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Andy Brehm
January 10, 2020
Minneapolis Federal Reserve President Neel Kashkari and Justice Alan Page are calling on Minnesotans to pass a constitutional amendment aimed at closi

If constitutional amendment would bring on school vouchers — how soon can we pass it?

Why can't teachers union see that this constitutional amendment would help?
Letters
January 10, 2020
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Readers Write: Constitutional amendment, welcoming refugees, environmental protection, Line 3, news bias

Proponents of the education amendment think lawsuits will help ensure a quality education. Not so.
Editorial
January 10, 2020

Beware: Your car's technology is watching you

And vehicle computers not only tempt scoundrels, they entice the police.
Alex Bartolic
January 10, 2020

Counterpoint: 'Chaotic Care' series doesn't tell whole story of services for the disabled

Minnesota has made a lot of progress. Here are examples.
Matt Welch
January 10, 2020
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Conservatives are hot to suppress pornography

But the move is about more than adult films. They're using this to steer the GOP away from its commitments to individual liberty.
Diana Wagman
January 10, 2020
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Think you're not addicted to the internet?

Try turning off your computer and your phone for a week and observe as the anxiety spikes and claustrophobia sets in.
John Welsh
January 10, 2020
Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren campaigning in Iowa. During an event in a middle-school gymnasium, one woman's question to the cand

Meet the candidates, next door in Iowa

The campaign leading up to the caucuses may be the best chance for Minnesotans to see the would-be presidents close up, in unscripted settings.
Noah Bookbinder
January 10, 2020
FILE - In this Jan. 7, 1999, image from video, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Henry Hyde, R-Ill., reads the articles of impeachment against P

Senate has conducted 15 impeachment trials, and heard witnesses in every one

In several instances, it even called new witnesses.
Cartoons
January 9, 2020
Sack cartoon: Beltrami County

Sack cartoon: Beltrami County

Thomas Smith
January 9, 2020
A school does an active-shooter drill in 2013. Today, classrooms in California are being outfitted with port-a-potties for use during lockdowns.

The latest school lockdown technology leaves little hope

My classroom just received a port-a-potty for active-shooter situations, and it makes the country's mind-set clear.
Myisha Holley
January 9, 2020
Charter school students held signs as they joined leaders of the quality choice school movement Tuesday morning, Tuesday, July 19, 2011, on the steps

Counterpoint: My kids are 'actual students' and charter schools serve them best

We all have a lot of work to do to make our education system better. But working against each other helps no one.
Letters
January 9, 2020
Minneapolis Federal Reserve President Neel Kashkari and Justice Alan Page are calling on Minnesotans to pass a constitutional amendment aimed at closi

Readers Write: Proposed constitutional amendment, refugee resettlement, news bias, Enbridge Line 3 pipeline

What would the proposed education amendment actually accomplish?
Mary Mitchell Lundeen, Shelly Hedstrom and Judy Klein-Pells
January 9, 2020
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We fail students with rules against behavior intervention that involves physical contact

Interpretations against laying a finger on them are turning classrooms into chaos.
Editorial
January 9, 2020
The meeting at which Beltrami County commissioners voted to deny refugee resettlement was well-attended.

Of refugees and open doors: The context

Heated debate deserves a general understanding of resettlement patterns, costs and contributions.
Eric Harris Bernstein and Ben Spielberg
January 9, 2020
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a Democratic candidate for president, addresses a rally at Kings Theatre in Brooklyn on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020. (Calla

Democrats say they won't raise taxes on the middle class. But they should.

We need such taxes to pay for the things we want government to do.
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