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Rash: Protect consumers by preserving the CFPB

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, created after the Great Recession, shouldn’t be dismantled.
AuthoredJohn Rash
February 12, 2025
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Olson: Please allow me to introduce myself and start sharing opinions

Longtime news reporter Rochelle Olson makes her editorial debut. She will focus on politics and government at the Capitol and beyond.
AuthoredRochelle Olson
February 11, 2025
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Johnson: Good reasons to preserve the federal Dept. of Education

Eliminating the Dept. of Education would jeopardize equal access, quality standards and national educational progress.
AuthoredDenise Johnson
February 10, 2025
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Burcum: Healthier kids, less red tape

Innovative reform ensures state’s littlest, neediest kids don’t lose access to medical care during key developmental years. It’s also reducing clinics’ administrative burden.
AuthoredJill Burcum
February 7, 2025
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Morris: Get to work

Minnesota House lawmakers should use the current occasion to ask themselves why faith in government is often shaken or deeply discounted.
AuthoredPhil Morris
February 6, 2025
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Johnson: Can your 4th-grader read this headline?

America must drill down on proven reading, math instruction to boost alarming test scores.
AuthoredDenise Johnson
February 5, 2025
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Rash: Change, challenge for national and state Democrats

Minnesota’s Martin elected to lead the DNC, so the DFL will need a new chair.
AuthoredJohn Rash
February 4, 2025
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Burcum: Tariffs and Musk’s metastasizing power an alarming mix

A trade war and an unelected billionaire’s access to the U.S. Treasury’s financial system made for an unsettling weekend. Congress, could you be bothered to put up a fight?
AuthoredJill Burcum
February 3, 2025
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Burcum: Sales tax reform: a good but elusive gubernatorial goal

There are decades of consensus by experts and blue-ribbon panels on how to modernize the state’s sales tax. Walz is latest governor to make another run at it.
AuthoredJill Burcum
February 1, 2025
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Rash: Getting ‘buses off’ and ‘people on’ Nicollet Mall

The city of Minneapolis proposes a plan to revitalize the thoroughfare.
AuthoredJohn Rash
January 31, 2025
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Morris: Frozen the Federal Musical hits a sour note

Trump is not beneath demonstrating a willingness to play chicken with other branches of government and the American public.
AuthoredPhil Morris
January 29, 2025
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Johnson: Ridiculous House of cards

Both political parties must strengthen candidate vetting.
AuthoredDenise Johnson
January 28, 2025
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