In a perfect world on April Fool’s Day, the Boston Red Sox would’ve played a great joke on teammate Johnny Gomes, who bought all of his teammates the ridiculous sport coats I wrote about last week to wear at their White House meeting with President Obama today. They were being honored for last year’s World Series victory.
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The brouhaha over the Humphrey School’s invitation to former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to speak at the University of Minnesota has two elements: One is her $150,000 speaking fee. The other is whether people who disagree with what she has to say should prevent you from hearing what she has to say. Read more →
There’s more indication today that the Minnesota legislative process isn’t quite running on all cylinders.
Today, Sen. Ann Rest and several House DFLers proposed that voters do the job they elected lawmakers to do: Decide on the record whether the state’s minimum wage should be raised and, if so, how?
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The survey, from the Kaiser Family Foundation, finds found that only 39 percent of uninsured people 18-64 know that Monday is the deadline to sign up for individual health insurance this year or risk a penalty. Read more →
It wouldn’t be an issue if riders voluntarily gave up the seats they’re supposed to give up for the elderly and disabled. Read more →
While MNsure says it has exceeded its goals, it’s still far short of its original goals. Read more →
The latest battleground for gay rights? St. Patrick’s Day parades, specifically the one in Boston, home to one of the countries largest Irish enclaves.
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The White House Press Corps is pushing back — again — at administration efforts to avoid mainstream media and taking its case “directly to the people.” CBS News’ Bill Plante tells a CNN media program, “this administration has the tools to reach people on their own. They don’t need us as much. And to the Read more →
Three of the governor’s most powerful cabinet members lobby against a medical marijuana bill while the governor insists he’s like to see a compromise on the question. Read more →
The legislation in Minnesota was probably doomed the moment Gov. Dayton urged both sides to work together on the issue. With the governor declaring he wouldn’t sign the bill without law enforcement’s blessing, there was no reason for law enforcement to negotiate, no matter how many sad stories the state’s citizens told. Read more →
It’s over, then. Gary Eichten has hosted his last Midday call-in program, this one with guest Gov. Mark Dayton.
The state gets a pile of cash for its tobacco settlement in exchange for two piles of cash later.
This video, released by Columbia Journalism Review earlier month, is a perfect example of how the political news you hear on your radio this afternoon gets made.
Bob Collins
If not halftime in America, then what?
Bradlee Dean’s revenge