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Danny Tyree: The Wizard of Oz approach

On Jan. 1, nearly 1 million Americans in 10 states received a pay raise because of a hike in minimum wage — but the issue of state and federal minimum...

opinion / commentary Fri, Jan 04, 2013 - 12:34am

House vote avoids cliff

by ALAN FRAM, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Past its own New Year’s deadline, a weary Congress sent President Barack Obama legislation to avoid a national “fiscal cliff” of middle...

news Tue, Jan 01, 2013 - 11:16pm

Quadriplegic platypuses

And now let us speak of the current lame-duck session of the 112th Congress. Daily we witness the death throes of the final assemblage of this particular group of elected...

opinion / commentary Thu, Dec 20, 2012 - 9:40pm

Home Depot helps Bemidji Community Food Shelf

Tom Batt and Amber Lepisto, Home Depot team members, help Brian Ingalls, Bemidji Community Food Shelf volunteer, install a new kitchen donated by Home Depot. Home Depot Foundation donated $8,500...

news / business Fri, Dec 14, 2012 - 10:03pm

Fiscal cliff hits home: BSU professor says solving issue is imperative to economy’s future

By Molly Miron, Special to the Pioneer BEMIDJI – A Bemidji State University assistant professor said the country’s pending “fiscal cliff” is highly relevant to Bemidji area residents, and some...

news / local Fri, Dec 14, 2012 - 3:10am

Rich Lowry: The Battle of Lansing

Michigan gave birth to the United Auto Workers. The union was founded at a convention in Detroit in 1935. After its famous sit-down strike in Flint, Mich., in 1937, the...

opinion / commentary Tue, Dec 11, 2012 - 9:43pm

Jim Hightower: Solving the Twinkie murder case

Remember the horrible murders in 1978 of San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk? At the killer’s trial, his lawyer argued for leniency, saying that a steady diet...

opinion / commentary Thu, Dec 06, 2012 - 5:22pm

Wind energy tax credits praised

By John Myers, Forum Communications DULUTH — Federal wind energy production tax credits are about to blow off the fiscal cliff unless Congress acts to renew them. That was the...

news / region Thu, Nov 29, 2012 - 2:59am

Tom Purcell: Why spy on France?

The French have accused the American government of using U.S.-Israeli spy software to hack into the French presidential office. I read about it in The Hill. I contacted my French...

opinion / commentary Wed, Nov 28, 2012 - 1:59am

Tom Purcell: Our money factory

“Good morning, class,” says the sixth-grade teacher. “Today, we have a special guest from the U.S. Bureau of Engraving. Mr. Bob Johnson is going to tell us how money is...

opinion / commentary Tue, Nov 20, 2012 - 11:32pm

The annual Stuff-A-Truck campaign began Wednesday morning with collections from many schools in the area. Solway Elementary School second- graders Mayor Gbala, left, and MacKenzie Steinmetz carry out a box of donated items from their class for the Bemidji Food Shelf. Monte Draper | Bemidji Pioneer

Donations help Bemidji Community Food Shelf

BEMIDJI — For the 21st consecutive year, youngsters from local schools began the process of stuffing a truck with donations to the Bemidji Community Food Shelf on Wednesday. More students...

news / local Thu, Nov 15, 2012 - 1:51am

Religious leaders trying to eat for a week on a food stamp budget

By Julie Siplem MPR News 91.3 FM MINNEAPOLIS — Could you eat on a food stamp budget? About a dozen Jewish, Christian and Muslim leaders in Minnesota are joining others...

news / region Tue, Nov 13, 2012 - 12:05am

The Bemidji Community Food Shelf has moved to its new location in the industrial park. Shown above, Elvin Roy, left, receives help Monday from volunteers Edith Hoyum and Milt Jones. Monte Draper | Bemidji Pioneer

Food shelf opens in new location

The Bemidji Community Food Shelf has moved to its new location in the industrial park. Shown above, Elvin Roy, left, receives help Monday from volunteers Edith Hoyum and Milt Jones...

news / local Mon, Oct 22, 2012 - 11:49pm

Tom Purcell: Timing the American experience just right

My parents’ generation timed it just right. Born in the thick of the Great Depression, they were taught from an early age how to pinch a penny. Though they were...

opinion / commentary Wed, Oct 03, 2012 - 1:49am

Red Lake tribal member Alvin Clark, left, sometimes comes to People's Church in Bemidji for meals, and he used to take shelter at the church when he was homeless. Tom Robertson | MPR News 91.3 FM

Rural counties struggle with poverty

By Tom Robertson, ,MPR News 91.3 FM BEMIDJI – When Alvin Clark needs a meal, he sometimes comes to the basement of the People’s Church, where poor people in Beltrami...

news / local Thu, Sep 13, 2012 - 11:47pm

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