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Looking for feel-good articles to warm up December? Take a look at Shop with Cops from Frogtown and The Lord and the Lady from U of M student Andy Pearson at the climate change conference in Cancun. (Sorry for the late start - blame it on Comcast's internet outage last night!)Legislative work group on gang and crime databases hears from public Establishing trust in law enforcement versus maintaining security and safety proved to be the resounding themes at a legislative listening session on gang databases, criminal intelligence data and criminal investigative data.MORE » Kline, Paulsen, Peterson vote against middle-class tax reliefDemocrat Collin Peterson joined Republican Reps. John Kline, Erik Paulsen and Michele Bachmann in voting against an extension of the Bush tax cuts for those making less than $250,000. The middle-class tax relief measure passed the U.S. House on Thursday by a vote of 234 to 188. Although Bachmann didn't vote, she had plenty to say about the bill.MORE » Frogtown kids turn out for Shop with Cops in St. Paul More kids than ever—that's the report from St. Paul's 10th annual Shop With Cops. The event, sponsored by donations from the Saint Paul Police Federation, Target Corporation, the Saint Paul Police Foundation and various community and business partners, takes place at St. Paul's Midway Target store each year.MORE » Emergency unemployment benefits expire, but jobless Minnesotans have safety net -- for nowEmergency unemployment benefits sanctioned by Congress last spring start to run out this week, threatening the financial stability of about 2 million Americans who have been out of work for a very long time. But for jobless Minnesotans receiving those benefits - and there are more than 63,000 of them - there is a safety net. MORE » Above the Falls planning continues in North, Northeast Minneapolis"Continuous park frontage along both sides of the river, new residential neighborhoods, and job growth despite a much reduced industrial footprint" was the plan for river development, according to a Community Planning and Economic Development (CPED) document from August 2009, consistent with a 10-year-old Above the FallMORE » Inside the Daily Planet, 12/6//2010Minneapolis food desert infused with fresh produce by Charles Hallman, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder • Ten corner stores throughout Minneapolis have launched a new city-sponsored effort to provide their customers with healthier, fresh foods. CRAZY BOY FARM | Back to work by Amy Doeun • It has been a long time since we have loaded our four children into our one car to take Proeun to work. FACTS AND FICTIONS | Never vote for a Finn by Eleanor Arnason • A friend of Patrick's ran for mayor in Eveleth, a town up on the Iron Range in northern Minnesota. She lost, and she thinks it was because she's a Finn. CLIMATE CHANGE | The Lord and the Lady by Andy Pearson • People who think that international negotiations are dry or emotionless have never met Christiana Figueres.MORE » SAINT PAUL ALMANAC | The Club: O'Gara's Bar & Grill by Collette DeNet • My grandpa Roy was raised in the heart of this city where he brought up five children with the help of his lovely wife, Helen. Like many typical working men of Saint Paul, his three loves were family, friends, and O'Gara's Bar. |  |
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6 Aralık 2010 Pazartesi
Middle class tax relief? No. Unemployment comp? No / more
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