News Day
Racial disparities in hiring? Just slash human rights budget
(Photo, courtesy of HIRE, shows demonstrators assembled to deliver petition to Governor Dayton.)
Last week a coalition of community organizations asked Governor Mark Dayton to veto Republican-backed legislation that will slash the Minnesota Department of Human Rights budget by a crippling 50-65 percent. The mission of the department is to:MORE »
"Streamlining" endangers environment, takes away local control
Jim Falk, a fourth generation farmer from Swift County, warns that pending legislation billed as "streamlining" environmental protection actually endangers community rights and local control.
The Minnesota Environmental Partnership is hosting a Stop the Rollback news conference at the State Capitol (Room 125) this morning (March 3) at 10:30 a.m. MORE »
"Strong Schools, Strong Communities" plan proposes mergers, changes for St. Paul schools
With a $27 million shortfall in 2010 and a looming $20 million shortfall in 2011, St. Paul schools have been faced with hard choices.MORE »
NEWS DAY | "Me llevo a la migra"
“The Border Patrol took me.” That was the Facebook message from Mary Givins, a librarian and native-born U.S. citizen who lives in Tucson. She had been visiting in Mexico, a short visit, along with her adult daughter, Luce Guillen-Givins, who is also a native-born U.S. citizen (and lives in Minnesota). Why were these two U.S. citizens detained for eight hours by the U.S.MORE »
NEWS DAY | Jobs in Minnesota, floods in Pakistan, fires in Russia
Minnesota added 9,800 jobs in July, and the unemployment rate held steady at 6.8 percent, compared to a national unemployment rate of 9.5 percent. The increase in jobs is particularly significant, given that government employment in Minnesota dropped by 9,100, including 1,400 temporary census jobs. Overall, Minnesota employment has increased by 29,100 during the past 12 months. MORE »
NEWS DAY | Primary results, winners, losers
12:25 Dayton wins DFL nomination!
AT 6 a.m., the Secretary of State website showed 93 percent of precincts reporting, with Mark Dayton leading by 176,229 votes (41.13 percent) to Margaret Anderson Kelliher's 171,252 votes (39.97 percent). Kelliher has not yet conceded, nor has Dayton claimed victory. Matt Entenza, who conceded early in the evening, trailed far behind with 77,944 votes.
In St. Paul, Rena Moran in House District 65A and John Harrington in Senate District 67 have won the DFL nominations.
NEWS DAY | Let them eat cake - cutting food stamps / Minnesota Somalis in the news
People can't afford to eat, so Congress is set to vote Tuesday to balance the budget by cutting food stamps. They plan to cut an average of $15 from the average $124 per person food stamp benefit that 40.8 million Americans use to buy bread and milk. (Food stamps are now called SNAP - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.)MORE »
NEWS DAY | Work and home at risk
The latest federal unemployment statistics, released August 5, show a 9.5 percent July unemployment rate, unchanged since June.MORE »
WEEKEND HEADLINES: Somali arrests / Koua Fong Lee freed
Watch for updates throughout the weekend -
Two Minnesota Somali women were charged with aiding al-Shabaab in a new federal indictment released Thursday. Both women were released after a court hearing, and will return to court for further proceedings, according to MPR. The indictment charges Amina Farah Ali, 33, and Hawo Mohamed Hassan, 63, both of Rochester, with sending money to al-Shabaab. Ali talked to MPR about the FBI investigation in July 2009, and said they told her to stop shipping old clothes to refugees:MORE »
NEWS DAY | Big Brother Bob Fletcher / Zinging SJU and the Freedom Foundation / When colleges lie - and profit
Big Brother Bob Fletcher is watching you and he wants you to watch your neighbors, too. He has just rolled out a spy site on the web, where would-be watchers can choose one of ten cameras to watch. They're pretty boring, but some criminal someday may be stupid enough to do something unlawful while you are watching. This is all part of the continuing RNC security saga, which funded more than a hundred spy cams for the Twin Cities. If you remember, the St. Paul police had lots of cameras, but no one watching - Lights, cameras -- but no action for St. Paul police. Fletcher has been planning his web cop project since at least January.
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