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November 1, 2018
Readers Write: Minnesota attorney general, Eighth Congressional District, governor, state auditor, secretary of state
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October 31, 2018
Readers Write: Responses to Editorial Board's endorsements in legislative Districts 36A, 38B and 39B
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October 30, 2018
Readers Write: Presidential speech and American violence, Hennepin County Sheriff, Third Congressional District, U.S. Senate special election
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October 29, 2018
Readers Write: Responses to Star Tribune Editorial Board endorsements of Republican Tom Emmer and Democrats Amy Klobuchar, Tina Smith, Tim Walz and others
The situation compels a vote against Emmer
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October 26, 2018
Readers Write: Arrest in pipe-bomb case, Minnesota attorney general race
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October 26, 2018
Readers Write: 'Denied Justice,' endorsements of Klobuchar and 'experienced' law enforcers, change to Sunday comics
A sense of hopelessness sets in.
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October 26, 2018
Readers Write: Lung cancer screening, freedom of thought, the value of the press, the value of voting, Minneapolis 2040 Plan
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October 25, 2018
Readers Write: Tim Walz and the Enbridge pipeline, Jeff Johnson and health care, single-payer costs, First Congressional District race
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October 24, 2018
Readers Write: Tax cuts, Minneapolis school board election, single-payer health care and Jeff Johnson, poll about Brett Kavanaugh
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October 23, 2018
Readers Write: Minnesota and diversity, Minneapolis school board race, headlines, Sunday comics
We must do better here.
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October 22, 2018
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October 19, 2018
Readers Write: Housing costs, Jamal Khashoggi, undetected heart defects, Minnesota Court of Appeals, President Donald Trump and Stormy Daniels, Minnesota-Iowa football rivalry
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October 19, 2018
Readers Write: The mute button, roadwork, snowmobile registration, medical costs in other countries, Hennepin County libraries, the Sears catalog
All hail the facilitator of silence.
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October 19, 2018
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October 18, 2018
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October 17, 2018
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October 16, 2018
Readers Write: Minnesota attorney general race, political parties and the 2018 vote, U.S. Senate candidate Karin Housley, young people's climate concerns, public safety in Minneapolis
Voters have a job to do.
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October 15, 2018
Readers Write: 2018 election voting philosophies; commentaries by John Howe, Julie Rosen, Jason Lewis
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