MPCA tightens rules on ballast water, invasive species

The Minnesota Pollution Control Authority (MPCA) citizen board voted 6-0 to move ahead with regulations on discharge of untreated ballast in state waters on Tuesday. The

This year’s GOP platform rejects ‘government bailouts of private institutions’

A few weeks ago the Republican Party adopted the latest iteration of its party platform during the Republican National Convention in St. Paul. The platform embodies the ideals and vision…

Arts and environment amendment adds intrigue to ballot

A proposed constitutional amendment to provide dedicated funding for the environment and arts during the next 25 years is proving to be one of the most intriguing statewide election battles,…

Big Ten Poll: Obama has narrow lead in Minnesota

The Big Ten Battleground Poll of the eight states that are home to the eleven universities in the Big Ten conference shows competitive races within the margin of error in all but Illinois.
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Campaign Tech: Obama has your number, we’ve got Palin’s email

Voter databases have become nearly as essential to national politics as money itself, and for the better part of the last decade the advantage has gone to the Republican Party and its Voter Vault database. This year the playing field has been leveled.

Also inside: Sarah Palin’s purloined Yahoo emails; Google Labs’ new audio search engine.

Nader: Ode to a perennial candidate

Campaigning for president of the United States sure isn’t what it used to be, and there may be no one more qualified to capture that sentiment than the perennial candidate. The campaign of Ralph Nader produced this lighthearted

Obama announces plan to jump-start Great Lakes restoration

With six of the eight Great Lakes states being hotly contested battlegrounds, this election year the protection and restoration of the Great Lakes is being elevated to a major campaign issue.

Democratic nominee Sen. Barack Obama today proposed a major plan to jump-start the process. The Obama-Biden Great Lakes Restoration Plan calls for $5 billion over a 10-year period to go toward sewage treatment improvements, rehabilitation of toxic sites and wetlands restoration.

Purple pride: 59-year-old suburban folk to decide election

With more than five weeks remaining in the two-year race many of the decided voters are desperately wishing was over, one has to wonder, “Who are these undecided voters, and why can’t they make up their minds?”
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Doctors: McCain’s health “an issue of profound importance”

Nearly 600 medical doctors have signed a statement calling for Republican presidential nominee John McCain to issue a full and public disclosure of all of his medical records. McCain is a 72-year-old four-time cancer survivor who has lived…

Twin Cities Nets takes on malaria

Every year more than one million people around the globe, primarily children in sub-Saharan Africa, die because of malaria. That’s the equivalent of the entire populations of Minneapolis, St. Paul,…