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Tim Schaefer and Amanda LaGrange
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Measure to combat our throwaway tech culture would be win-win for repair workers and landfills
Minnesota legislators are considering a bipartisan bill that would require electronics manufacturers to make replacement parts and tools needed for repairs available.
D.J. Tice
Guns and public safety: In the absence of a middle ground, the most persistent passion will prevail
It's the "interests' vs. the "people," a line Walz is trying to straddle.
FROM THE ECONOMIST
China and the world: The West's bet on an amenable global partner fails
Still undemocratic — oh, how undemocratic — but now also broadly ambitious: That's the China the world must learn to live with, to manage.
Editorial, Bloomberg View
Kushner mess shows U.S. security system's flaws
Federal government needs to reduce backlog of clearance applications.
HUGH HEWITT
Partisanship, profit and the two 'rivers' in U.S. media
Where do you get your information? CNN? Fox? Facebook? The 2016 election severed Americans from each other destructively, and as never before.
LINDEN OLSON
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Fighting vast disparities in our schools' funding
Homeowners see inequities in property tax burdens across districts. The Legislature must act on four core principles in an ignored report.
Editorial
Chicago needs to expand O'Hare, retain top-tier hub
There's a reason Amazon is focused on air service in city search.
Shaun Richman
Labor law before the Supreme Court: Case could go awry for those aiming to disrupt unions
What's at stake is a rule that brought structure to bargaining and contained discord.
Jared Bernstein
Tariffs are the wrong solution-- but they're aimed at the RIGHT problem
And nobody else in the power structure has ANYTHING to offer to those hurt by globalization.
Editorial, Dallas Morning News
Shamus O’Meara
Schools and public safety: Minnesota doesn't have to stoop to arming teachers
We've long embraced sound practices to prepare for emergencies.
Deb Sposito
Schools and public safety: Why I donated to the boy who made the Orono threats
It's a lesson in empathy, forgiveness and understanding autism.
Peter Hutchinson
Counterpoint: No, learning isn't booming. Diplomas are still a fraud.
A rosy high school graduation report perpetuates the lie on college readiness.
Heidi N. Moore, The Washington Post
Corporations' anti-NRA moves aren't brave or principled -- just good business
Maybe this is how the marketplace is supposed to work — but don't mistake it for a moral transformation.
Editorial, Wisconsin State Journal
Wisconsin moves toward a crackdown on drunken driving
Bill would keep chronic offenders off the roads.
Conor Sen, Bloomberg View
Trump's gamble on big deficits just might make sense
His administration's projected growth in GDP will have to come from increased productivity.
Rich Stanek
Hennepin County Sheriff Rich Stanek: Three key changes that can help protect our kids in school
I urge training for resource officers, hazard drills (and the money to pay for them) and weapons screening.
Marion O’Neill
Editorial counterpoint: The truth behind the delay in ratification of state worker contracts
It's not about politics; it's about data. And we still haven't received all of the information we need to move forward.
Editorial, Duluth News Tribune
Federal funding roller coaster threatens the Great Lakes
Wishy-washy approach is odd given past bipartisan support.
Honor Schauland
Driving in a snowstorm in Finland, Minnesota
There's a certain freedom to it. But not too much freedom.
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