Melissa Slachetka, Writer

Minnesota voters would decide this fall whether they want to keep electing judges to office or change the system in an attempt to prevent partisan election campaigns for the juducial branch, if a bill headed for a vote in the Senate is approved.MORE »

Jeanette Fordyce (in video) tells why she is a citizen journalist. If you'd like to be a citizen journailst, too, click here and scroll down to the Assignment Desk to see some stories we are working on - and some stories we'd like to see written.MORE »

Mamma Mia! opened on Tuesday for a six-day run at the Orpheum Theatre. I had not seen the stage production or the movie and did not even know the story line. It was clear from the beginning of the show that in that respect I was in the minority: the audience enthusiastically applauded each song.MORE »