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The big chill at the Capitol

Bob Collins March 10, 2009, 7:19 AM Mar 10, 2009

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Of all the problems currently facing the people of the state of Minnesota, being too informed about what the pols are doing at the Capitol isn’t one of them.

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Are you smarter than a Minnesota math student?

Bob Collins March 9, 2009, 6:01 PM Mar 9, 2009

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Whenever we discuss education in Minnesota, there’s a tendency to lament that our kids are stupid, our teachers poor, our schools failures.

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Tracking the stimulus

Bob Collins March 9, 2009, 3:34 PM Mar 9, 2009

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The first small slice of stimulus money has arrived in Minnesota. Local officials are scrambling to figure out what they can spend it on.

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The Labor Day standard

Bob Collins March 9, 2009, 11:34 AM Mar 9, 2009

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A Minnesota House committee today killed a bill that would’ve allowed schools to start classes before Labor Day.

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Morality and the economic crisis

Bob Collins March 9, 2009, 11:02 AM Mar 9, 2009

A British MP paints the economic crisis in terms of morality, and says the borrower is as immoral as the banks.

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Mondays

Bob Collins March 9, 2009, 10:45 AM Mar 9, 2009

MPR’s Tim Nelson was patrolling the St. Paul waterfront today when he saw someone’s summer being ruined.

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Transparency

Bob Collins March 9, 2009, 9:35 AM Mar 9, 2009

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Government officials seem to think ‘transparency’ means throwing a blizzard of numbers at you until you’re good and confused.

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On Bill Holm

Bob Collins March 8, 2009, 8:34 PM Mar 8, 2009

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They had a funeral for Bill Holm out in Minneota on Sunday. Then everyone went over to the Legion hall for lunch.

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Are voters smart enough to figure out election law on their own?

Bob Collins March 8, 2009, 9:21 AM Mar 8, 2009

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Perhaps the U.S. Supreme Court won’t be interested in settling the Franken-Coleman race, if it gets that far.

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Privatization gone bad

Bob Collins March 7, 2009, 9:06 AM Mar 7, 2009

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Is a scandal in Pennsylvania a symptom of a greater illness?

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Weather

The vanishing signs of spring

Bob Collins March 7, 2009, 8:49 AM Mar 7, 2009

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It’s getting harder to find the traditional things we cling to at the end of a long winter.

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An escape to fashion

Bob Collins March 6, 2009, 2:12 PM Mar 6, 2009

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How bad does the economy have to get before you ‘escape’ to the world of fashion?

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The Quiz

Bob Collins March 6, 2009, 11:20 AM Mar 6, 2009

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It’s been a fairly slow news week, so you should have no trouble with this week’s quiz.

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The jobs we do

Should the media try to make a difference?

Bob Collins March 6, 2009, 4:03 AM Mar 6, 2009

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Former Star Tribune columnist Nick Coleman isn’t quite ready to say ‘goodbye.’

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Minnesota’s mortgage meltdown

Bob Collins March 5, 2009, 8:33 PM Mar 5, 2009

One in 5 subprime mortgages in Minnesota is delinquent.

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