Did an official tell a SWAT team to “stand down” at the beginning of the mass shooting in Washington? Wall Street parties while the Fed issues depressing news on the economy. Electronic gaming didn’t raise a dime toward the new Vikings stadium. And can you be bumped off a jury for being gay?
Here’s today’s news conversation with Mary Lucia on The Current.
Bob Collins retired from Minnesota Public Radio in 2019 after 12 years of writing NewsCut and pointing out to complainants that posts weren’t news stories. A son of Massachusetts, he was a news editor 1992-1998, created the MPR News regional website in 1999, invented the popular Select A Candidate, started several blogs, and every day lamented that his Minnesota Fantasy Legislature project never caught on.
Bob Collins