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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for February 2015

Health

Students get their turn to memorialize David Carr

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 19, 2015, 8:34 AM Feb 19, 2015
1

Unlike his funeral this week, there were no big stars in Boston yesterday to remember David Carr, the Minnesota native and New York Times media critic who died last week. There were only kids — students in Carr’s class at Boston University.
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Sports

Return of the Timberwolves prodigal son?

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 19, 2015, 7:12 AM Feb 19, 2015
28

Bringing back yesterday’s stars is a thing in Minnesota sports now and the Minnesota Timberwolves appear ready to get on board. Read more →

Arts & Culture · Education

S. Washington County school bands to play on

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 19, 2015, 6:32 AM Feb 19, 2015
2

Let’s follow up on last month’s post asking when music in schools is going to get a little respect.

The answer in South Washington County, which sparked the post because it intended to cut music programs in elementary schools, is: tonite. Read more →

In flag flap, a pass for St. Paul

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 18, 2015, 4:40 PM Feb 18, 2015
5

Based on a letter to the Pioneer Press today, I was expecting a lot worse on Saint Paul’s Wabasha bridge when checked out the American flags on it today.
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Politics

Wisconsin’s pay-raise controversy: state troopers

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 18, 2015, 12:15 PM Feb 18, 2015
8

It doesn’t appear as though Wisconsin state troopers are going to get a raise. Read more →

Sports · Weather

Today is the first day of spring

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 18, 2015, 11:32 AM Feb 18, 2015
8

For baseball fans, today is groundhog day. The day when pitchers and catchers see their shadows, signifying the beginning of spring. Read more →

Economy

Report: Millions in farm subsidies go to dead farmers

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 18, 2015, 10:24 AM Feb 18, 2015
41

You can’t take it with you when you die but you can keep making money after you’re gone if you’re a farmer.
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Weather

Time running out for ice-cave access on Superior

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 18, 2015, 9:16 AM Feb 18, 2015
0

The chances are dwindling that the ice caves on Lake Superior will be available to you this year. Read more →

Politics

There’s more to Minneapolis than its whiteness

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 18, 2015, 8:06 AM Feb 18, 2015
25

Even the mayor of Minneapolis acknowledged on Tom Weber’s program on Minnesota Public Radio yesterday that there’s no equitable distribution of the good life that The Atlantic so portrayed in its article. Read more →

Education · Sports

Faribault dance team gets its due

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 18, 2015, 6:43 AM Feb 18, 2015
32

Snubbed by other competitors and their enabling coaches and parents, the Faribault High School dance team got a little love from their own community yesterday.
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12 minutes of loon calls on Wagner Lake

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 18, 2015, 5:37 AM Feb 18, 2015
2

The Nature Soundmap provides long recordings of the natural world. Four of them are in Minnesota. Read more →

Politics

1,000 Words: Joe Biden’s hands

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 17, 2015, 4:12 PM Feb 17, 2015
20

Joe Biden swore in the new secretary of defense today, then whispered sweet somethings into his wife’s ear. Read more →

Arts & Culture

Dreams of Lakshmi Singh

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 17, 2015, 1:19 PM Feb 17, 2015
2

It’s only a matter of time before some enterprising public radio station gives away ‘I Am Lakshmi Singh’ hats during a pledge drive.

Tote bags? So very yesterday. Read more →

Health · Politics

MNsure’s birth: A tale of incompetence, report suggests

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 17, 2015, 12:46 PM Feb 17, 2015
12

Today’s release of the review of MNsure from the Office of the Legislative Auditor leaves a big question for MNsure’s board of directors: What were you thinking when you put such incompetence on the payroll? Read more →

Crime and Justice · Sports

Court upholds DNR fish restrictions on Mille Lacs

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 17, 2015, 10:36 AM Feb 17, 2015
0

The Minnesota Court of Appeals today upheld the authority of the Department of Natural Resources to regulate the size and number of fish taken from Lake Mille Lacs.
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