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Keeping it in the family, with blogs from Ann Treacy (Winter Carnival photos) and Mary Treacy (libraries and human rights) today. Cleaning the slate: Second Chance on the Hill event rallies for justice By Sharon Rolenc James Cannon admits he had a privileged life. With his father a judge and his mother a nurse midwife, he was afforded a private school education. He secured a well paying job before graduating college, and was confident he was on the fast train to success. But one mistake changed the whole course of his life.MORE » Bike Walk Center plans take a detour Two proposals were received in response to an RFP issued in September of last year for a North Minneapolis Bike Walk Center. Last week, in part one of this story, we detailed how the Cultural Wellness Center's (CWC) proposal came to fruition. When we attempted to do the same for the TREADS proposal, not all of their team members were as forthcoming.MORE » More evidence public layoffs undercut recovery Recently released December unemployment numbers brought both bright and dismal signals for Minnesota and the nation. This much is clear: Minnesota's economy is trying to recover, but state institutions are doing their darnedest to squeeze the life out of any glimmer of hope.MORE » DFL wants ethics hearing on Sen. Scott Newman Senate DFLers are seeking an ethics investigation on Republican Sen. Scott Newman of Hutchinson whose legislative assistant sent an email to the Minnesota Nurses Association stating that he would not meet with groups who backed his opponent, Hal Kimball.MORE » Meet the Minneapolis School Board: Alberto Monserrate on engaging the community Five years ago, Alberto Monserrate was one of the most vocal critics of the Minneapolis School Board. As co-founder and chief executive officer of the Latino Communications Network, he was outspoken about the district's shortcomings, both publicly and through meetings with school board meetings. Now, five years later, Monserrate sits on the Minneapolis Public School Board, and has pMORE » MUSIC | "Mary Stuart" at the Minnesota Opera: A long goodbye Even if you don't know much about classical music, you can appreciate opera because it features situations everyone can relate to. For example, Gaetano Donizetti's Mary Stuart: you know you need to sign your cousin's death warrant because she was party to treasonous plots against you, and furthermore has been sending mash notes from her prison cell to your lover, who was once hers. But you keep putting it off and putting it off because you're busy being queen and, after all, she is your cousin (albeit once removed). I mean, who hasn't been there?MORE » Inside the Daily Planet, 01/31/11Preserving an engineering feat: Restoring the Capitol Dome by Patty Ostberg, Session Weekly/Session Daily • A gold-accented achievement in St. Paul's skyline, the Minnesota State Capitol's dome is the second-largest self-supportive marble dome in the world. Dayton opposes use of bankruptcy to avoid pension payments by Staff, Workday Minnesota • Governor Mark Dayton says he strongly opposes former Governor Tim Pawlenty's suggestion to declare bankruptcy so Minnesota could avoid its pension liabilities and other debts. Pawlenty, now a potential presidential candidate, told a group of New Hampshire Republicans Monday that the idea is worth considering as a way to avoid pension liabilities. State employees singled out for leadership in addressing foodborne illnesses by Staff, Workday Minnesota • The same week legislators held a hearing on the Republican bill to cut the state workforce by 15 percent across the board, the Center for Science in the Public Interest singled out Minnesota as one of two states nationally that is "...widely recognized for having strong investigating and reporting systems..." when it comes to handling foodborne illnesses. The CSPI report was based on a 10-year review of state responses to foodborne illness outbreaks and the agency gave letter grades to all 50 states. Anoka-Hennepin changes Snow Days coronation over lesbian students' election by Andy Birkey, Minnesota Independent • After the student body at Champlin Park High School voted two lesbians as royalty for the Snow Days coronation, the school district changed a longstanding protocol for the event, telling student they couldn't walk into the celebration in pairs, because for two girls to do so might offend some students. Unlike past years, this year all royalty must walk in separately. The school is part of the Anoka-Hennepin School District, which has become ground zero in Minnesota in the battle over anti-LGBT bullying. NEW IN BLOGS ANN TREACY on TCDP | St. Paul Winter Carnival ice sculptures by Ann Treacy • Boreas, King of the Winds, loves and reigns over winter. Vulcanus Rex, the god of Fire, is the sworn enemy of Boreas and strives to bring on the spring. The Winter Carnival brings about the final hurrah for the Boreas folks and on the final day the Vulcans storm the ice castle and spring prevails. In the mix there's always a bawdy Klondike Kate who sings - and the Vulcan Krewe rides around in a red bus and draws big V's on the faces of the women in the crowd. MN PROGRESSIVE PROJECT | Unfettered individualism can be a problem by Joe Bodell • I've been watching the roundup of President Obama's State of the Union with some interest -- it sounds like the speech, for what it was worth, was accepted positively, and I'm sure it will be completely out of the news in two weeks, depending on how hard the White House comms staff wants to push the "Winning the Future" theme in 2011. POKING AROUND | Human rights - framing the issue by Mary Treacy • As a librarian of very long standing I have worked with a mix of like-minded souls to frame access to information as a human right. A powerful and much-appreciated resource is now accessible online. Last week, in commemoration of MLK Day, the Advocates for Human Rights and the US Human Rights Network issued a significant resource useful to a broad range of advocates. BLUESTEM PRAIRIE | Walz vows to fight Bachmann plan to balance budget at expense of veterans' care by Sally Jo Sorensen • The Air Force News and other outlets in Gannet Media's Military Times Network are reporting that Bachmann plan would cut veterans benefits: "Tea party favorite Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., has unveiled a plan for cutting $400 billion in federal spending that includes freezing Veterans Affairs Department health care spending and cutting veterans' disability benefits." HINDSIGHT | Green vs jobs: the two can coexist by Natalie Camplair • Last week the Environmental Protection Agency revoked the permit for West Virginia's largest mountain top removal project, citing lasting damages that blowing up an Appalachian peak--to extract the coal below--could cause.
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