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Brian LeClair
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Legislators can — and should — say no to proposed pay raise
Just because a new citizens panel called for a more-than-$13,000 pay raise for them, senators and House members don't have to accept it — and they shouldn't.
Faisal Ahmed, Abdirashid Jama, and Abdi “Gurhan” Mohamed
We're Somali business owners in Minneapolis. We back a $15 minimum wage. Here's why
Raising the hourly minimum in Minneapolis would be good for our neighborhoods and is sound, as well. Our businesses thrive when our customers earn living wages.
Editorial, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
UAE's lofty ambition: A city the size of Chicago on Mars
For the tiny nation, the limit is way beyond the sky: a city on Mars by 2117.
Patricia Helmberger
Plastic bags: It's time to bag these ubiquitous, deadly pollutants
Plastic bags crowd landfills and ocean garbage islands. The Legislature would be foolish to ignore the problem.
MICKEY COOK
To whom it should concern: We need real help in north Minneapolis
Here in north Minneapolis, there's a bullet train running through our backyards. When are the rest of you going to stop averting your gaze and do something real to help us out?
Editorial, Duluth News Tribune
Dayton, Legislature let politics get in the way of Real ID
Governor's insistence on driver's license provision is wrongheaded.
Lori Sturdevant
In western Minnesota, a diminished DFL, and yet
The party has purpose and perhaps a chance in this session to show rural voters how it better meets their needs.
D.J. Tice
Strong-arm government? It could happen here (and did)
Thinking back 100 years on the power and reverberations of the Minnesota Commission of Public Safety.
Cynthia M. Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram (TNS)
Middlebury mob a sign of a serious problem in our country.
"The saddest day in my life," said an injured professor of the violent venom.
Editorial
Stop the panic and debate pros, cons of House health care bill
One thing to remember:Obamacare is coming apart at the seams.
Doug Loon and Harry Melander
Federal officials arbitrarily nixed important Iron Range projects
Tough state and national laws guarantee environmental standards will be met.
Megan McArdle, Bloomberg View (TNS)
Obamacare is sinking fast while they build a lifeboat
We have to have something that's durable. There's no magic wand.
John Rash
Rash Report: Three key 2017 elections will reflect, shape Europe's future
Amid populism, politicians who still back the European Union.
Michael Snyder
Are medical malpractice lawsuits really a form of 'blackmail'?
A provision in the Trumpcare legislation would severely limit a patient's rights.
Chris Cillizza, The Washington Post
We are all conspiracy theorists now
They're nothing new, but they once belonged to the fringe. Now we're eager to believe.
Editorial, Sacramento Bee
CIA has some reassuring to do
WikiLeaks revelations afford the opportunity for questions.
Craig Bowron
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Every pedestrian and cyclist should know the rules
The problem is, many motorists don't, or don't care. And, so, too, the occasional stroller or cyclist. The thing is you can be very, very right about a traffic issue, and very, very dead. The simple fact is the car wins every time.
Julie Quist
Get the PC police out of schools' locker rooms
Obama administration's definition of the word "sex" has been wisely reversed, but Minnesota is still trying to strong-arm compliance.
Max Boot, Foreign Policy
WikiLeaks rides to Trump's rescue -- again
Just when he needed a distraction, and a spotlight on the CIA's surveillence culture, along comes a data dump.
Eli Lake, Bloomberg View
About those wiretaps: Before you declare Trump a lunatic, better read this
There's no question the president was wrong about his predecessor spying on him. But there's more to the story.
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