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Lori Sturdevant
#MeToo has not subsided. It's on this year's ballot.
Witness Rick Nolan's troubles. Witness resentment over Al Franken's departure.
John Rash
Rash Report: A Russian (and at times, Soviet) news narrative
Controversy over Trump-Putin summit, attacks on the press and a Republican rebuke of policy "commissars."
Lori Sturdevant
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Retiring legislator continues to serve by telling the story of what beset him
Sheldon Johnson wants to get the word out about his insidious nemesis: Lyme disease.
D.J. Tice
A moment of truth for the Minnesota Sex Offender Program (again)
Courts are treating the laws on this subject seriously, however unpopular that may be.
D.J. Tice
Belief in God means what in America?
New research shows that definitions are flexible, with a political twist.
John Rash
Rash Report: Trump's disruption of international order comes with peril
The president is accelerating the waning of a system that's advanced U.S. interests.
Lori Sturdevant
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A place of influence: South St. Paul
It has plenty of political history — and this year is a prime political crucible.
D.J. Tice
Job 1 for Minnesota voters: Get state government to do a better job
It simply has to. And don't let grandiose candidate rhetoric impede that goal.
Lori Sturdevant
Just like that, abortion is an issue in Minnesota this fall
With changes at the U.S. Supreme Court, those elected in our state this November may face a decision as soon as 2020.
John Rash
Rash Report: Mexican election comes amid frayed North American ties
But relationships between Americans, Mexicans and Canadians transcend politics.
D.J. Tice
So … Gorsuch? An even more timely question now.
How might Trump change the court? The newest justice's record offers some surprises.
John Rash
Rash Report: The migration issue is global, and growing
History Center's "Somalis + Minnesota" shows how immigration enriches.
Lori Sturdevant
Immigration and the Minnesota governor's race
For this state, it's a workforce issue. We need light, not heat.
Lori Sturdevant
Candidate filing gone wild in Minnesota: Was it the endorsement system's valediction?
What to make of DFL's several wide-open races.
John Rash
Malian 'Spiderman' becomes real-life French superhero
Remarkable rescue shows the power of viral video and reflects the potency of immigration issue in Europe.
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