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April 13, 2016
US Bank Stadium is pictured in early April 2016.

Readers Write (April 14): U.S. Bank stadium and birds, transportation policy, 35W and 3rd Avenue projects, Minneapolis mayor and council travel, space exploration

With U.S. Bank Stadium, we can see what birds won't.
Letters
April 12, 2016
More green would be added to 3rd Avenue under a proposed redesign in downtown Minneapolis. One feature would be planter-protected bike lanes on portio

Readers Write (April 13): Third Avenue redesign, prosecution and evidence, the Legislature, Lake Street, Belinda Jensen

The three-lane option is best for downtown Minneapolis project.
Letters
April 11, 2016
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Readers Write (April 12): Minneapolis City Council travel, Archbishop Hebda, historic district policies, gender bias, 'Mark Trail'

Minneapolis City Council travel costs are no extravagance.
Letters
April 8, 2016
Parts of Nye's Polonaise will be integrated into the new development that is coming to the block.] Richard Tsong-Taatarii/rtsong-taatarii@startribune.

Readers Write (April 9): The closing of Nye's, black businesses, Afghanistan's future, Minnesota's prisons, police body cameras

Wish there were a chance to keep Nye's furnishings together.
Letters
April 8, 2016
Star Tribune illustration ORG XMIT: MIN1604011126054106

Readers Write (April 10): Paying for pollution, executive compensation

Debating cap-and-trade and fee-and-dividend proposals.
Letters
April 8, 2016
Freshman Sen. Bernie Sanders, D-Vt., center, Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., 2nd right, Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., left, and Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., right, s

Readers Write (April 11): Gender bias and decisions on war, women veterans, 'too big to fail,' immigration terminology, Ted Cruz, gratitude for Minneapolis police

Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton and qualifications.
Letters
April 7, 2016
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Readers Write (April 8): Racial disparities, Jamar Clark case, medical records, mental health care funding, state employee travel ban

North Minneapolis economy: Ready to think outside the box?
Letters
April 6, 2016
A protestor waved a "Justice 4 Jamar" banner at traffic turning onto Plymouth Avenue Friday afternoon. ] (AARON LAVINSKY/STAR TRIBUNE) aaron.lavinsky@

Readers Write (April 7): The NAACP and the Jamar Clark case, health care assistance, corporate inversions, road construction

The NAACP and the Jamar Clark case: An aversion to pressing for progress is why problems persist.
Letters
April 5, 2016
Nekima Levy-Pounds addressed the media during a press conference, Monday, April 4, 2016 at the Hennepin County Government Center in Minneapolis, MN. T

Readers Write (April 6): Jamar Clark case and the NAACP, Minneapolis' plastic-bag ban, congressional travel, mining, pipelines

Goals are ill-served by pressing for new prosecution.
Letters
April 4, 2016
A woman carried plastic bags of groceries out of Kowalski's in Uptown in Minneapolis, Minn., on Thursday, July 23, 2015. ] RENEE JONES SCHNEIDER &#x20

Readers Write (April 5): Plastic bag ban, Jamar Clark case, Dayton's travel ban, Paulsen's travel, the farm economy

Plastic-bag ban in Minneapolis? Well, I'll shop in the next city.
Letters
April 1, 2016
Members of the Peterson family, who operate Far-Gaze Farms, worked harvesting corn on one of their fields, this one 142 acres, Friday, Oct. 9, 2015,ne

Readers Write (April 2): Farm incomes, Jamar Clark case, Donald Trump and abortion, a tale of gratitude

Crop yields up, incomes down. And the cost to all of us?
Letters
April 1, 2016
Aidan Spillane prays each night before a small crucifix on the floor of his bedroom. A devout Catholic, Spillane finds himself struggling to forgive t

Readers Write (April 3): Mental health care, Jamar Clark case, U.S. foreign policy

We continue to see a broken mental health care system in Minnesota.
Letters
April 1, 2016
Metallica performed at Target Center in 2009. ORG XMIT: MIN2016031517071441

Readers Write (April 4): Ticket scalping, family and medical leave, farming, free-transit proposal, prom proposals, roadwork

Who loses with ticket scalping? Those who truly care about the event being offered.
Letters
March 31, 2016
Police in riot gear head back toward the 4th precinct after being dispatched to head to the 1600 block of Plymouth Ave. N, where protesters had shut d

Readers Write (April 1): Jamar Clark case, gun that looks like cellphone, University of Minnesota spending

In the Jamar Clark case, we're left with questions about weaponized force and de-escalation techniques.
Letters
March 30, 2016
Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman announced that he will not file criminal charges against the two police officers involved in the shooting. ] JIM

Readers Write (March 31): Decision in Jamar Clark case, proposed plastic bag ban

In Freeman, we see a leader truly willing to make a tough decision.
Letters
March 29, 2016
Ken and Betsy Roering, of Minneapolis, found a shady spot at Loring Park to watch a family of geese wander the edge of the Pond on Wednesday afternoon

Readers Write (March 30): Minneapolis parks, proposed plastic-bag ban, taxes, state business climate

Parks are an equalizer, but in Minneapolis, they're out of shape.
Letters
March 28, 2016
Minneapolis Police Chief Janeé Harteau holds a press conference seeking to clarify remarks she made earlier in the day regarding police response

Readers Write (March 29): Protests, terrorism, abortion, lobbying, loyalty

Protesters, Police Chief Janeé Harteau is right. Build constructively on progress made.
Letters
March 25, 2016
Courthouse screening is expanding in the metro area. A visual look at the screening area of the Hennepin County Government Center in Minneapolis. Viki

Readers Write (March 26): The battle against terrorism, transgender access to public restrooms, protest and influence, archbishop-designate, Minnesota loyalty

Security, liberty, diplomacy: That elusive balance.
Letters
March 25, 2016

Readers Write (March 27): School discipline, 'a letter to my liberal friends'

Want a solution to student misbehavior? Start early.
Letters
March 25, 2016
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Readers Write (March 28): Proposed plastic-bag ban, lighting and safety, mining, beer and speech, Obama's Cuba trip, Fort Snelling photo

A plastic-bag ban is not supported by research.
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