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September 9, 2021
Ramsey County Attorney John Choi, joined by county and St. Paul city leaders, at a news conference Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2021. Choi announced the end of

Here's a police reform that will work

Ramsey County Attorney John Choi adopts the right strategy on low-level traffic stops.
Editorial
September 8, 2021

Consider COVID tests part of your duty to others

Minnesota has prioritized no-cost, convenient options, and regular testing is key to controlling spread.
Editorial
September 7, 2021
The Yes 4 Minneapolis campaign delivered petitions to replace the Police Department with a Department of Public Safety to City Hall in April.

Judge made right call on ballot language

Proposed public safety amendment was vague and misleading.
Editorial
September 6, 2021
Respond to learning woes caused by pandemic

Respond to learning woes caused by pandemic

Math and reading test results show that Minnesota students lost ground on proficiency.
Editorial
September 5, 2021
A Minneapolis Tribune editorial from Labor Day in 1981 asks questions of employers, employees and others with a stake in the workplace that remain per

A Labor Day appeal to all Americans

This year, as in 1981, it's constructive for individuals to look into the mirror.
Editorial
September 4, 2021
Require vaccination for state's K-12 teachers

Require vaccination for state's K-12 teachers

Thwarting an evolving virus requires evolving strategies. Shots for educators is one of them.
Editorial
September 3, 2021
Taking the lead on new clean energy

Taking the lead on new clean energy

A plan to help utilities go carbon-free by 2030 would be a boon.
Editorial
September 2, 2021
The seal of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. The Fed board lacks consensus on whether to develop a digital dollar, but the questi

What if digits were U.S. dollars?

U.S. should sense an urgency in creating a truly digital currency.
Editorial
September 1, 2021
Sondra and Don Samuels, at left, stood alongside Cathy Spann, Audua Pugh and Michael Pugh in the Jordan neighborhood of Minneapolis in July.

Trusted voices oppose Mpls. police gambit

Longtime leaders Don and Sondra Samuels have a personal stake in future of public safety.
Editorial
August 31, 2021
An empty TCF Bank Stadium, home of the University of Minnesota Gophers, was photographed Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020 in Minneapolis, Minn. ]

The U is fumbling COVID stadium plan

A handful of conscientious college programs are requiring vaccination or a negative test. The Gophers should do the same.
Editorial
August 30, 2021
People donate blood in Minneapolis in March 2020.

More of us need to donate blood

Red Cross reports that supply is not keeping up with increased demand.
Editorial
August 29, 2021
Evacuees from Afghanistan queue in line after arriving at Rome’s Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport on Aug. 24.

Minnesota must welcome Afghan refugees

Like other refugee communities, they will become a credit to this state.
Editorial
August 28, 2021
Boxes of petitions collected by the group Yes 4 Minneapolis and seeking a charter amendment on public safety were delivered to City Hall in April.

Minneapolis voters ill-served by vagueness on public safety ballot question

Language solution reached by City Council provides too little information.
Editorial
August 27, 2021
Dr. Elizabeth Reed spoke at a school board meeting Aug. 19 in favor of mask-wearing in Minnetonka Public Schools.

Statewide K-12 mask mandate needed

The politics would be difficult for Gov. Tim Walz, but it's the right thing to do.
Editorial
August 26, 2021
A person wounded in a bomb blast outside the Kabul airport in Afghanistan on Thursday arrives at a hospital in Kabul. The Pentagon confirmed two blast

Bombings compound Afghan tragedy

Twin terror attacks in Kabul will make the chaotic and incomplete U.S. withdrawal even more dangerous.
Editorial
August 25, 2021
Katie McWatt, pictured in 1980, who was an educator and civil rights activist and is featured in the Minnesota Historical Society exhibit “Extraordi

Equality is a work in progress

It's the 101st anniversary of American women's right to vote, though there is still work to be done.
Editorial
August 24, 2021
Minnesota Legislative Auditor James Nobles

Nobles' shoes will be hard to fill

Longtime legislative auditor wielded clarity, integrity in sorting through sticky state affairs.
Editorial
August 23, 2021

Paralympics to show there are 'no boundaries'

Two with state ties will be flagbearers at Tuesday's Opening Ceremonies of the Paralympic Games.
Editorial
August 22, 2021
Don't normalize unruly air travel

Don't normalize unruly air travel

The number of incidents is rising, and stiffer penalties could help.
Editorial
August 21, 2021
Tony Jones, his dog Crosby, and Star Tribune Outdoors editor Bob Timmons paddled from Mountain Lake toward their portages to Moose Lake in the Boundar

Protect the BWCA and complete study

Public deserves to know when halted analysis of copper mining's risks to wilderness will be completed.
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