March 2011
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House quietly drops popular plan to launch... →
This story is a fascinating example of special interests’ power in the legislature.
While most observers were focused on debates over private-school vouchers and the end of traditional teacher tenure rules, the House GOP leadership quietly killed most of a bill to create a statewide pre-K rating system.
Notably, the bill was revenue neutral (implementation would not have cost a cent) and...
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PolitiFact | Tim Pawlenty writes that NTSB ruled... →
PolitiFact is checking up on some of Pawlenty’s claims in his book, “Courage to Stand.”
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“The next fact that Minnesotans mostly know but that readers of the various March...”
– Eric Black digs into the half-truths that are circling about Tim Pawlenty.
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MinnPost: Revenue analysis finds House GOP tax... →
adambez:
To the surprise of no one, the Minnesota Department of Revenue has run the numbers on the House GOP’s version of the tax plan and declared it … regressive. MPR’s Tim Nelson files several posts on Monday’s exchange of “correspondence.” The actual letter says, among other things: “According to our analysis of HF 42, the major provisions in the bill would have the following impacts:...
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“Still, here’s what I can tell you: the damn thing looks a lot better. Designers...”
– David Brauer got a sneak peak of the Star Tribune redesign, and shared his impressions.
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“About 22% of older Minnesotans are renters, and we estimate there are about...”
– Older Women & The Renter’s Credit
The Minnesota Women’s Consortium testified opposing cuts to the state Renter’s Credit tax rebate. Read the full testimony (pdf).
(via freshmn)
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Meet up
Hey, this sounds like fun. Local Mac lovers, go get your geek on.
minimalmac:
sweetmactips:
If you’re in the Minneapolis/Saint Paul area, we’re having a bit of a meetup tomorrow evening of Mac folk. Patrick Rhone of Minimal Mac is going to be there too. If you’re interested, we’re meeting at the aLoft in the bar/lounge at 6pm. It’s got a funky vibe and is a good place to chill.
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WatchThe special aired on TPT last night.
chuckolsen:
Dessa on MN Original
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“We have a wartime economy that’s trying to build a peacetime country, and...”
– Mayor R.T. Rybak speaking as part of a mayors round table on the Charlie Rose Show.
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Bachmann to form presidential exploratory... →
Surprise!
Or not.
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“Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s wife, or his donkey or his job or his...”
– Rep. Greg Davids, talking about how “taxing the rich” goes against the 10th commandment.
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Education funding bill is packed with political... →
Beth Hawkins has a fantastic round-up of the proposed education finance bill.
“In short, it contains something to hate for everyone except House GOP leaders.”
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“The televised sight of U.S. missiles streaking toward targets in Libya took me...”
– MinnPost’s Sharon Schmickle recounts her experience in Iraq — and digs into the eerily familiar questions swirling around Libya.
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WatchTim Pawlenty’s announcement about an Exploratory Committee for President. We know he is consistent about at least one thing: a dramatic soundtrack.
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“One of the bigger initiatives that the magazine had, and one of the things that...”
– Sam Utne on the salon movement, a community-centered idea popularized in part by Utne Reader. (via utnereader)
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“I found life without ‘from-ness’ too desiccated for my taste. The only people...”
– Bill Holm, from The Heart can be Filled Anywhere on Earth
This idea of from-ness has been banging around in my head here in Grand Marais, where high tides of tourists overtake the place a few times a year.
When they’re gone from this place (like they are right now), it’s just the community—People...
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“[D]uring the past 20 years, 56 percent of all income growth went to the top 1...”
– Senator Al Franken, quoted in “What if we’re not broke?” by WaPo’s E.J. Dionne Jr.
Dionne concludes: “Give [House Speaker John] Boehner and [Wisconsin Gov. Scott] Walker and their allies full credit for diverting our attention with an arresting metaphor. The rest of...
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WatchThe UpTake is livestreaming Sen. Al Franken speaking at SxSWi on net neutrality.
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