting system | MinnPost staff
  - March Madness partying comes to a screeching halt for hard-charging Bison and their fans | Steve Aschburner
  - Daily Glean: Norm's lawyer: We'll lose | David Brauer
  - Despite rumors, Hillcrest Country Club in St. Paul not affected by Madoff scheme | Joe Kimball
  - Symbolic Duluth City Council pay cut proposal draws fire | Joe Kimball
  - Video report: How bad was winter this year? | Dave Dahl
  - Should Nevis stop the @?%*# swearing in the city bar? | Joe Kimball
  - Senate recount case: Coleman lawyer Friedberg pretty much concedes trial defeat and looks to appeal | Jay Weiner
- Thursday, March 19, 2009
  - House DFLers offer their 'general' budget fix to address state deficit | Doug Grow
  - Senate recount trial: Coleman side opposes two voters in the ‘Nauen 61’ group | Jay Weiner
  - School districts want wind tax money back in budgets | Joe Kimball
  - Duluth pension dilemma: Retirees vs. current workers | Joe Kimball
  - Roseville library to close for major renovation; temporary site will open in May two miles away | Joe Kimball
  - Daily Glean: AIG brings spotlight to three | David Brauer
  - McKnight Foundation commits $100 million to combat climate change | Ron Way
- Wednesday, March 18, 2009
  - Minnesota preparing for possible Red River floods | Joe Kimball
  - Senate recount trial: Election law expert says Coleman doesn't have strong equal protection claim | Jay Weiner
  - Citizens with disabilities want accessible light rail improvments | Joe Kimball
  - Education secretary to join Biden in St. Cloud; tickets will be distributed today | Joe Kimball
  - Recession hits White Earth reservation; pay freeze enacted | Joe Kimball
  - Daily Glean: Pawlenty to indigents: No hospitals for you! | David Brauer
  - My take on the Top 40 Twins prospects of 2009 | Aaron Gleeman
- Tuesday, March 17, 2009
  - Coleman-Franken trial: Both sides submit 'findings of fact' to the judges, confirming their closing arguments | Jay Weiner
  - College basketball: The women's NCAA 'scorecard' is far better than the men's | Jay Weiner
  - 'Hospital food' takes a turn for the better; HCMC signs sustainable-fare pledge | Joe Kimball
  - Restaurant opens in St. Paul's old Gallivan's, famed former hangout for City Hall politicians and judges | Joe Kimball
  - Daily Glean: Pawlenty admits budget will hike property taxes $600 million | David Brauer
  - Hennepin County gets high marks for webcasts | Joe Kimball
  - How will Washington pay for the transportation fix-up? | Steve Berg
- Monday, March 16, 2009
  - Gov. Pawlenty schedules Tuesday press conference to discuss his revised budget | Joe Kimball
  - NCAA tournament time: Study tracks players in the classroom, not the basketball court | Jay Weiner
  - Contradictory reports on Norm Coleman as possible new RNC chief | Joe Kimball
  - Governor Pawlenty and Iron Range legislators meet at Mancini's | Joe Kimball
  - Legislative auditor's report wants more emphasis on jobs at state's two-year colleges | Joe Kimball
  - St. Cloud mayor invited to Biden meeting on Thursday | Joe Kimball
  - Daily Glean: Putting marijuana in the state Constitution? | David Brauer
  - Attn. Mr. President: Some of the lethal effects of smoking come pronto | Dr. Craig Bowron
  - Twin Cities-based Jeremiah Program goes national | Scott Russell
- Friday, March 13, 2009
  - Coleman-Franken trial: Final arguments over; timing of judges' decision unknown | Jay Weiner
  - Chicago-Twin Cities high speed rail: Should a line serve both downtowns or just St. Paul? | Steve Berg
  - Sunday liquor sales proposal not a big hit with liquor stores in Austin, Minn. | Joe Kimball
  - Governor Pawlenty speaks in Worthington on budget, education | Joe Kimball
  - Daily Glean: When DFLers spend less than Pawlenty | David Brauer
  - Congressman Ellison and Mayor Rybak lead rally this morning to support Obama budget | Joe Kimball
  - Video report: Fleeing Bhutan for a better life in Minnesota | Steve Date
  - Time to prepare for spring flooding | Dave Dahl
  - Bill would allow regional libraries to charge nonresidents for library cards | Joe Kimball
- Thursday, March 12, 2009
  - Franken side rests case; on now to technical matters | Jay Weiner
  - Vietnam veterans in Minnesota to be honored June 13 with special event at the Capitol | Joe Kimball
  - Formaldehyde present in many kids' bath products, tests find | Ron Way
  - My candid assessment: Gophers fall short of NCAA Tournament berth | Pat Borzi
  - Daily Glean: Norm's universe shrinks as Franken's lead grows | David Brauer
  - The RNC filled the streets of both downtowns | Joe Kimball
  - Pawlenty mentioned in The Atlantic's look at likely 2012 GOP presidential candidates | Joe Kimball
- Wednesday, March 11, 2009
  - Franken team can’t rest yet; also: another legal scuffle, and Coleman fundraising takes a hit | Jay Weiner
  - Bachmann back on the airwaves today | Joe Kimball
  - Database woes, Part II: Norm Coleman donor list leaked | Joe Kimball
  - Database error revealed non-public information: hometowns of state employees | Joe Kimball
  - Daily Glean: Cocky about prospects, Franken forces rest case | David Brauer
  - Coleman-Franken trial: As Franken side prepares to rest, court takes the morning off | Jay Weiner
  - 'Uncivil Wars': Bush era prompted David Gordon to revisit land of roundheads, pointheads, war and deficits | Camille LeFevre
- Tuesday, March 10, 2009
  - Senate recount trial: Franken side will rest its case Wednesday | Jay Weiner
  - Senate recount trial: Legal apples don’t fall far from the Franken team’s tree | Jay Weiner
  - Minneapolis plans energy-saving hour of darkness on March 28 | Joe Kimball
  - Innovative bike programs to be announced this morning | Joe Kimball
  - Daily Glean: Minnesota's tax system: more punishment for the poor | David Brauer
  - U of M regent selection finalized by Legislature | Joe Kimball
  - Baker contract extension a classic risk-reward situation for both pitcher and Twins | Aaron Gleeman
- Monday, March 9, 2009
  - Senate recount trial updates: 80 registration forms, ‘shrinking’ Coleman ballot universe and Bell case | Jay Weiner
  - In yet another BWCA skirmish, planned snowmobile trail is ruled legal (and not in BWCA) | Mark Neuzil
  - Pre-Labor Day school starts nixed at Capitol | Joe Kimball
  - Capitol flap over reporter access: online reporters on the House floor, or only traditional media? | Joe Kimball
  - Coleman-Franken trial: Check of secrecy envelopes produces 80 'newly eligible' absentee votes | Jay Weiner
  - An ad-verse reaction to Senate recount trial inaction | Joe Kimball
  - Funeral Tuesday for Jerry Lantry, St. Paul labor and civic leader | Joe Kimball
  - Senate recount trial: Week Seven begins with Franken side presenting more ballots it hopes to add | Jay Weiner
  - Daily Glean: Pawlenty shifts again | David Brauer
- Friday, March 6, 2009
  - Minnesota Supreme Court denies election certificate for Franken | MinnPost staff
  - Lawmaker revising controversial bill on headwear | Sharon Schmickle
  - Coleman-Franken trial: Short morning, lots of arguments to come this afternoon | Jay Weiner
  - Forest Lake looks at four-day school week but says no | Joe Kimball
  - Northern residents petition to keep county lands open to ATVs and snowmobiles | Joe Kimball
  - Daily Glean: In picking U.S. attorney, Klobuchar continues Clinton restoration | David Brauer
  - Think you have a tough job? Try putting together Major League Baseball's schedule and pleasing 30 teams | Pat Borzi
  - Capitol rally Saturday to support disabled and aging Minnesotans | Joe Kimball
  - Former Minneapolis Council President Alice Rainville remembered with moment of silence and half-staff flag | Joe Kimball
- Thursday, March 5, 2009
  - Norm Coleman jokes with reporters about trial length | Joe Kimball
  - B. Todd Jones, Amy Klobuchar and Kirby Puckett: When they collided | Jay Weiner
  - Senate recount trial: Ginsberg reacts to Franken motion to dismiss | Jay Weiner
  - Senate recount trial: Franken files motion to dismiss most of Coleman’s claims | Jay Weiner
  - Transit agencies forced to tighten belts, even as demand rises | Steve Berg
  - Laid-off workers in Duluth may be back on the job | Joe Kimball
  - Southern Minnesota has an economic recovery guru | Joe Kimball
  - Daily Glean: The state's employment Mecca: Minneapolis?! | David Brauer
  - Online driver's training proposal gets initial approval | Joe Kimball
  - Twin Cities make Top 10 list of Energy Star buildings | Joe Kimball
  - Feds' proposed expansion of lynx habitat includes several Minnesota counties | Mark Neuzil
- Wednesday, March 4, 2009
  - Marjorie Caldwell Hagen sentenced to probation in Arizona fraud case | Joe Kimball
  - No stimulus dough for southern Minnesota school district | Joe Kimball
  - Documentary looks at homeless youth in Minnesota | Joe Kimball
  - Franken said it in 1996: Rush is the Republican 'national precinct chairman' | Joe Kimball
  - New U of M football stadium embraces all 87 counties with stone carvings | Joe Kimball
  - Daily Glean: Was Petters stoolie already a stoolie? | David Brauer
  - A 'holiday' to remember: On March 4, 1933, Minnesota closed its banks | Iric Nathanson
- Tuesday, March 3, 2009
  - Top Hennepin County executives to take unpaid leave | Joe Kimball
  - Franken’s quick response to Coleman’s ‘do-over election’ proposal: No way, no how | Jay Weiner
  - Senate recount trial: Franken begins his case with parade of voters | Jay Weiner
  - Federal stimulus funds save the day in Deficit Day budget forecast | Doug Grow
  - Daily Glean: When is a $4.57 billion state deficit good news? | David Brauer
  - To save costs, Rainy River Community College provost eliminates his own job | Joe Kimball
- Monday, March 2, 2009
  - Coleman-Franken trial: Wildlife Fund offers contest for political party animals | Jay Weiner
  - Coleman-Franken trial: Sides salute lawyer Friedberg as he turns 72 | Jay Weiner
  - Low-income Minnesotans skip more than 125 million meals a year | Joe Kimball
  - Norm Coleman staff dissipating as election trial drags on | Joe Kimball
  - Legislature can finish on time, Minnesota House speaker says | Joe Kimball
  - Senate recount trial: Coleman side wrapping up but raises questions about secretary of state’s records | Jay Weiner
  - Cities launch PR campaign to save LGA payments | Joe Kimball
  - St. Peter merchants worry stimulus highway project will hinder commerce | Joe Kimball
  - Police misconduct during RNC alleged in civil lawsuits | Joe Kimball
  - Oh (my goodness) -- Minnesota revenue forecast coming Tuesday | Joe Kimball
  - Pros and cons of the Star Tribune's union battles | Sharon Schmickle
  - Another gloomy economic roller-coaster ride | Doug Grow

More Posts