Bob CollinsFord is planning to convert three truck assembly plants in the U.S. to small automobile manufacturing. Will that affect St. Paul’s doomed plant?
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
By Bob Collins
Bob Collins retired from Minnesota Public Radio in 2019 after 12 years of writing NewsCut and pointing out to complainants that posts weren’t news stories. A son of Massachusetts, he was a news editor 1992-1998, created the MPR News regional website in 1999, invented the popular Select A Candidate, started several blogs, and every day lamented that his Minnesota Fantasy Legislature project never caught on.
Mississippi passage
A Florida pilot honors his friend by flying a homebuilt airplane to all 48 continental U.S. states.
Now that the Xcel Energy Center is in the hands of the Republican Party, you’ll need credentials to get around.
Garden flowers, taxes, baggy pants and the things we hold dear
As much as we think we may know about China, the next month is likely to reveal more than we’d imagined.
As the Republican National Convention nears, you can feel some growing frustration that St. Paul is playing second fiddle.
A year after a flash flood nearly wiped out the community, the money is starting to run out and the volunteers are few.
Fun with numbers: The unemployment rate