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State Sen. Day to step down to lobby for racino, stadium

By Paul Schmelzer | 12.08.09 | 12:23 pm

26DayState Sen. Dick Day (R-Owatonna) announced he’ll be stepping down to become the head of Racino Now, a group lobbying legislators to get slot and video games approved at Canterbury Park and Running Aces racetracks. (The URL RacinoNow.com is…

Poll: Many Minnesotans support tax increase with cuts for budget fix

By Andy Birkey | 01.13.09 | 8:24 am

A KSTP/SurveyUSA poll conducted last week found that a plurality of Minnesotans want a combination of budget cuts and an increase in taxes to fix the historic $4.8 billion deficit now facing legislators and the governor. What’s…

Will Ridder’s ‘Absolute Confidence’ Hold as He Takes the Stand?

By Paul Schmelzer | 06.26.07 | 1:07 pm

Star Tribune publisher Par Ridder released a statement in April about the lawsuit his former employer, the Pioneer Press, leveled against him, saying he was “absolutely confident we will prevail.”

But in the first day of hearings over a…

Questioned Integrity: Strib Source Reflects on Vikings Land Deal

By Paul Schmelzer | 06.21.07 | 1:06 pm

Requesting anonymity, a source close to the Star Tribune submitted this reflection on the $45 million sale of four blocks of the paper’s Warehouse District property to the Minnesota Vikings:

Last month Publisher/CEO Par Ridder went to a meeting