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May 7, 2019
Street service worker Bradley Therres smooths asphalt over a pothole on Shepard Road. ] LEILA NAVIDI ¥ leila.navidi@startribune.com BACKGROUND IN

Readers Write: Infrastructure spending, testosterone ruling, mental health, climate change, sentencing commission, Venezuela, minimum wage

The gas tax and other funding proposals are needed to improve transportation.
Letters
May 6, 2019
Members of South Side Battletrain strut their stuff.] It's the annual May Day Parade, put on by the In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre.

Readers Write: Local art, public access to lakes, gas tax, 2020 presidential race

What makes the Twin Cities special is the local artists dedicated to them.
Letters
May 3, 2019
@mkcauf, Lake Calhoun, for Outdoors Weekend

Readers Write: Lake name change, William Barr congressional testimony, black identity advocacy

They don't erase the past; they focus on who we want to become.
Letters
May 3, 2019
A sailboat made its way on Bde Maka Ska Monday afternoon. ] CARLOS GONZALEZ ï cgonzalez@startribune.com ñ June 11, 2018, Minneapolis, MN, Fe

Readers Write: Lake ruling, Noor verdict, political correctness, Mueller report/William Barr, future of health care

Name changes dishonor a complex past.
Letters
May 3, 2019
The Mall of America in Minneapolis. A suspect was arrested Friday after throwing a 5-year-old child from a third-floor balcony at the mall. (Aaron Lav

Readers Write: Mental health, IRRRB, police-citizen interactions, new ideas, 'prodigal pub'

Mental health is our responsibility — one way or another.
Letters
May 3, 2019
Wilderness advocacy groups Thursday lost their bid to protect the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, which includes Fire Lake pictured above, from

Readers Write: Student wilderness trips, MNLARS, congressional gridlock

Going to the Boundary Waters teaches things you can't learn elsewhere.
Letters
April 30, 2019
Despite the signs, the legal name of the roundish body of water in the middle of southwest Minneapolis remains Lake Calhoun after a ruling Monday by t

Readers Write: Lake name ruling, access to abortion, Mohamed Noor verdict

The law is the law.
Letters
April 29, 2019
Kyle Fox, 4, and his father Brady Fox hold a sign at a vigil held to support the victims of Chabad of Poway synagogue shooting on the last day of Pass

Readers Write: Our own era of hatred, the Russia investigation, biking and happiness, Irwin Jacobs

Yes, it can happen here.
Letters
April 27, 2019
Gordy Moore demonstrated his bike route through downtown Minneapolis. Moore often commutes on his bike form the Whittier Neighborhood to his job in No

Readers Write: The supposed joy of biking, downtown parking rate increases, police 'warrior training,' Joe Biden/Anita Hill, South St. Paul commencement sashes

Another unwelcome nudge from the communitarians.
Letters
April 26, 2019
In this Sept. 20, 2018 photo, voting booths stand ready in downtown Minneapolis for the opening of early voting in Minnesota. Election officials and f

Readers Write: Election security and state Sen. Mary Kiffmeyer, election integrity and the Minnesota Voters Alliance, women in science, Data Practices Act, 'Minnesota Nice'

Election security is a big deal to some of us.
Letters
April 26, 2019
iStock Mouth of the Minnesota River in the Mississippi River below of the Fort Snelling. Woodcut engraving after a drawing by Rudolf Cronau (German pa

Readers Write: 'Highly controversial' Minnesota Historical Society, provocative language, gender-identity legislation, public access to trials, future of health care

The real cost is that of revisionism.
Letters
April 25, 2019
iStockphoto.com THE PHILOSOPHY OF TRAFFIC STOPS Achieving racial equality demands our best thinking

Readers Write: Police 'warrior' training, climate change, South St. Paul graduation ceremony dispute, Alexandra and Irwin Jacobs

Union's defiance toys with anarchy.
Letters
April 24, 2019
SSP students Naomi Gedey, Hafsa Ahmad, Emiliano Granados and teacher Jessica Davis spoke before the board Monday night, seeking to wear sashes at grad

Readers Write: South St. Paul Secondary School, health care, Brexit, Target's green line of products, 'time-restricted dieting,' ratings and reviews

No need to slow-walk sash decision.
Letters
April 23, 2019
Nuns pray at a mass funeral at St. Sebastian’s Church in Negombo, Sri Lanka, on Tuesday, April 23 2019. The Islamic State claimed responsibilit

Readers Write: Attacks in Sri Lanka, Southwest light rail, 'God Bless America' singer becomes persona non grata, Minneapolis police, Brexit and democracy

True Islam defends others' places of worship.
Letters
April 22, 2019
The Kenilworth Corridor between 21st Street and Cedar Lake Parkway. ] GLEN STUBBE • glen.stubbe@startribune.com Friday, April 19, 2019 Pretty s

Readers Write: Southwest light rail, Minneapolis density, paying for roads, the roles of aunts and uncles

Simply can't accept light rail in the Kenilworth corridor.
Letters
April 19, 2019
Supporters are seen on the streets in West Palm Beach, Fla., as President Donald Trump's drives past Thursday, April 18, 2019, in West Palm Beach, Fla

Readers Write: Mueller report, Mohamed Noor trial

One point of agreement: Shame!
Letters
April 19, 2019
Commemorative pens for Electoral College Assembly ceremony. ] GLEN STUBBE * gstubbe@startribune.com Monday, December 19, 2016 Minnesota's Electoral Co

Readers Write: Electoral college, Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board, aunts and uncles

Sorry. We need a game-changer.
Letters
April 19, 2019
After the fire last week at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Maggie Sullivan of St. Paul offered the Star Tribune photos taken during a visit in early M

Readers Write: The fire at Notre Dame Cathedral, diversity on the University of Minnesota Board of Regents, U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar

Why rebuilding burned cathedral is a priority.
Letters
April 18, 2019
FILE -- President Donald Trump meets with President Vladimir Putin of Russia at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, July 16, 2018. "The presidential

Readers Write: The Mueller report, health care

The president couldn't collude/obstruct if he tried.
Letters
April 17, 2019
UnitedHealth Group Inc.'s campus in Minnetonka.

Readers Write: UnitedHealth CEO and single-payer, Amazon's size and success

Motivations matter in debate over the future of health care.
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