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Sports Facility says probe of Wilf finances will continue 27 Aug 2013 | 12:34 am
Sorry, but they are going to check the books … Jim Ragsdale of the Strib reports: “The chair of the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority, which is trying to put a new Vikings stadium project back on ...
Sen. Franken and U.S. Rep. McCollum to appear at hunger forum 26 Aug 2013 | 10:57 pm
With the federal food assistance program SNAP embroiled in the farm bill battle in Congress, U.S. Sen. Al Franken and Congresswoman Betty McCollum will appear at a hunger forum Tuesday in St. Paul Par...
Parts of state Capitol Mall lawn to be torn up for temporary parking lots 26 Aug 2013 | 10:16 pm
Say goodbye — for now — to big parts of the pristine Minnesota state Capitol lawn. It's not drought-related: The Capitol Mall grass will be torn up and paved with asphalt to make temporary parking lo...
State Fair forum offers lively Minneapolis mayoral debate over pension issue 26 Aug 2013 | 08:34 pm
An eight-way discussion about two Minneapolis pension funds is not the sort of thing that attracts a crowd at the State Fair. It did, however, offer a glimpse at how eight of the city’s 35 mayoral ca...
Hussein Samatar, 'an extraordinary leader,' dies at 45 26 Aug 2013 | 08:10 pm
Hussein Samatar Hussein Samatar, founder of the African Development Center and a member of the Minneapolis School Board, died Sunday of complications arising from leukemia. He was 45. The first pers...
Women’s Equality Day: Celebrating the expansion of voting rights 26 Aug 2013 | 07:58 pm
Barataria The long list of calls settled itself into the monotone of routine. “Hi, my name is Erik, and I’m calling for Jim Scheibel, your DFL candidate for Mayor of Saint Paul.” The 1989 election ...
Mental health/addiction beat donations now at $4,665 26 Aug 2013 | 07:22 pm
Monday, Aug. 26, update: Funding for MinnPost's new beat covering mental health and addiction issues continued to grow over the weekend. The total now stands at $4,665. We need $5,335 more to meet ou...
GOP candidates for governor tackle Dayton, heat at State Fair forum 26 Aug 2013 | 07:21 pm
Gov. Mark Dayton should be prepared for a bill to repeal the new warehousing tax during the upcoming special legislative session. Republican candidate for governor and state Rep. Kurt Zellers promise...
Short interactions with someone from a different ethnic group can reduce prejudices, study finds 26 Aug 2013 | 06:58 pm
People who freely take part, even briefly, in another person’s culture will later express fewer prejudices toward members of that culture’s ethnic group, a new study from Stanford University has found...
Syria agrees to give UN access to site of chemical weapons attack 26 Aug 2013 | 06:45 pm
Syria agreed Sunday to give UN inspectors full access to the site of a purported chemical weapons attack amid accusations of a cover-up by White House officials. The decision, first reported by AFP a...
