During coverage of the final presidential primary contests Tuesday night, MSNBC’s Chris Matthews took a few digs at the Republicans and their upcoming convention in St. Paul.
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“The bridge in Minneapolis didn’t collapse because there wasn’t enough money. The bridge in Minneapolis collapsed because so much money was spent on wasteful, unnecessary pork-barrel projects…. I think there is a long, long list of earmarks…
In this week’s audiocast, David Schultz looks at the SurveyUSA poll from earlier this week indicating that Democratic US Senate candidate Al Franken faces a serious gender gap in his bid to unseat Sen.…
This has not been a good month for Minnesota.
Two weeks ago, the I-35W Mississippi River Bridge collapsed, killing 13 and injuring dozens. And this past weekend, at least six died in flooding in southeastern Minnesota.
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Lt. Gov. Carol Molnau, who serves as commissioner of transportation, and Met Council Chair Peter Bell have recommended that “no further study” be done on adding a possible light rail extension to the new 35W bridge, a decision that’s drawing…
So why did the bridge collapse? Some say it was due to structural deficiencies, or a lack of proper maintenance, or trucks parked on the bridge deck. Or, just possibly, it was due to a test of an ultra-low-frequency weapon…
The New York Times is reporting that trucks containing tens of thousands of pounds of crushed stone were parked on the 35W Mississippi River Bridge on Wednesday, possibly contributing to the collapse of the bridge.
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Those people have their hands out again.
You’d think by now they’d learn to plan ahead. But no, they’re just taking, taking, taking, expecting the American taxpayer to bail them out, to pay for their mistakes, to…
The northern end of the 35W Mississippi River Bridge is now considered to be the most likely area of the bridge to have failed, according to a report from Minnesota Public Radio.
“We don’t believe the southern portion of…
The U.S. Senate passed a bill Friday night authorizing emergency funding to help deal with the Interstate 35W bridge disaster, just hours after the U.S. House of Representatives took similar action.
The measure will authorize $250 million in federal funds…
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