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Farm bill should help both the poor and farmers
Low-income Americans need food aid, and agriculture needs support.
Doug Berdie
Pat Doyle
How Missouri is showing up Minnesota in legislative transparency
Compare sex-scandal reports on Gov. Greitens, Rep. Cornish. What is our state hiding?
Letters
Readers Write: Minneapolis police union, body cameras, the banking industry, early learning, oil pipelines
Frey sends a message to the union.
Steve Schulz
The civil process is blocking what clergy-abuse survivors need most
We need healing. Money can't buy that, and adversarial litigation hurts. Drawing on tenets of restorative justice might help greatly.
Carl E. Burkland
A 'moonshot' health care idea: Show patients the prices
Mandatory disclosure wouldn't be a panacea but a tool to help rein in costs by spurring competition. Two bills are in the Legislature.
Dan Smith, Tim Mackey and Doug Loon
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Editorial counterpoint: Constitutional amendment on transportation funding is needed, and sensible
Our roads and bridges are vital to the state. Constitutionally dedicated money is best for them, and a path voters have backed before.
Letters
Editorial
Trump wrong about TPP — again
Multinational trade pacts serve the nation's economic, security interests.
Noah Smith, Bloomberg View
It's up to Republicans to legalize marijuana
Evidence is clear that freedom to toke brings big benefits. But only the GOP can end the federal government's reefer madness.
Letters
Readers Write: Minneapolis parking, Eighth District DFL convention, gun policy
Not even disabilities count now?
Editorial, Janesville (Wis.) Gazette
'Tone-deaf' Wisconsin police union is raffling an AR-15
The controversy is overshadowing effort to help two cancer patients.
Alice Hausman
Counterpoint: Don't discount the role of state investment in affordable housing
Bonding money has helped thousands get homes across Minnesota when other options don't exist.
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