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NewsCut

MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

By Bob Collins

Bob Collins
bcollins@mpr.org • @newscut

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 vice presidential book

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 19, 2008, 3:55 PM May 19, 2008

Bookmakers are giving Tim Pawlenty a decent shot at being John McCain’s running mate.

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Russian red creates a black bottom line

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 19, 2008, 3:25 PM May 19, 2008

Russia is now the fastest-growing trading partner of Minnesota exporters.

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Tax cap to cause tax increases?

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 19, 2008, 12:52 PM May 19, 2008
2

One suburban official says the cap on property taxes will cause cities to raise taxes the full amount allowed under the new law.

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Health care’s new direction?

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 19, 2008, 11:38 AM May 19, 2008
5

A regional provider tries same-day test results and and a strange way of telling you about it.

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The Lynx return

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 19, 2008, 11:20 AM May 19, 2008
1

It’s hard to remember a time when a basketball team in Minnesota was worth watching.

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Junked junk

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 19, 2008, 9:59 AM May 19, 2008
9

Big traffic backup on I-94 westbound in St. Paul.

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Maybe secrecy works

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 19, 2008, 7:33 AM May 19, 2008
1

If it took closed doors and only a handful of people to reach critical deals at the Capitol, maybe that says something about the value of secrecy.

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The jobs we do

Rollin’ back

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 19, 2008, 7:20 AM May 19, 2008
1

It’s not your parents’ roller derby, the new roller derby folks say. But it looks like it.

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The Week-in-Review Quiz

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 2, 2008, 4:12 PM May 2, 2008
8

Everything from the germination temperature of a seed of corn to the average delinquent electricity bill in one spot.

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Regional history

The women of WWII: Mary Baruth

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 2, 2008, 11:38 AM May 2, 2008
3

The final installment of News Cut’s series on women who served.

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What’s next?

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 2, 2008, 11:32 AM May 2, 2008

The Legislature reaches a deal for compensations to the I-35W bridge survivors.

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Bridge comments revisited

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 2, 2008, 10:55 AM May 2, 2008
5

More musings on what it means to politicize the I-35W bridge collapse.

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On the other hand…

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 2, 2008, 10:12 AM May 2, 2008
8

Some stories aren’t as black-and-white as others.

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Regional history

In Chuck Doyle’s words

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 2, 2008, 7:21 AM May 2, 2008
4

One of the more colorful people in Minnesota’s history has some final, permanent words.

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Immigration march: Police practice for RNC?

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 1, 2008, 7:54 PM May 1, 2008
3

Why was there a larger-than-normal police presence at a march for immigration reform in St. Paul?

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