Pioneer Press

Type: Company

Name: Pioneer Press

First reported 1 hour ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 1 reports

Pilot dies in helicopter crash near Maplewood Nature Center

A helicopter crashed Wednesday, June 19, near the Maplewood Nature Center. Fire crews and police were dispatched to an area near Seventh Street and Mayhill Road in south Maplewood at about 8:15 a.m., according to Ramsey County dispatch. The helicopter ... [Published TwinCities.com - 1 hour ago]

Entities: John Doman, Pioneer Press, Police

First reported 3 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 1 reports

Amazon Cutting All Ties To Minnesota Business Before Online Sales Tax Law Kicks In

( Alan Rappa ) Amazon would rather not collect online sales tax in Minnesota — at least, it doesn’t want to do so because the state orders it to — so instead, by the end of the month it will cut all ties to its Minnesota-based affiliate websites. ... [Published The Consumerist - 3 hours ago]

Entities: Tax Law, Pioneer Press, Taxes

First reported 2 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 1 reports

Teacher lets student pierce others in school and more strange crimes

A lesson in piercingA Pennsylvania teacher is accused of allowing a student to pierce others while in the classroom. The teacher faced multiple charges for the April incident at her preliminary hearing Monday. Police said the 34-year-old teacher, April ... [Published Las Cruces Sun-News - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Police, Crime, Pioneer Press, Grand Jury, Saint Paul (Minnesota, United States)

First reported 2 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 1 reports

Kellogg Company

Cornerstones of St. Paul: Exploring chiseled (and painted) numbers dating to 1858

MinnPost illustration byDowntown St. Paul is full of interesting cornerstones, spanning more than a century.Walking through a city, you’re surrounded on all sides by little boasts on the part of the people who've made up the city. Not just in window advertisements ... [Published MinnPost - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Saint Paul (Minnesota, United States), Pioneer Press, Lyndon B Johnson, Kellogg Company, Life Insurance

First reported 5 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 1 reports

Amazon drops MN affiliate websites over sales tax

ST. PAUL, Minn. --Amazon.com says it will drop its Minnesota-based affiliate websites before the state's online sales tax becomes law July 1.The websites receive a fee for referring shoppers to Amazon's online store. The new law requires certain online ... [Published South Carolina Enquirer-Herald - 5 hours ago]

Entities: Saint Paul (Minnesota, United States), Pioneer Press, Online Advertising

First reported 17 hours ago - Updated 11 hours ago - 1 reports

Minnesota Public Radio

Amazon Cuts Ties In Minnesota Ahead Of New Sales Tax

Weeks before Minnesota's new sales tax law takes effect, online retailer Amazon is cutting its ties to members of its Associates program who live in the state. The new law requires businesses that have a presence in Minnesota to collect sales tax.Amazon ... [Published NPR - 17 hours ago]

Entities: Pioneer Press, Minnesota Public Radio, Tax Law, National Public Radio

First reported 12 hours ago - Updated 12 hours ago - 1 reports

Pioneer Institute

Pioneer Press Conference To Highlight Overspending On Mbta Bus Maintenance

As new study from Pioneer Research Director and former Massachusetts Inspector General Greg Sullivan finds that the MBTA spends more than twice as much maintaining its buses than comparable transit agencies do, and that simply running its bus maintenance ... [Published Citybizlist - 12 hours ago]

Entities: Pioneer Press, Pioneer Institute, Transportation

First reported 20 hours ago - Updated 20 hours ago - 1 reports

Driver gets one year for death of Sault man

A 63-year-old Minneapolis man will serve one year in jail for his role in the Dec. 18, 2011 accident that killed 21-year-old Marcus Andary of Sault Ste. Marie and left two others with permanent injuries, according to the Pioneer Press of St. Paul, Mi ... [Published Marie Evening News - 20 hours ago]

Entities: Michael Farrell, Pioneer Press, Vehicular Homicide

First reported 20 hours ago - Updated 20 hours ago - 1 reports

St. Paul: Field-prep for this fall's elections: Pioneer Press editorial

A rare City Council resignation is making St. Paul's election this fall one to watch.The number of candidates expressing interest in the seat -- and others applying for an interim appointment -- are a good gauge of democracy in the capital city. The reading: ... [Published TwinCities.com - 20 hours ago]

Entities: Pioneer Press, Saint Paul (Minnesota, United States), Elections, Tim Holden

First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated 21 hours ago - 2 reports

Pig-and-gun tattoo naming cop posted on Facebook; defendant inks it over and gets probation

PrintA Minnesota man who is a reputed gang member got probation Monday after inking over a tattoo that was thought to pose a threat to a Minneapolis police officer working in a gang-investigation unit.Antonio Fransion Jenkins Jr. had faced a felony terroristic ... [Published ABA Journal - Jun 18 2013]

Entities: Probation, Facebook Inc, Police Officer, Pioneer Press

First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated Jun 18 2013 - 1 reports

The Daily Digest (DFL may reconsider some taxes, White House threatens farm bill veto)

Welcome to Tuesday’s Daily Digest. As the election season gets closer in Minnesota, there are signs that DFLers may be willing to take another look at some of the taxes they approved last session.And the farm bill is in the U.S. House. But food stamp ... [Published Minnesota Public Radio - Jun 18 2013]

Entities: Taxes, Mike Benson, White House

First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated Jun 18 2013 - 1 reports

Utilities pay reduced fines for gas blasts that leveled 2 homes probes closed

Xcel Energy employees work on Villard Street in St. Paul after the explosion Monday February 1, 2010 that leveled a home on that block. The blast occurred when a workman trying to clear a clogged sewer line punctured a plastic gas pipe that had been accidentally ... [Published Big News Network - Jun 18 2013]

Entities: Saint Paul (Minnesota, United States), Pioneer Press, Xcel Energy Inc

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...Next door, “1888” is painted up at the top in a similar style. I like the retroactive modesty of this, as is someone realized decades later, "Wait, this building is older than every other single building around. We should let people know." It's hard to imagine whoever erected this modest building in 1858 thinking it would outlast every other building around it, well into the 21st centu...

Cornerstones of St. Paul: Exploring chiseled (and painted) numbers dating to 1858 [Published MinnPost - 2 hours ago]

...informed recipients that their account "will be closed" and the company will not pay them for any customers referred to Amazon after June 30, "nor will we accept new applications for the Associates Program from Minnesota residents."

Amazon Cuts Ties In Minnesota Ahead Of New Sales Tax [Published NPR - 17 hours ago]

"We've never had this kind of publicity over a beer launch, certainly," Schwarz said. "It's not what we want to be known for, but, hopefully, that means more people will check us out."

In Stillwater brewery plant heist, no suspect but plenty of chatter [Published TwinCities.com - 20 hours ago]

Finally, the WSJ alleges that "[t] he Department of HousingHousing and Urban Development then rubber-stamped Mr. Perez's power play by issuing a regulation sanctioning disparate impact in housing enforcement."

WSJ Uses Fair Housing Case To Further Attack On Labor Nominee Perez, Civil Rights [Published Media Matters for America - 20 hours ago]

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Amazon Cutting All Ties To Minnesota Business B... [Published The Consumerist - 3 hours ago] ( Alan Rappa ) Amazon would rather not collect online sales tax in Minnesota — at least, it doesn’t want to do so because the state orders it to — so instead, by the end of the month it will cut all ties to its Minnesota-based affiliate websites. ...
Lara Schwartz: WSJ Uses Fair Housing Case To Fu... [Published Media Matters for America - County Fair - Jun 18 2013] The Wall Street Journal is using the Supreme Court's decision to hear a Fair Housing Act case as a springboard to resume its attacks on Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Thomas Perez, who has been nominated to be Secretary of Labor. On June ...
Mari Ruddy: Fundraiser started for St. Paul wom... [Published MaritimeSecurity.Asia - Jun 16 2013] A donation campaign has been started for Mari Ruddy, the 48-year-old St. Paul woman with diabetes who was found in an Edina park two days after she went missing. Ruddy is still in intensive care and is making small but significant improvements, according ...
Mari Ruddy: Fundraiser started for St. Paul wom... [Published MaritimeSecurity.Asia - Jun 16 2013] A donation campaign has been started for Mari Ruddy, the 48-year-old St. Paul woman with diabetes who was found in an Edina park two days after she went missing. Ruddy is still in intensive care and is making small but significant improvements, according ...
A Former Nazi Commander Lives In Minnesota [Published BuzzFeed - Latest - Jun 14 2013] He’s 94 and the U.S. is probably going to deport him to be prosecuted for his crimes in Germany or Poland. Michael Karkoc was a top commander of a Nazi SS-led unit, which reportedly burned villages filled with women and children. The Associated Press ...