The Minneapolis City Council voted on Friday to denounce Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill of 2009, which would jail LGBT people in that county and impose severe penalties for allies who work for LGBT rights. The first incarnation of the bill even provided for the death penalty [...]
After a barage of tweets, press releases, radio ads, and blog posts Mayor Rybak responded to accusations about his inability to be a leader on crime for the City of Minneapolis. MPR has the full response.
I have focused like a laser on making Minneapolis a safe place to call [...]
Republican Party of Minnesota Calls on R.T. Rybak to Immediately Apologize for Smear Against Minneapolis Police Federation
St. Paul- Republican Party of Minnesota Chairman Tony Sutton and Deputy Chairman Michael Brodkorb today called on R.T. Rybak to apologize for Rybak for Governor Campaign Manager Tina Flint Smith’s outrageous statement that the [...]
The Minneapolis Police Federation released a radio ad criticizing RT Rybak for cutting the Minneapolis cops by 41. I have blogged extensively about Rybak’s terrible record on crime and this does not help the cause.
“Call Rybak today and tell him running for Governor doesn’t mean he can cut [...]
The Minneapolis-based Bush Foundation recently announced a bold $40 million initiative to recruit, prepare, place and support new teachers in Minnesota and the Dakotas over the next 10 years. MORE »Byline Minnesota 2020 By: John Fitzgerald [...]
Minneapolis narrowly escaped losing much of its Civil Rights Department when the city council, by the smallest of margins, voted to reject a proposal to turn over the investigative duties of that department to the State. The rationale for the proposal was cited as [...]
According to the Asian Restaurant Association there are 97 Thai restaurants in Minnesota including one of the newest, Sen Yai Sen Lek - Big Noodle Little Noodle - in Northeast Minneapolis. Open just a year, the restaurant has already made the list of Best [...]
A nationwide campaign to organize 40,000 airport security screeners includes workers at the Minneapolis-St. Paul airport, where union organizers and supporters are taking part in a week of solidarity actions. At MSP airport, the screeners - called Transportation Security Officers or TSOs - recently [...]
Three years ago, after years of budget cuts and declining resources, Edison High School had no band. In the 2008-2009 school year--a year after the Minneapolis Public Schools named Carla Steinbach Edison's principal--the school board "fresh started" the school, giving it more resources and [...]
MNTC HQ in Minneapolis. Photo: Andy Birkey, MnIndy
Last December, after the Minnesota Independent ran an article about Minnesota Teen Challenge and the federal earmark the Christian drug treatment center is receiving, the group' [...]
Rybak and I discussed Iron Range economic and education issues and the state of Minnesota's budget disaster. We also chatted about how a Minneapolis guy gets street cred on the blue [...]
Today my series of posts profiling the 2010 Minnesota DFL governor candidates ends with Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak. Stay tuned for more news after the post.
Hoping to encourage interfaith dialogue, an Islamic organization will unveil a pair of billboards in Minneapolis this week.
Who wants to call and ask about the official policy on killing homosexuals?
I'm sure that the people answering these questions will just lie about the ROPMA.
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A cyclist I know was riding the bus through Minneapolis a while back, with his bike on the drop-down rack. Another bike was in the front slot; his was nearest the bus.
When the bus came to a stop downtown, a man ran up and quickly snatched the other man's [...]
The 155-mile Northern Lights Express — a proposed passenger rail route running between Duluth and Minneapolis — could be on a fast track.
Former state representative Kathy Tingelstad, now a legislative lobbyist for Anoka County, believes the project will not have the prolonged struggle that marked development of Northstar Commuter Rail.
“People [...]
The St. Paul Pioneer Press and Minnesota Public Radio reported that Kelliher, the speaker of the state House from Minneapolis, asked campaign donors to contribute to the DFL Party to help her buy the party’s voter list. Kelliher’s campaign had already exceeded its limit for donations in [...]
Renowned photographer Abdi Roble and author Doug Rutledge have returned to the Twin Cities to document the Somali diaspora through pictures and stories. They have traveled the world for the past six years interviewing and photographing Somali immigrants and refugees in the United States, [...]
Locking yourself out of your home happens to many people, but being locked out by a bank in the middle of winter can be illegal. This is the dilemma that One West Bank is facing because they locked Minneapolis resident Leslie Parks out of [...]
Preliminary studies and about 20 public meetings on the Bottineau Light Rail line have led to more questions and further studies, according to a Hennepin County staffer.MORE »
Byline North News By: Gail Olson Image Info [...]After refusing to testify before a grand jury in Davenport, Iowa, University of Minnesota graduate student Scott DeMuth is facing conspiracy charges under the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (AETA) for an incident that occurred in 2004. DeMuth, 22, was in high school at [...]
Joking Envelope's Fat Man Crying, presented at the Minneapolis Theatre Garage, is refreshing in that it doesn't attempt to solve the world's problems in one Christmas night. It does, however, crush every childhood picture of Santa Claus you may have—unless the Santa at your' [...]
During a campaign stop yesterday in Rochester at Daube's Cakes and Bakery, DFL gubernatorial candidate R.T. Rybak emphasized that he supports efforts to make sure the city is on a high-speed rail line.
The current Minneapolis Mayor said he has long supported the idea [...]
City Council members voted to strike down a budget amendment that would temporarily disband the division that investigates complaints of discrimination in the Minneapolis Department of Civil Rights on Monday evening. MORE »Byline The Minnesota Daily By: [...]
Hundreds of Twin Cities janitors - joined by Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak, Saint Paul Mayor Chris Coleman and Congressman Keith Ellison - kicked off their contract campaign with a call to "make green cleaning a reality." Service Employees International Union Local 26, which represents [...]
On its third week in operation, a North Star line train crapped out during rush hour.
They went to Plan B:
Metro Transit sent two buses to Target Field in Minneapolis to pick up the 120 passengers aboard the 2:05 p.m. train, which never left the station, and take them to [...]
Minneapolis residents have to look to the neighborhood-association president level to find an elected chief executive who represents them and might actually be at the office today.
President Obama is in Norway, picking up his Nobel Peace Prize. Gov. Pawlenty is in Chile, meeting [...]
