Twin Cities

November 16, 2009 4:56 PM

Minneapolis declares 3 more unofficial winners in election

Minneapolis officials declared three more unofficial winners Monday afternoon in the city's first ever election using instant runoff voting.

by Brandt Williams

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November 16, 2009 2:53 PM

Norm Coleman says he supports redesign of absentee ballots

Former Minnesota Senator Norm Coleman supports efforts to redesign Minnesota's absentee ballots.

by Phil Picardi

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November 16, 2009 2:03 PM

Slideshow: First day on the Northstar

Photos from the first official day of operation of the new Northstar commuter rail line.

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November 16, 2009 3:00 AM

Poll: 56% of voters prefer instant runoff voting

A new Minnesota Public Radio News/University of Minnesota poll shows Minneapolis residents are divided over the city's new instant runoff voting system.

by Curtis Gilbert

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November 15, 2009 10:23 PM

Twin Cities students attend shuttle launch

Ten junior high and high school students from Urban Ventures in Minneapolis are at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida Monday to watch the launch of the space shuttle Atlantis.

by Jessica Mador

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November 15, 2009 12:47 PM

St. Paul superintendent list down to three

Three finalists have been named for the top job of St. Paul schools superintendent -two are from the metro area and one is from outside the state.

by Jessica Mador

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November 13, 2009 8:00 PM

Jewish, Muslim congregations to participate in joint events

The conflict between Jews and Muslims in the Middle East has often caused tension between people of the two different faiths living in other parts of the world.

by Elizabeth Dunbar

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November 13, 2009 6:53 PM

Who are the Ritchie Boys?

Guy Stern and Walter Schwarz are Jewish World War II veterans who served in a special and unusual Army unit, and the pair was reunited in St. Paul last night for the first time since their wartime service.

by Tom Crann

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November 13, 2009 6:26 PM

Barbara Kingsolver on being a writer

Author Barbara Kingsolver talks about being a writer and her hometown library. Filmed live at the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul, Minn. November 11, 2009 with host Kerri Miller.

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November 13, 2009 5:43 PM

Two business leaders take stand in Petters trial

Jurors in the fraud trial of Tom Petters heard damaging testimony Friday from two prominent business leaders who did business with Petters.

by Martin Moylan

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