POLITICS
STAFF BLOG EH? PLUS 'Buttcrack' billboard concerns Duluth couple
A Duluth couple wrote an e-mail to Mayor Don Ness and the City Council on Wednesday, urging them to create an ordinance that would ban indecent billboards like the one along Arrowhead Road between S...
Posted on 6/14/13 at 12:01 AM
THIS WOMAN WRITES Chickens, Dishwashing, and Keynesian Economics
You know, you wouldn't think that Sicilian Buttercup chickens would have much to do with the U.S. economy, healthcare -- yours or society's -- or even whether to wash your dishes by hand or use a dish...
Posted on 5/10/13 at 2:48 PM
RURAL REFLECTIONS Rural Reflections Radio
Here is this week's Rural Reflections Radio program, Bullitt...
Posted on 5/10/13 at 10:39 AM
STAFF BLOG OIL PATCH DISPATCH N.D. House rejects oil tax reform bill
BISMARCK -- House legislators Wednesday rejected an oil tax reform bill that would have lowered the oil extraction tax, closed a tax loophole for low-producing wells and set up guidelines for a new tr...
Posted on 5/1/13 at 7:22 PM
STAFF BLOG JIMMY JABBER Duluth-area leaders bring a message of thanks to Capitol
ST. PAUL Previous years visits to the state Capitol by Northeastern Minnesota community leaders included requests to fund projects such as an airport terminal, a hockey arena, an intermodal transpo...
Posted on 2/14/13 at 1:00 AM
National view: Amtrak bill gives dogs their due ride 
For reasons that remain mysterious, Amtrak allows only service dogs. This, despite the fact that domestic pets are more than welcome on airplanes for a fee. But four House members have proposed the Pets on Trains Act of 2013 to allow people to travel with their domestic pets.
By Kathleen Parker , June 09, 2013
National view: Obama’s inaction dooms Syrian rebels
The United States has lost all legitimacy as its bystander president weakly declares the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria must go, but won't commit to stopping it.
By Charles Krauthammer , June 09, 2013
Move by Wisconsin lawmakers to quash journalism center draws criticism
A conservative radio talk show host and a moderate Republican state senator on Thursday both bashed a move to quash an investigative journalism center on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
By Associated Press report , June 06, 2013
New Jersey attorney general named to fill U.S. Senate seat
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie named a longtime colleague, state Attorney General Jeffrey Chiesa, to temporarily fill the U.S. Senate seat Thursday that opened up this week after Frank Lautenberg's death.
By Associated Press report , June 06, 2013
Emmer jumps into Minnesota's 6th District race
Tom Emmer, the Republican who narrowly lost the last governor's race to Mark Dayton, kicked off his attempt at a political comeback Wednesday as he joined the 2014 race to succeed Michele Bachmann in Congress.
By Associated Press report , June 06, 2013
Legislator's column: Goals were accomplished this session
Last year, you sent a loud message directed at legislators: The status quo is not an option. DFL majorities were elected to the Senate and the House to work cooperatively with a DFL governor for the first time in a generation.
By Erik Simonson , June 06, 2013
Reader’s view: Obama doesn’t want US to be world’s protector
Whether we Americans believe it, or whether we are “Obominated” not to admit it, we are at war with Islamist-
By Arthur C. Barschdorf , June 06, 2013
Other view: Let DNA ruling alter conversation in Minn.
The U.S. Supreme Court got it right when it comes to police collecting DNA samples from people arrested for serious crimes. It should be allowed.
By Albert Lea (Minn.) Tribune , June 06, 2013
Bygones for Thursday, June 6, 2013
News Tribune, June 6, 1973
June 06, 2013
Emmer to run for Michele Bachmann's seat in Congress
Tom Emmer, the Republican who narrowly lost the last governor's race to Mark Dayton, kicked off his attempt at a political comeback Wednesday as he joined the 2014 race to succeed Michele Bachmann in Congress.
By Associated Press staff , June 05, 2013
House committee to discuss synthetic drugs Friday in Duluth
The committee will be led by Rep. Erik Simonson, DFL-Duluth, who said last week that his own community seems a logical place in which to begin a larger discussion.
By News Tribune staff , June 05, 2013
2nd lawsuit filed over Minnesota child-care-union law
The lawsuit filed today pairs with another federal case also seeking to overturn the law.
By Associated Press report , June 05, 2013
TSA drops plan to allow knives, bats, golf clubs on planes
The Transportation Security Administration proposal had drawn fierce opposition from lawmakers, airlines and others who said it would place passengers and crews at risk.
By Joan Lowy , June 05, 2013
Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism targeted
The center no longer could be housed at the University of Wisconsin under a provision added to the state budget.
By Associated Press report , June 05, 2013
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