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Letters
March 22, 2015
Woman holding senior woman's hand on bed

Readers Write (March 23): Elder care and immigration reform, soccer stadium, society's priorities, prekindergarten, U women's sports

Why immigration reform is important to rural Minnesota.
Letters
March 20, 2015
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Readers Write: (March 22): Road use and funding, Ferguson and race

A mileage fee as a solution: Just right, or too complicated?
Letters
March 20, 2015
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Likud party supporters react to exit poll results at the party's election headquarters In Tel Aviv.Tuesday,

Readers Write (March 21): Israeli elections, Minneapolis school 'flight,' wages, veterans and hiring, MnSCU

Editorial got it wrong on Netanyahu. Look at the numbers.
Letters
March 20, 2015
Readers Write (March 17): Veterans, youth sports participation

Readers Write (March 17): Veterans, youth sports participation

A community gathers to show respect — after it's too late.
Letters
March 19, 2015
Mary Will, left, with Local 68, and Corey Smith, right, with Local 113, chant 'Union Strong' during a rally inside the Wisconsin State Capitol as the

Readers Write (March 20): Naming legislation, school flight, stadium hiring, buffer strips

Whatever that proposal is called, most likely it does the opposite.
Letters
March 18, 2015

Opt-out vs. opt-in registration encourages voting

Oregon's system isn't perfect, but at least it isn't trying to make going to the polls more difficult.
Letters
March 18, 2015
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Readers Write (March 19): Texting and driving, women's athletics, end-of-life decisions, powdered alcohol, for-profit colleges

Texting in your vehicle? How about a fine of $10,000?
Letters
March 17, 2015
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Readers Write (March 18): Veterans and jobs, affordable housing, Sunday liquor sales, animal rights

Hiring is a two-way street, so be a well-presented candidate.
Letters
March 16, 2015
Minneapolis firefighters battled a house fire at the corner of E. 38th Street and Park Avenue South, Thursday, February 26, 2015 in Minneapolis, MN. ]

Readers Write (March 2): Firefighters, teachers, superintendents, coyotes, light pollution

The work of a Minneapolis firefighter in winter:
Letters
March 13, 2015
October 30, 1941 This picture of a 21-passenger Douglas Northwest airlines plane was taken over the Minneapolis airport by a mechanic who is a candid

Readers Write (March 15): Minnesota and Wisconsin, budget cuts and festering problems, chefs and gender

Another competitive advantage west of the border: Airlines
Letters
March 13, 2015
Church of St. Anthony in Terrebonne, Minn. ORG XMIT: MIN1503031502250461 ORG XMIT: MIN1503031647230508

Readers Write (March 16): Historical preservation, for-profit colleges, the MPCA, the face on the $20 bill, the presidential campaign

Our buildings may disappear, but their histories mustn't.
Letters
March 13, 2015
In this photo taken Wednesday, June, 29, 2010, a woman text messages while walking across the street in San Francisco. While using a cell phone while

Readers Write (March 14): Overconnectivity, the tax burden, plans for the state budget surplus, suitable public forums for protest

Take it from a guy who knows technology: This is suboptimal.
Letters
March 12, 2015
Target employees were once again filing out of Target Corporate headquarters in Downtown Minneapolis Wednesday afternoon with boxes of personal belong

Readers Write (March 13): Target, Lebanon Hills, environmental impacts, the MPCA, teachers, veterans eager to fight, meat raffles

After the layoffs, you can hear the buzzing. What does it signify?
Letters
March 11, 2015
Red River floodwaters caused neighborhood flooding in Moorhead, Minnesota on Sunday, March 29, 2009. (Marlin Levison/Minneapolis Star Tribune/MCT) ORG

Readers Write: (March 12): Minnesota budget surplus, the noble impulse, Target layoffs, race and justice

Set it aside for those natural disasters we know are coming.
Letters
March 10, 2015
Police in riot gear chant "move" as they begin marching on protestors that remained on a second-floor bridge linking the Mall of America to the east p

Readers Write (March 11): Mall protest, Minneapolis schools, rail co-location, Iran nuclear talks

Some clear definitions are in order. (Also, a boycott.)
Letters
March 9, 2015
Target headquarters in downtown Minneapolis.

Readers Write (March 10): Target job cuts, airport profiling, race and justice, student testing, politics, Minneapolis schools, Southwest LRT

New leaders deal with past leaders' hiring binge.
Letters
March 8, 2015
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Readers Write (March 9): The face on the $20 bill, sulfate standards, Minneapolis school district split proposal, Hillary Clinton and transparency

Any of these women would be better than Andrew Jackson.
Letters
March 6, 2015
FILE - In this Feb. 11, 1990 file photo, Nelson Mandela, left, and his wife Winnie, raise clenched fists as they walk hand-in-hand from the Victor Ver

Readers Write (March 7): Minnesota Board of Investment, Southwest LRT, news and numbers, MNsure, Target job cuts, race and the police

Politically based decisions can make a difference.
Letters
March 6, 2015
Hamline University Law School on the right. ] GLEN STUBBE * gstubbe@startribune.com Friday, February 13, 2015 William Mitchell College of Law and Haml

Readers Write (March 8): Law school merger, welfare, airport security, Walker on evolution

There's plenty of value in legal training beneath the top tier.
Letters
March 5, 2015
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Readers Write (March 6): Park Board-Graco dispute, Minnesota Board of Investment, Target job cuts, racial bias, Affordable Care Act

Don't allow public assets to be siphoned off. There was a deal.

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