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Letters
February 10, 2020
"I Voted" stickers at a polling station on the campus of the University of California, Irvine, on November 6, 2018, in Irvine, Calif. (Robyn Beck/AFP/

Readers Write: Election security, impeachment, racism, Amy Klobuchar, politics

Doubt poisons election results.
Paul Brosnahan
February 10, 2020
"You can take Winona out of Winona..." Ryder ponders while lying in a snowbank under the Winona, Minn. welcome sign.

Winona and Winona: Super Bowl ad swings and misses

It didn't portray the city I know — a city that is culturally sophisticated and home to world-class businesses.
Letters
February 10, 2020
Democratic presidential candidate former South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg speaks at a campaign stop at the Merrimack American Legion, Thursday,

Readers Write: Presidential elections, impeachment, Presidential Medal of Freedom

Presidential firsts can't happen ... until they do.
Pete Thrane
February 9, 2020

For social insurance programs, let Minnesota's workers' comp program be your guide

After decades of struggle, it became a bipartisan success story.
Editorial
February 9, 2020
The tip of the "wishbone" structure that would connect the public to the falls.

Continuing the discussion on the 'Wishbone' proposal

St. Anthony Falls project would complement the vision Minneapolis has for downtown.
PAUL GAZELKA
February 9, 2020

2020 Republican legislative focus: Health care costs, government accountability, public safety …

Our 2020 vision will build on the successes of the 2019 session.
HOWARD ROOT
February 8, 2020

How zealous prosecution makes the not-so-guilty guilty

The case of the University of Minnesota professor who corrected his taxes.
Editorial
February 7, 2020
Commuters come and go at the US Bank Stadium light rail station Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2019, in Minneapolis MN.]
DAVID JOLES • david.joles@startrib

Restore faith in public safety on Twin Cities light rail

It will take a multipronged strategy to reduce crime and bad behavior on trains.
Letters
February 7, 2020
Readers Write: 'What is patriotism?' Plus: The Mideast peace plan and the Bernie Sanders agenda

Readers Write: 'What is patriotism?' Plus: The Mideast peace plan and the Bernie Sanders agenda

It's hard not to have grown cynical.
Letters
February 7, 2020
St. Paul Police Sgt. Shawn Campbell briefed members of the department's gang unit before they executing a warrant while searching for evidence Wednesd

Readers Write: Gang violence, 2020 elections, privacy rulings, immigration, two-party politics

A better, broader theory for gang violence.
Editorial
February 7, 2020

For a fact-based debate over Twin Metals mine, release all data

Hearing on BWCA protection bill puts spotlight on hidden science on mining risks.
Lori Sturdevant
February 7, 2020
Rep. Alice Hausman, DFL-St. Paul, at a news conference in 2016.

Minnesota Legislature's main event this year: the housing shortage

State Rep. Alice Hausman will be found leading the charge.
MELISSA HORTMAN
February 7, 2020

2020 DFL legislative focus: Education, economic security, climate change, gun violence …

Minnesotans' values are our values.
D.J. Tice
February 7, 2020
House impeachment managers Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., and Rep.

In wake of the impeachment trial, beware the 'Never Say Never' voter

Aspects of the Trump resistance begin to look just as troubling.
John Rash
February 7, 2020
President Donald Trump speaks one day after his acquittal by the Senate of two impeachment charges, at the White House in Washington, Feb 6, 2020. Sen

Middle ground recedes in politics, media and even relationships

Rash Report: New Pew Research Center polls show a nation riven with divisions.

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