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When the going gets tough, just punt to the voters

There's more indication today that the Minnesota legislative process isn't quite running on all cylinders. Today, Sen. Ann Rest and several House DFLers proposed that voters do the job they elected lawmakers to do: Decide on the record whether the state's minimum wage should be raised and, if so, how?
by Bob Collins

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There’s nothing quite like a good bull semen pun

If you've driven I-94 through Wisconsin on the long slog back to civilization, there's not a lot of scenery to entertain you other than the occasional bull semen pun from ABS, the artificial insemination company for cows.
by Bob Collins

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Will Minneapolis ever be a ‘basketball town’?

Will Minneapolis ever be a ‘basketball town’?

This was supposed to be the season when things finally blossomed for the Minnesota Timberwolves. But the team will miss the playoffs again. In many ways, this team is more frustrating than the 15- and 17-win teams of recent seasons past. Those had no talent; this one did.
by Bob Collins

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The bleak view of a ‘tough’ Minneapolis school

Writing in today's Star Tribune, Kirsten Ragatz, who has taught for 20 years, was responding to an earlier Strib article that the poorest schools get the 'rookie' (and by innuendo, worst) teachers.
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To the people who run into burning buildings

To the people who run into burning buildings

Stopping in at the local firehouse and offering a quick word of appreciation wouldn't be the worst idea we hear today, not after this half-week of reminders that there are people who go to work every day by running into the most horrific places that people are running away from.
by Bob Collins

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Hey, Mr. President, where’s that cool Stars and Stripes blazer we gave you?

Hey, Mr. President, where’s that cool Stars and Stripes blazer we gave you?

The Boston Red Sox are about to make a huge fashion mistake, but there’s probably no stopping them. Player Jonny Gomes saw this jacket and liked it so much he bought one for every member of the Red Sox team that’s going to go to the White House on Tuesday, and apparently his teammates either (a)…
by Bob Collins

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Poll: Four years later, many people still ignorant about health care law

Poll: Four years later, many people still ignorant about health care law

The survey, from the Kaiser Family Foundation, finds found that only 39 percent of uninsured people 18-64 know that Monday is the deadline to sign up for individual health insurance this year or risk a penalty.
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The cost of flying safely

Despite the attention given to the missing Malaysian jetliner, when you get on an airline in the United States, you’re getting on one of the safest forms of transportation known to the civilized world. The U.S. has some of the most stringent safety requirements of any country and it shows in the results. If any…
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There’s too much fun in ‘fun and games’

There’s too much fun in ‘fun and games’

Two moves yesterday underscore the aversion corporate sports has to personality.
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