Lawmakers propose bill to track missing persons

Minnesota lawmakers are proposing a bill they hope will make it easier to find missing persons.

Rep. Sheldon Johnson of St. Paul will hold a press conference Thursday to discuss a bill that would require cell phone companies to hand over information that shows the whereabouts of a cell phone of a missing person.

Law professor enters congressional race

St. Thomas law professor Teresa Collett announced this week she will seek the Republican endorsement for Congress in Minnesota’s Fourth District.

The seat is held by Democrat Betty McCollum, who was first elected in 2000. The Fourth District includes St. Thomas’s St. Paul campus.

Yale releases year’s most memorable quotes

Health care debate, Kanye West, balloon boy and “You lie!” all produced some of this year’s top quotes.

Fred Shapiro, associate librarian and lecturer in legal research at Yale Law School, released his fourth annual list of The Yale Book of Quotations.

The original Yale Book of Quotations was published in 2006. Since then, Shapiro releases an annual list of the top 10 quotes, which he said will be incorporated into the next edition of the book in a few years.

St. Paul declares snow emergency

The City of St. Paul has issued a snow emergency effective 9:00 p.m. tonight.

Included are all streets posted with signs that say “NIGHT PLOW ROUTE” and one side of all north-south residential streets posted with signs that say “NIGHT PLOW ROUTE-THIS SIDE OF STREET”. Parking is banned until streets are plowed full width to the curb. There will be tagging and towing ahead of the plows.