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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Tag: Politics

You’re not essential

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 29, 2011, 4:33 PM Jun 29, 2011
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The Department of Human Services this afternoon let their “non-essential” employees know they’re non-essential employees by telling them that if they were essential, they’d know by now.

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This is how they do it

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 29, 2011, 11:47 AM Jun 29, 2011
1

Five other states have bigger budget problems than Minnesota. How are they solving it?

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Campaigns and songs people are sick of hearing

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 28, 2011, 2:15 PM Jun 28, 2011
19

Tom Petty is reportedly upset that Rep. Michele Bachmann played his song, ‘American Girl,’ at the conclusion of her announcement that she wants to be president of the United States.

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The state you were trying to reach is not in service

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 27, 2011, 4:06 PM Jun 27, 2011
11

Suggestions for a voicemail message for state workers.

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The serial killer’s spirit?

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 27, 2011, 1:42 PM Jun 27, 2011
7

Don’t politicians know how to Google?

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Silent before microphones, legislative leaders take to e-mail

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 27, 2011, 12:53 PM Jun 27, 2011
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The battle for the hearts and minds is now taking place in the inbox of state employees.

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Synchronized security

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 20, 2011, 12:58 PM Jun 20, 2011

The most impressive part of Saturday’s ‘glitter attack’ on Michele Bachmann was how synchronized the security detail was.

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Fiddlin’ Foresters take the fall

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 13, 2011, 2:02 PM Jun 13, 2011
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The official string band of the U.S. Forest Service gets blamed for government waste.

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Why Sen. Scheid took the health care debate personally

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 3, 2011, 3:03 PM Jun 3, 2011

Sen. Linda Scheid, a DFLer from Brooklyn Park, has entered hospice after an extended fight against cancer.

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Crime and Justice

John Edwards, distracted driver

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 3, 2011, 1:38 PM Jun 3, 2011
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Former presidential candidate John Edwards cheated on his dying wife, fathered a child with a campaign staffer, and may have illegal diverted campaign funds to help keep the affair quiet.

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On the campaign trail, another day of butchering history

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 3, 2011, 12:16 PM Jun 3, 2011
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As a son of the Bay State, I always enjoy it when politicians hit the Freedom Trail in search of a photo opportunity to somehow relate the beginning of the American Revolution to their campaign.

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Get to know a state shutdown

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 24, 2011, 2:15 PM May 24, 2011
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What can we expect from a state shutdown if a budget deal isn’t reached?

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Budget blues

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 23, 2011, 1:03 PM May 23, 2011

It’s been awhile since the tea party and other groups have been able to attract much of a crowd at its Capitol mall events.

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Roll call vote: Same-sex marriage ban amendment

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 21, 2011, 11:40 PM May 21, 2011
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See how your representative voted on the bill that puts a ban on same-sex marriage on the November 2012 ballot as a constitutional amendment.

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Draw.

dgaraets May 19, 2011, 2:46 PM May 19, 2011

Kirk Anderson draws a bead on the ‘Shoot First’ bill.

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