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Integration revenue task force approves plan
On Tuesday the integration revenue task force approved a plan they will submit to the Minnesota legislature for how $110 million of integration revenue should be repurposed.MORE »
Future of Ford site up in the air
What will fill one hundred and twenty-two acres of prime real estate overlooking the Mississippi River in Highland Park, where the Ford assembly plant operated from 1924 until December 16, 2011? The Ford Motor Company owns the property and is now looking to sell it to a developer.MORE »
Minneapolis helps Muslim businesses follow Sharia law
In 2005, Afrik Grocery and Halal Meat on Cedar Avenue needed to expand. Owner Abdi Adem, who operates his business under Sharia law, needed to find a loan that funded the expansion and complied with his religious beliefs.
Finding the loan was easier than he expected.MORE »
Education advocate is moving on
At age eight, Rep. Mindy Greiling (DFL-Roseville) knew she wanted to become a teacher. Years later, her accomplishments would include earning both a bachelor’s and master’s degrees in education, teaching in St.MORE »
OPINION | Suppressing votes of people with disabilities
What if all the residents in your city faced unnecessary requirements that prevented them from exercising their right to vote? What if all citizens in your entire county faced hurdles that kept them from getting to the polls on Election Day?MORE »
THURSDAY PICK | El Dorado Conquistador Museum: Now with more booze and photo booths
Have you ever been to Minneapolis's El Dorado Conquistador Museum? No? Oh, but I think you have. Have you ever been to the Kitty Cat Klub? Local writer Eric Dregni formerly curated the museum—er, "museum"—in a law school bookstore, but the gems of the collection are now on view in the KCK's pool room. It's what's left of America's only museum dedicated to the effluence of kitschy conquistadors that became faddish in the late 60s and early 70s after Man of La Mancha became a smash hit on Broadway and in movie theaters.MORE »
FRIDAY PICK | Happy birthday to the Big Wu
One of my dad's proudest achievements as a parent is having introduced my brother Joe to the jam band that Joe and his friends, as teenagers, followed across the Upper Midwest in our family's giant conversion van. (Bumper sticker: where the heck is the big wu?) Minnesota's answer to the Grateful Dead have been chooglin' for two decades now, and they'll celebrate that landmark on February 10 at the Cabooze with what they describe as "the type of music that wants to course through your veins." Expect a crowd full of well-tracked ditches.MORE »
THEATER | "Crashing the Party" at Mixed Blood Theatre makes its world premiere
Crashing the Party, a world premiere play by Josh Tobiessen, is a comedy about a family's pursuit of the ever-elusive American dream. Below are photos from a rehearsal of the play, which opens on February 10 at Mixed Blood Theatre.MORE »
Minnesota rabbis oppose marriage amendment
On Nov. 6, Minnesota voters will be asked this question: “Shall the Minnesota Constitution be amended to provide that only a union of one man and one woman shall be valid or recognized as a marriage in Minnesota?”MORE »
New apartments push out small businesses around University
The growing number of luxury apartments around the University of Minnesota campus is drawing concern from small businesses in the area.
The high rent rates of commercial space in buildings like Sydney Hall and 1301 University Ave. have ousted a number of local business, said Skott Johnson, president of the Dinkytown Business Association.MORE »
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