Bob CollinsHave you carried your over-age-21 students on your health insurance? If not, why not?
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The Dayton word cloud
Newark, which is about the size of St. Paul, is no paradise, to be sure. But this week it’s got what a lot of people want.
Painting Pawlenty
By this time tomorrow, we’ll know whether Minnesota is losing one of its eight congressional seats.
Even if Congress should pass legislation, good luck to some 9/11 workers trying to get help from it. It seems it’s always been that way with 9/11. An apparent end of a battle, is actually only the beginning of another.
David Cazares
Citing “insiders,” Politico reports that Minneapolis has almost no chance of landing the Democratic National Convention for 2012. With the site of the 2012 Democratic convention expected to be decided in a matter of weeks, insiders in the selection process believe it has come down to a choice between St. Louis and Charlotte, N.C., with Read more →
In a thoroughly unscientific exercise, you told us that Mark Dayton is Minnesotan of the Year. On Today’s Question we asked, “Time Magazine announced its choice Wednesday for Person of the Year: Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. Who would be your pick for Minnesotan of the year?” Fourteen of 48 respondents nominated the Minnesota Governor-elect. Among Read more →
A look at the messages behind some of the challenged ballots in the Minnesota gubernatorial recount.
It was a touching moment in Washington today when Rep. James Oberstar chaired his final Transportation Committee meeting.
It’s tempting to make fun of the people behind some of the challenged ballots in the recount of the Minnesota gubernatorial race.