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Decision announcement days: January 15 & 18, February 1, 2013
Jan. 16 | Sports Facility Authority and the Minnesota Vikings Will the “Stadium Powers” (Minnesota Legislature, Minneapolis City Council, Vikings, NFL and the Minnesota Facilities Sports Authority that oversees the stadium construction project),...
Bell ringer helps Salvation Army stand in the gap for those in need
Jan. 9 | This past season, you may have walked by Willie Daniels downtown in either Minneapolis or St. Paul, ringing a Salvation Army bell in one of those Santa get-ups. You’d know if it was him or not. He’d be one of the ones who wasn’t...
In loving memory of Tracy Culp April 29, 1959 — December 15, 2012
Jan. 2 | Tracy Culp was born in Minneapolis, MN, to the late William Joseph Culp and Jewel Elizabeth Hodge. Tracy was an only child and attended Minneapolis Public Schools. She graduated from Washburn High School in 1977. She graduated as a missionary from...
Young White men in crisis: Race, gender link mass shooters
Dec. 26 | The most recent massacre, the one at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, took the lives of six- and seven-year-olds. It has shaken our nation to its core. The enormity of this devastation is incalculable. There are the small coffins...
Encore careers: They’re not just for seniors anymore
Dec. 26 | Upon entering my 40th year, I decided that I needed a mid-life career change. I knew that it would be something drastically different from the course that I had embarked on in 1988 as a bright-eyed, newly graduated genetics student. My growing concern...
City election 2013 candidates face some tough funding issues — Paying for the Vikings stadium is chief among them
Dec. 19 | The City of Minneapolis is preparing for the elections of 2013. It will, in all probability, be a very contentious election, with a three-term mayor on the political ropes. The key factor that will influence candidates to run and determine...
Still waiting for the Equity Plan for the new Vikings’ and Minnesota’s People’s Stadium
Dec. 5 | Where is the long awaited/anticipated Equity Plan for the People’s Vikings Stadium, a plan to guarantee inclusiveness (all of “we the people”) in the development, construction and operation of the stadium? Inclusive means diversity (more...
In the matter of Susan Rice: Let the president govern. Please!
Nov. 28 | As war rockets explode in Israel and Gaza, there is a great need for American leadership and diplomacy to be there working for peace. The world needs American firmness, clear vision and leadership. To create this, the president — any president...
What does it take to be a State Senator?
Nov. 28 | DFL Hayden describes full-time responsibilities of part-time role By Charles Hallman Staff Writer When the 2013 Minnesota Legislative Session convenes January 8, State Senator Jeff Hayden officially will assume his office as Senate...
