Bob Collins
Sidewalks across the bridge will be closed during repairs to gusset plates.
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.
The U.S. secretary of transportation lauds Minnesota’s ‘political courage’ on the transportation bill vetoed by Gov. Pawlenty.
Lots of people just assumed the homeless would be swept off the streets before the Republicans arrived in St. Paul this summer. Surprise.
For a low-income person in the Twin Cities, it can take up to 12 years to get federal rental assistance.
High winds in North Dakota reportedly sent the heifers flying. But nobody’s got pictures.
The lost summer?
It’s easy to think that nobody is doing anything to end homelessness in Minnesota. But it’s not true.
Gasoline companies insist on setting the price of gasoline in tenths of a penny. How far can a tenth of a penny of gasoline take you?
One out of four 10th graders didn’t pass the state’s standardized testing. Here’s a sample of what they were asked to pass.
Winona on $85,000 a week