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Democratic state Sen. Nicole Mitchell, right, from Woodbury, speaks with Sen. Robert D. Farnsworth, R-Hibbing, on the floor of the Senate on April 2 i

Readers Write: State Sen. Nicole Mitchell, pro-Palestine protests, Third Precinct

Resign now.
Letters
April 23
Joe Blauert, of St. Paul, enjoys a cigar in the smoking lounge at Anthony's Pipe and Cigar Lounge in south Minneapolis last November. The Minneapolis

Readers Write: Smoking in Minneapolis, phones in schools, Trump's trial, theater, film

Push this tobacco ordinance forward.
Letters
April 22
Readers Write: Cellphones in schools, potholes, child abuse, good journalism

Readers Write: Cellphones in schools, potholes, child abuse, good journalism

No phones in school. Duh.
Letters
April 21
Donald Trump, left, and Joe Biden are pictured in separate shots during the first presidential debate in the 2020 election cycle. They may not debate

Readers Write: Presidential debates, mental health, copper wire theft, Hennepin County Board, films

Let the debates go on — with a couple drug tests first.
Letters
April 20
Kathy Ware takes a selfie with her son, Kylen, 29, at a bingo night for adults with developmental disabilities at First Presbyterian Church in St. Pau

Readers Write: Medical aid in dying, HCMC governance, spirituality

Protect the vulnerable. Legalize aid in dying.
Letters
April 19
State Rep. Jim Nash, R-Waconia, at the Legislature in 2019. He has introduced a bill that would make it a misdemeanor for anyone to prevent or discour

Readers Write: Child abuse, guns, justice system, deer hunting

Pass this law.
Letters
April 18
A 40-inch lake sturgeon caught and later released on the Rainy River near Baudette, Minn. The fish has undergone an impressive recovery in the area, w

Readers Write: Lake sturgeon, foreign policy, eclipses

Lake sturgeon warrant a "threatened" designation.
Letters
April 17
Readers Write: $15 cigarettes, federal debt

Readers Write: $15 cigarettes, federal debt

The attitude: Weed? Go for it. Tobacco? No way.
Letters
April 16
Students pull books from the shelves in the school library at Gideon Pond Elementary School in Burnsville in 2023.

Readers Write: Politicized education, presidential debates, election strategies, small-town papers

Indoctrination isn't so easy.
Letters
April 15
Former President Donald Trump arrives at Manhattan criminal court with his legal team ahead of jury selection in New York on April 15.

Readers Write: 'Lawfare' against Republicans, presidential debates, diets, social work

It's more balanced than that. Look at this list of convictions.
Letters
April 14
Ukrainian soldiers fire a howitzer toward Russian forces in the Donetsk region of Ukraine on March 27.

Readers Write: Ukraine, swatting, government surveillance, higher ed, Comstock Act, eclipse

Tell us where you stand.
Letters
April 13
Readers Write: Social studies standards, data centers, tragedy, the Twins

Readers Write: Social studies standards, data centers, tragedy, the Twins

Take a deep breath.
Letters
April 12
Kate Gallagher of Minneapolis, was on her way to work after running some errands. She is a personal trainer at The Movement Minneapolis and was seen a

Readers Write: Transportation, ridesharing, homeless encampments, Upper Red Lake

Saddle up, everyone. It's back to the past.
Letters
April 11
The final edition of the Warroad Pioneer sits on a table at the Daisy Gardens restaurant, where a customer was reading it over breakfast, in Warroad,

Readers Write: The future of news, Donald Trump's trustworthiness, electric vehicles

Treasuring my printed paper.
Letters
April 10
Mourners attend a funeral outside Kabul, Afghanistan, for a victim of the ISIS-K attack at the international airport in the city in 2021.

Readers Write: Foreign policy, war, abortion in Arizona, ethanol

We haven't figured this out, all right.
Letters
April 9
Owen Kloncz, 4, looks up to the sky to try to find the sun and the solar eclipse on Monday at the Science Museum of Minnesota in St. Paul.

Readers Write: Eclipse, HCMC, nuclear power, Southwest light rail

A missed vocabulary lesson!
Letters
April 8
The Highwater Ethanol plant in Lamberton, Minn., in 2022.

Readers Write: Ethanol, synthetic turf, composting, traffic, e-bikes

Time to wind down our use of ethanol.
Letters
April 7
The familiar cereal aisle, in a grocery store in Texas.

Readers Write: 'Anti-diet' promotion, housing, Donald Trump, cats

Sugarcoating the bad news: Some foods are not very good for you.
Letters
April 6
Nate Otto disassembles a player piano in his backyard on Dec. 19 in Anoka.

Readers Write: Playing the piano, closing prisons, disability community, college sports

I'm no Beethoven, but I appreciate my piano.
Letters
April 5
A rendering of what the Cedar-Riverside area might look like if Interstate 94 between the downtowns of Minneapolis and St. Paul were turned into a bou

Readers Write: Replacing I-94, women's sports, health care

A proposal for endless honking.
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