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Lori Sturdevant
Mille Lacs special session: Dayton angled, and legislators didn't bite
Does inaction regarding Lake Mille Lacs indicate that they're losing their appetite for helping in time of trouble?
Steve Calvin
End-of-life planning: Are we finally ready to talk?
We're beyond "death panels" in the public and private insurance realms. Next hurdle: The personal realm.
D.J. Tice
The ungrounding of the institution of higher ed
Whatever permanence it may have enjoyed is threatened by soaring costs and the government policies that promote this condition.
Editorial
Cord-cutting is no fad, and policymakers need to adjust
Media companies also need to make more content available online.
PAIGE J. NOVAK and LARRY ROGACKI
To save water quality, think before you flush
Treatment plants can't handle some of those products being discarded.
frank ongaro
Modern mining is no threat to Minnesota
The Animas River disaster has no bearing on the proposed PolyMet copper-nickel site.
Ramesh Ponnuru, Bloomberg View (TNS)
Why Trump's immigration plan isn't all bad
In the end, it's amnesty and a less open door in the future — about what most Americans want.
Editorial
Japan's nuclear restart is good news for the rest of the world
Those who care about climate change and air pollution should be celebrating.
Jen Aulwes
No way is Planned Parenthood in it for the money
Talk of withholding federal funds is politically motivated.
PETER ERLINDER
Counterpoint: The truth behind the high cost of hepatitis C
Contrary to health executives' views, treating this epidemic is a medical — not access or ethical — decision, and it is cost-effective.
STEVE CHAPMAN
If every liberal is a "socialist," no wonder socialism has gone mainstream
With stock prices and profits soaring, capitalism just might survive the Obama era. Conservative hyperbole might not.
Editorial, Rochester Post-Bulletin
Rural Minnesota towns need their local grocers to survive
Often the stores are the linchpin to the main street economy.
Adam Minter, Bloomberg View
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Plastic bag bans just might end up backfiring
Austin, Texas, for example, has had unintended consequences.
DAVID DURENBERGER
Food insecurity: Summer is a time to ... go hungry
We must help feed kids when school's out.
Phillip J. Trobaugh
Workplace culture: What Amazon can expect here
The giant retailer, recently depicted as a bully, may want to check out Minnesota laws as it prepares to open up shop in Shakopee.
Elizabeth Boyd, The Washington Post.
The Confederate flag isn't enough -- pull down the Southern belle, too.
Racism won't be exorcised until every symbol of Old South privilege is rejected — even the hoop skIrt.
Kate Birch
Potential downside of the U.S.-Cuba thaw: A unique country gets globalized
Lifting the trade embargo will come with a certain moral obligation.
Megan Crosby
Counterpoint: It's not needy animals vs. needy people
If it's money we need, there are many ways we fritter it without helping any interests but our own.
Paula Dwyer, Bloomberg View
Why politicians' student-loan fixes are bad policy
They won't reduce costs or borrowing for college. In fact, they might produce perverse incentives.
Editorial
Federal law needed to protect whistleblowers from 'strategic' lawsuits
They're too often targeted with frivolous litigation aimed at muzzling.
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