Government
SECIA votes to allocate loan funds to stay open
For the past two decades, the Southeast Como Improvement Association (SECIA) has depended on funds from the Neighborhood Revitalization Program to fund community programs and improve the neighborhood's facilities. MORE »
Higher education key to Minnesota's economic growth
Yesterday, fellow think tank Growth and Justice issued a press release and op-ed by its president, Dane Smith, about the need for Minnesota's next governor to focus on higher education attainment. They couldn't be more on point.MORE »
CREW requests House investigation of Bachmann rally
Rep. Michele Bachmann's (R-MN) continued ethical lapses are getting noticed. Bachmann had used her House website to promote her rally against healthcare reform. Now Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) want an investigation into this lapse:MORE »
Pawlenty abandons reason, embraces climate denial
2012 Republican presidential candidate and occasional Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty's presidential campaign official jumped the shark today. Or maybe this is the official kick-off. Hard to tell.MORE »
Minnesota EWOKs jailed in Iowa
According to Scott DeMuth's lawyer, Barbara Ann Nimis, Scott DeMuth and Carrie Feldman were taken into custody for contempt of court after refusing to answer grand jury questions. They had been given total use immunity, which means they could not face criminal charges based on the answers they gave, with the exception of charges for perjury if they lied under oath. Now they both could be held in jail for up to 11 months which is the duration of this current grand jury. MORE »
Will Pawlenty's health care "solution" create problems?
We recently learned that after ending health insurance for 30,000 of the poorest Minnesotans on a program called General Assistance Medical Care (GAMC), Governor Pawlenty plans to shift most of these individuals to MinnesotaCare.MORE »
How competitive is Minnesota's First Congressional District?
To judge from the chatter dutifully blogged by the Rochester Post Bulletin's political reporter and Tea Party stenographer Heather Carlson, readers might think that Democratic Congressman Tim Walz was in danger of losing his seat long before the Republican Party endorses a MORE »
Exploring another minimum wage increase
Raising the minimum wage creates a multiplier effect. A minimum wage increase will result in billions of dollars in additional sales for businesses in Minnesota. Low-income workers spend a higher proportion of their wages than members of middle class. This is what economists mean when they say low-income workers have a high marginal propensity to consume.MORE »
St.Thomas Law School: You're Out of Bounds
Tackling Torture at the Top (T3), after successfully chasing Condoleezza Rice out of town, returned to its work at the University of St. Thomas Law School and Prof. Robert Delahunty of the-Geneva-Conventions-do-not-apply-to-al-Qaeda-and-Taliban-detainees fame.MORE »
Is there a threat to unite us? 8 DFL governor candidates respond
"What is the greatest threat to Minnesota right now, that we can all unite around, and what will be your strategy to solve this problem?"MORE »
