Tag: minnesota
member name: Michael Caputo
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June 28, 2008 12:10 AM EDT --
Al Franken should take a seat with someone about the recent poll numbers that came out of Quinnipiac University .
It says that here in Minnesota, the . . .
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August 28, 2009 04:54 PM EDT --
We told you last week about the .3 percent decrease in Minnesota’s unemployment numbers. That's the good news.
But check this out: The number of job vacancies decreased by 40 percent from the . . .
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January 19, 2008 04:30 PM EST --
President Bush and our Washington leaders are setting down a plan to "stimulate the economy." Perhaps it's more like that moment when the ship with a leak starts listing and you grab the . . .
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July 03, 2008 10:13 PM EDT --
It was a gift... unexpected... and unaware you needed it until it was there.
The best kind of gift.
Lunchtime in downtown StP. The tension of a work morning at a terminal . . .
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August 20, 2009 11:59 AM EDT --
In just nine months, Amanda Halbersma, a Public Insight Network source, went from buying a foreclosed home to worrying about the possibility of foreclosure with that very same house.
Several years . . .
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August 25, 2009 04:13 PM EDT --
Numbers this month show that the U.S. economy is more productive. But what’s the toll of that productivity?
Stephanie Massey of Mound has some idea. Her husband, who works for a large financial . . .
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August 26, 2009 10:41 AM EDT --
Much remains unknown about the performance of the so-called American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, commonly referred to as the federal stimulus effort.
So when Rep. Betty McCollum held a hearing . . .
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July 10, 2008 11:02 PM EDT --
On Friday, Minnesota Public Radio's Midday program will air a discussion about the changes in journalism. Average people who just consume news sat with people in the press who are dedicated to reforming . . .
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July 07, 2008 09:55 PM EDT --
See the sly boy's face...
Between the thicket of two pines...
Look up, see the sunshafts...
Busting through branches, through leaves and tangle...
Of maple fronting . . .
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July 20, 2008 11:00 PM EDT --
The robin's alarm and the crow's rude cackle are all to be sensed...
The world still sleeps, except for the birds of pre-dawn...
So complete is the darkness here, no laws exist, . . .
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March 12, 2009 01:48 PM EDT --
Okay, money doesn't buy happiness. And accumulating stuff shouldn't make us whole.
But there are some possessions that have value greater than the pricetag. And yet, in a recession, when the . . .
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February 08, 2008 12:00 PM EST --
So it seems clear that most leaders in Minnesota want transportation improved. But the agreement stalls out soon after. Should we tax? Should we borrow?
Maybe, however, the question . . .
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July 01, 2008 06:14 PM EDT --
If you live in the Twin Cities – and those harsh winters – you feel some gratitude for the skyway system.
In St. Paul, they are vast and can get you around a fair chunk . . .
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June 23, 2008 10:45 AM EDT --
Among the many items for sale at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds car show were magnets.
Some of them carried a message. None were subtle.
Just in case the Obamacons or Obamites or Obam-bams (or . . .
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September 11, 2007 10:48 AM EDT --
You hit 60 years old, you're supposed to be thinking about retirement. Fishing. Bouncing the grandkids on your knee. That kind of thing.
But recent U.S. Census data indicates that many more of those . . .
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January 23, 2008 11:07 AM EST --
Housing prices in the Twin Cities have fallen for the first time in 20 years ... the subprime problems don't seem to be abating.
So what's your housing plan for 2008? Are you going to refinance? . . .
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March 27, 2009 04:14 PM EDT --
Just five months ago, Greta Gramig moved to the north side of Fargo for a job as a professor in plant science. She's about a mile east of North Dakota State university and three blocks west of the . . .
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April 03, 2009 11:45 AM EDT --
The unemployment rate in Minnesota has topped 8 percent. But it's twice that percentage for people who have disabilities.
Minnesota Public Radio reporter Nikki Tundel gives a very human look at . . .
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May 22, 2009 03:52 PM EDT --
Realtors in the Public Insight Network say selling houses under $200,000 is a snap.
Laura Fulayter, a Realtor from Minneapolis, said she sees multiple offers on homes in the first-time buyers’ . . .
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June 04, 2009 11:22 AM EDT --
A Harvard led-study released today linked high medical costs to about two-thirds of those filing for bankruptcy . ( Read the full study here )
MPR's Lorna Benson reports that this . . .
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