Tag: politics
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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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 02, 2008 10:55 PM EDT --
Man, has the phrase "there are no guarantees" ever been more true?
Each day comes a new story about jobs that are going away - and that our comfortable lives are in a bit more in peril. From . . .
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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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March 09, 2007 02:00 AM EST --
This comes from Minnesota Public Radio's Public Insight Network - an effort to get many more people invovled in helping to inform the news.
And we're interested in whether you are getting behind . . .
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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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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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January 17, 2008 09:31 PM EST --
At Minnesota Public Radio we had a forum discussion on the environment (there will be more about this later). But even in this context, it was amazing how the economic slide made its way into the conversation. . . .
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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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June 26, 2008 12:22 AM EDT --
Sometimes it's the messenger. Sometimes, the message.
But here might be one of the rare times when it's the company messages keep. A sign touting cheap divorces next . . .
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June 26, 2008 10:22 PM EDT --
Mr. Lucky's signs (written about in my last post ) got me to thinking ...
Just what signs have you seen that stand out... that make you wonder... that say something more about who we are?
American . . .
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January 15, 2008 09:38 AM EST --
Minnesota has one of the highest rates of binge drinkers. And young people are dying, just this morning comes a report of a North Mankato-area young man who died from what authorities suspect is alcohol . . .
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January 15, 2008 05:21 PM EST --
The salt. The plowing. The winter. They take their toll on Minnesota roads. Then you have the complaints that not enough money is being spent on transportation infrastructure.
If you are a Minnesota . . .
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January 28, 2008 05:58 PM EST --
My dad used to tell me that the voting booth was a place to put up or shut up. He was mostly right. You have to cast a ballot to have a complaint.
But that's only part of the duty, really. You . . .
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February 20, 2008 11:38 AM EST --
I love when news and dialogue converge. And so it does on MPR's website - in this case it's a map where people who are part of our Public Insight Network are weighing in on a "political think" . . .
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July 07, 2008 05:51 PM EDT --
My fellow Minnesota Gatherers:
In a few weeks you will see the press in MN (and outside too) looking at the I-35W bridge collapse and its affects on people.
There's nothing wrong with the . . .
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September 11, 2008 10:15 AM EDT --
What happens when you ask Minnesotans to weigh in on an issue like the reopening of the I-35W Bridge? You get some pretty good stories.
For a few years now, Minnesota Public Radio news has . . .
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July 05, 2008 03:11 PM EDT --
You came to us in May... that big bounty from our government . You were to find a home in the purchase of, say, video cameras and iPods, maybe Gameboys for the kids.
But we didn't find those things . . .
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August 19, 2008 10:54 AM EDT --
A colleague of mine said the other day that she tells her significant other to slow down when he's driving. The reason: To avoid an expensive speeding ticket.
Now sure, from time to time we are . . .
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