Bob Collins
Farmers in the path of the enormous CapX2020 electric transmission line project have won a victory at the Minnesota Supreme Court against utility companies involved in the project. Read more →
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Economy
But yesterday’s announcement is type that sends shivers down the spine of working stiffs. The good times only last so long, and any of us can be next. Read more →
The Forbes list of the world’s richest people leads us to wonder: Is Minnesota ever going to have a billionaire not named MacMillan, Carlson, Hubbard or Taylor? Read more →
An Iowa man has ‘one upped’ the story of the Detroit man who walked 21 miles a day to get to his job.
Steve Simoff’s daily journey is 35 miles along I-35. Read more →
We’ve become a little reluctant over the years to pass along the ‘look at the nice thing a homeless person did’ videos — homeless people are people too, fully capable of the kindness that others are capable of. On the other hand, it’s not as if the problem of homelessness has become overly humanized. Read more →
Despite claims to the contrary, people don’t want to fly to and from rural parts of Minnesota and the rest of the country. If they did, the planes wouldn’t be empty. Read more →
This is the sort of scandal that can keep the media and Washington talking for weeks. The opportunists smell blood in the water.
That’s weeks longer than the scandal about homeless veterans in America. Read more →
It’s the Pillsbury mansion in Wayzata on Lake Minnetonka and it’s on the market, Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal reports. Read more →
Though it didn’t come up much in last fall’s campaign, the minimum wage issue is back at the Capitol in Saint Paul where a Republican lawmaker is carrying a restaurant-industry-written bill to trim the minimum wage increase for servers. Read more →
Over the last week, there has been plenty of debate over The Atlantic’s Miracle of Minneapolis story, which said “says “no other place mixes affordability, opportunity, and wealth so well.” That didn’t go over big with people who said the article glossed over the realities of people who have few opportunities, let alone wealth. Now, Read more →
Dunkin’ Donuts is making a big push to re-enter the Minnesota market, but not in the Twin Cities. Read more →
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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Not since Gov. Wendell Anderson held a string of fish up for a national magazine’s photographer has there been such an outpouring of love for Minnesota — or at least the combination of communities collectively known as ‘Minneapolis,’ according to The Atlantic. Read more →
There were great hopes that the opening of the Green Line would provide a big boost for the Daily Diner on University Avenue in Saint Paul. But it has now closed. Read more →
YouTube has apparently cost a hard-working kid in Saint Paul his job. Read more →