If official-looking “census” forms that actually come from the Republican Party succeed in confusing people, the tactic could come back to bite the GOP in Minnesota. Demographers have said the state is on the cusp…
“Solvable” is how Gov. Tim Pawlenty describes Minnesota’s forecasted $1.2 billion state budget deficit. Others from around the state used different words. East Grand Forks: “Worried.” Minneapolis: “Sad.” St. Cloud: “Tough.” Rochester: “
State Rep. Paul Thissen may be seeking the DFL Party’s gubernatorial endorsement, but he sounded down on the whole party thing in a karaoke duet with his wife, Karen Wilson, over the insistent synth tones of Prince’s “1999.”
The bells atop the Minneapolis City Hall tower rang out Michael Jackson tunes on Friday in memory of the pop star who died on Thursday. Dan Wascoe performed five Jackson songs: “We Are the World,” “Ben,” “You Are Not Alone,”…
In 1984, President Ronald Reagan was warned by a young White House associate counsel named John Roberts against sending a letter of commendation to singer Michael Jackson, who died yesterday. One reason: Praising the King of Pop would…
Two junior high schools will continue to put a laptop computer into the hands of every student, despite the school district’s $5 million budget shortfall. An outcry coaxed officials to save the “1:1″ program at Oak-Land and…
Minneapolis’ own Prince is pulling lyrics from the headlines again, particularly in a new song he performed on Jay Leno’s TV show last week. “Ol’ Skool Company” references America’s financial bailouts, with a local angle: “Fat cats on Wall…
And on the fourth day they rested? Minnesota’s top two elected officials spent the last three days talking economic stimulus on the airwaves and cable lines of two supposed bastions of liberal media, MSNBC and National Public Radio. Sen.…
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