Streetcar service in Minneapolis ended about 60 years ago — except for the tourist trolley running between Lake Harriet and Lake Calhoun. But in a what’s-old-is-new-again twist, the city is looking to bring them back.
Read more: Bringing streetcars to Minneapolis: Some perplexing twists and turns | MinnPost
Grant Hart made a name for himself as co-founder of Hüsker Dü, the Minneapolis punk trio whose stormy split is as storied as its music.
Now, Hart is rising from the ashes of some personal travails. Read more in Jim Walsh’s Q&A with Grant Hart.
There’s no way anyone could run and win who would be worse than Michele Bachmann. So we accomplished that task.
Jim Graves, who narrowly lost to Bachmann in the last congressional election.
Read more: With Bachmann not running, Jim Graves pulls out of 6th District race | MinnPost
EXCLUSIVE: With Bachmann not running, Jim Graves pulls out of 6th District race | MinnPost
Graves kindly reached out to MinnPost on Thursday night to offer a brief interview and agreed that we could break the story this morning, a short time before his official statement is released.
I’m not a politician; I’m a business guy. Now there are zero things on my agenda that I feel a need to do in public life.
With Bachmann not running, Jim Graves pulls out of 6th District race
As of today, Jim Graves is going to indefinitely suspend his campaign for Congress from the 6th District.
Translation: He is not running. He is dropping out of politics to concentrate on his family and his business.
Whether you’re for or against the killing of wolves for sport, you might think the public has a right to be heard on a matter so enduringly contentious and emotional.
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) thinks otherwise and so, apparently, does the Minnesota Court of Appeals.
Read more: Ruling puts Minnesota’s wolf seasons beyond public challenge — by anyone
The 2013 legislative session: What did they pass?
Browse Minnesota’s new laws by category — or search by your address to find out what your legislators sponsored this session.
Michele Bachmann’s political timeline
Explore Bachmann’s personal and political history from her high school graduation to the “bathroom incident” to her coming retirement.
Which 6th District Republican will run in Bachmann's place?
Now that Rep. Michele Bachmann will not seek re-election to her House seat, a national Republican strategist passes on this list of potential GOP candidates to run for Congress in the 6th District in her place.
Michele Bachmann’s legacy: prototype of today’s post-fact politician
In her elegant video announcing her retirement from the U.S. House, Michele Bachmann said that she wore the attacks of the liberal media as a badge of honor.
Gov. Dayton, DFL legislative leaders have tax deal for budget
The package includes a fourth-tier income tax hike and a $1.60-per-pack cigarette tax increase, ends some corporate loopholes, and extends the sales tax to certain business services.
Is Gay Marriage Legal in Minnesota?
With Dayton’s signature today, the bill has been passed into law and will go into effect on August 1.
