The Minnesota House and Senate passed a school finance bill Tuesday night over the objections of Gov. Tim Pawlenty, who had wanted an end-of-session budget agreement in place before the vote. DFL legislative leaders decided to press ahead after closed-door
Woodrow Wilson Center public policy scholar Aaron Miller spent over 20 years with the State Department working on the Arab-Israel peace process. He's now out with a new book that details why he thinks the U.S. has been unable to
Mall of America officials warned Wednesday thatthey could delay or scale back a planned $2.1 billion expansion if a package of proposed state-authorized subsidies isn't reworkedbefore lawmakers close their session.
The University of Minnesota said the U is not interested in a light rail tunnel through campus. Congressman Jim Oberstar told MPR yesterday that new legislation could put the tunnel back on the table. The U plans to continue working
China and Myanmar are reeling from recent natural disasters. International relations professor Roy Grow of Carleton College joins Midday to discuss China's powerful 7.9 earthquake, the cyclone that wiped out Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta and how the devastated countries are working
Congressman Jim Oberstar is not backing away from his contention that Delta Air Lines' acquisition of Northwest will prompt additional airline mergers.
The Interior Department has decided to protectthe polar bear as a threatened species because of the decline in Arctic sea ice from global warming, officials said Wednesday.
The 318-106 vote for the five-year bill came despite PresidentBush's promised veto. He says the measure is too expensive andgives too much money to wealthy farmers.
Randy Scott of Hardwick, Minn., was killed Aug. 16, 2003, when his Harley-Davidson struck the back of a Cadillac that Janklow drove through a stop sign at an intersection near Trent in eastern South Dakota.
A federal grand jury has indicted two Twin Cities women with smuggling protected wildlife items into the U.S. The indictment charges the women with smuggling and selling endangered wildlife parts in St. Paul.
