Tag: politics
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November 08, 2009 11:38 AM EST --
Democrats' health care reform bill passes House
MPR's Bob Collins looks Behind the health care vote to share some links that try to illuminate decisions behind the vote. Polinaut outlines the . . .
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August 22, 2007 09:28 AM EDT --
Excerpt taken from Minnesota Public Radio, From conflict to cooperation:
A Muslim scholar and activist says religious pluralism and greater interfaith dialogue are the keys to combating the lure of terrorism . . .
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November 02, 2008 10:40 AM EST --
Fellow Minnesotans:
I find myself in a conundrum. I am in that mystical catagory of "undecideds." I know which presidential candidate I back, I know which congressman I support, . . .
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December 30, 2006 03:43 PM EST --
We were sitting in the living room when the news anchor announced: Saddam Hussein was put to death. I had heard rumblings that it was “imminent”, “soon to happen”, . . .
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May 30, 2008 11:48 AM EDT --
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The U.S. may be the world's only superpower today, but Newsweek International editor Fareed Zakaria says it won't last. In his new book, "The Post-American World," Zakaria . . .
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August 24, 2009 09:39 AM EDT --
Well now, this looks interesting:
The rich who ask to pay more taxes
A group of wealthy people believe they should pay more in taxes and are circulating a petition to support the reversal . . .
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April 01, 2007 01:20 AM EDT --
This article was written by Sean Wilentz, who is the Dayton-Stockton Professor of History at Princeton University. it was originaly printed in Rolling Stone Magazine and has since been nominated . . .
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January 19, 2008 04:30 PM EST --
President Bush and our Washington leaders are setting down a plan to "stimulate the economy." Perhaps it's more like that moment when the ship with a leak starts listing and you grab the . . .
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April 23, 2007 08:52 AM EDT --
Recently both Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates and MN Gov. Tim Pawlenty asserted that today's high schools are obsolete.
Minnesota Public Radio News considers the premise in Special report: Is . . .
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December 18, 2006 08:50 AM EST --
Hello folks. Nothing like a little tea and some news. First things that caught my eye today:
Jets soar, Vikings crash That's got to sting. The article helpfully points out "Both the Vikings . . .
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January 17, 2008 09:31 PM EST --
At Minnesota Public Radio we had a forum discussion on the environment (there will be more about this later). But even in this context, it was amazing how the economic slide made its way into the conversation. . . .
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March 09, 2007 02:00 AM EST --
This comes from Minnesota Public Radio's Public Insight Network - an effort to get many more people invovled in helping to inform the news.
And we're interested in whether you are getting behind . . .
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June 23, 2008 10:45 AM EDT --
Among the many items for sale at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds car show were magnets.
Some of them carried a message. None were subtle.
Just in case the Obamacons or Obamites or Obam-bams (or . . .
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November 08, 2006 11:34 AM EST --
The pendulum of politics always swings in the U.S. It's one thing I have always had faith in. Sometimes it takes a while; but through this mid-term election the "pulse of the . . .
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January 15, 2008 09:38 AM EST --
Minnesota has one of the highest rates of binge drinkers. And young people are dying, just this morning comes a report of a North Mankato-area young man who died from what authorities suspect is alcohol . . .
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April 26, 2007 09:10 AM EDT --
There have been some high-profile violent incidents related to Twin Cities public transit/riders this year, and I'm wondering if all possible solutions have been presented. How can we reduce crime . . .
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December 12, 2006 10:43 AM EST --
This is something I would appreciate having access to. I have often lamented about the lack of rail passage in the United States, after having lived in Europe and never needing a car to get . . .
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April 05, 2007 10:18 AM EDT --
Education is one of the biggest line items of Minnesota's budget.
Minnesota's Governor Tim Pawlenty had a few choice comments about education costs and spending when addressing the Association . . .
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July 20, 2007 01:18 PM EDT --
Reported by Stephanie Hemphill, Minnesota Public Radio July 20, 2007
State officials will lead a tour Friday of what could become Minnesota's newest state park, along the eastern shore . . .
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January 15, 2008 05:21 PM EST --
The salt. The plowing. The winter. They take their toll on Minnesota roads. Then you have the complaints that not enough money is being spent on transportation infrastructure.
If you are a Minnesota . . .
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