| Good evening! There will be plenty of kvetching about today’s U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down Minnesota’s law against wearing politically affiliated clothing at the polling place. But Bob Collins asks a simple question today on the NewsCut blog. "When's the last time a T-shirt, a bumper sticker, or a lawn sign influenced your vote?" | Forecast | Updraft |
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| | Watchdog sees errors, not bias, in Comey's Clinton probe | | The Justice Department's watchdog faults former FBI Director James Comey for breaking with protocol in his handling of the Hillary Clinton email investigation, but it says his decisions were not driven by political bias ahead of the 2016 election, according to two people familiar with the findings. | |
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| 'Fellow Travelers': Minnesota Opera takes on the '50s Lavender Scare | | The little-discussed Lavender Scare, when the federal government purged thousands of employees because they were gay, is at the center of the Minnesota Opera's latest production, "Fellow Travelers." It tells the story through the eyes of two men who meet and fall in love in Washington, D.C. during the McCarthy era. | |
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| | Hey Minnesota, meet the Blue Mounds bison herd | | If you've ever wanted to get up close and personal with a bison — safely — here's your chance. Starting Friday, you can reserve spots online for a Department of Natural Resources guided 90-minute driving tour of about 100 bison and the prairie they live on at Blue Mounds State Park in southwestern Minnesota. | |
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| As the scandals mount, conservatives turn on Scott Pruitt | | Amid an unceasing series of revelations about alleged ethical misconduct, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt is rapidly losing support with influential Republican lawmakers and conservatives who, until now, have strongly backed Pruitt and the pro-fossil fuel deregulatory agenda he's implemented. | |
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