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May 23, 2015
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Readers Write: (May 24): U Medical School, arrests and bias, gender gap in pay, Minneapolis schools

Contrary to assertions in a recent commentary, the U is on the proper path to progress.
Letters
May 22, 2015
Members of the Public Safety, Civil rights and Emergency Management Committee listened to testimony from citizens concerning repeal of the ordinances,

Readers Write (May 23): Laws on lurking, spitting, Savers, library bookstore, bipartisanship, iconic structure, photography

Property owner: Why not just allow all manner of disgusting behavior?
Letters
May 21, 2015
Tornado damage at 21st and Russell in north Minneapolis. 22May2011 Mckenna Ewen ï Star Tribune ORG XMIT: MIN2015052110453641

Readers Write (May 22): Minneapolis' North Side post-storm, plus: big businesses, small businesses, Memorial Day, college graduation, extreme sports, bringing up race

Good things grew from a bad situation, but work remains in north Minneapolis.
Letters
May 20, 2015
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks to members of the media after meeting with small business owners, Tuesday, May 19, 201

Readers Write (May 21): Hillary Clinton, plus: Minnesota legislative direction on health care, transportation, the environment

Too little transparency, too late for former secretary of state.
Letters
May 19, 2015
The moon rises behind the Washington Monument as the scaffolding around it is illuminated after a lighting ceremony to celebrate the re-opening of the

Readers Write (May 20): An iconic image for Minnesota, the 2015 legislative session, early education, Texas shootout, the death penalty, poverty, air travel

Here's your iconic possibility — the Washington Monument scaffolding (mothballed).
Letters
May 18, 2015
In an undated handout photo, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who was found guilty of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings on April 8, 2015. The jury took 11 hours to

Readers Write (May 19): Tsarnaev death sentence; Dayton, the Legislature and early ed; GMO foods

The meaning of a death sentence in the Boston Marathon bombing.
Letters
May 17, 2015
Hamline warmed up in the new stadium before the game. Feature on St. Paul baseball history leading up to the opening of a new CHS Field, Hamline playe

Readers Write (May 18): Marketing the new Saints stadium, child protection, taking accountability, taking care with perceptions

Despite one website omission, the push is on in St. Paul and beyond.
Letters
May 17, 2015
Work on the first phase of a $20 million overhaul of its aquatic center is about two months from being completed and seen Tuesday, April 21, 2015, at

Readers Write: (May 17): Suburban sports complexes, U.S. vs. British politics, employer wellness programs, poverty, World War II Japanese language school

Inexpensive exercise is readily available; spend that money elsewhere.
Letters
May 15, 2015
Violin players Christa Morera, from right, and Danielle Gonzalez of the Orquesta Sinfonica Juvenil del Conservatorio takes part in a side-by-side rehe

Readers Write (May 16): Minnesota Orchestra in Cuba; protests and the police; the Legislature and bees, gas taxes, solar power; Amtrak; religion

The musicians of our orchestra are honorable emissaries in Cuba.
Letters
May 14, 2015
Between 50 and 100 protestors against police brutality march in downtown Minneapolis, Wednesday night, May 13, 2015. The police chief in Minneapolis h

Readers Write (May 15): Protests, state budget surplus, MinnesotaCare, bees, rail safety, religion

There's value, and there's risk, in protests. And there's the matter of style.
Letters
May 13, 2015
FILE - In this June 9, 2014 file photo is a sculpture portraying a wounded soldier being helped on the grounds of the Minneapolis VA Hospital. Minneso

Readers Write (May 14): Minneapolis Veterans' Medical Center, teacher compensation, water quality, bird deaths by glass, plastic-bag bans

Despite criticisms, our family's experience with VA health care was of high quality.
Letters
May 12, 2015
The photo show where the Minnesota flows into the Mississippi by Fort Snelling. You can see that the Mississippi looks clean, even after flowing throu

Readers Write (May 13): Minnesota River and agriculture, light rail, teachers, trade authority, the National Guard

At one time, wildlife that needed clear water thrived.
Letters
May 11, 2015
A bird flew past a skyway in downtown Minneapolis, Minn., on Friday, May 8, 2015. ] RENEE JONES SCHNEIDER • ORG XMIT: MIN1505081245481320

Readers Write (May 12): Bird-safe skyways, transportation funding, Metropolitan Council, garbage contracts, bicycling

Please, members of the Minneapolis City Council — focus.
Letters
May 11, 2015
Bruce Bisping/Star Tribune. Minneapolis, MN., Friday, 5/13/2005. MnPass transponder. ORG XMIT: MIN2013021016580253

Readers Write: (May 11): MnPass transponder shortage, bad bicycling, equitable transportation, contrition after accident, lake homes and nature

Pay option for express lanes is essentially closed to new customers.
Letters
May 10, 2015
Jim Gehrz/Star Tribune 3/22/04 Minneapolis 5:45 PM The light rail line runs toward downtown Minneapolis alongside Hiawatha Ave. as seen from E. 38th S

Readers Write: (May 10): Light rail, opting out of testing, the immigrant experience

So, then, LRT is social engineering.
Letters
May 8, 2015
The St. Paul Chamber Orchestra practices in their new home the new Ordway Concert Hall. ] BRIAN PETERSON ï brianp@startribune.com St. Paul, MN -

Readers Write: (May 9): St. Paul Chamber Orchestra; the Minnesota Legislature and EBT cards, tobacco and freedom of conscience; Mother's Day

Musicians of the SPCO express their optimism.
Letters
May 7, 2015
CORRECTS NAME OF SOURCE TO CURT BENSON INSTEAD OF CURT BEMSON - This photo provided by Curt Benson shows smoke and fire coming from an oil train that

Readers Write (May 8): Oil train explosion, light-rail expansion, 'farmer-bashing,' 'net metering' reform, the 'Commons,' recreational running

Are oil trains engineered to be safe, or profitable?
Letters
May 6, 2015
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Readers Write (May 7): Education funding, buffer strips, controversial poster at U, campus rape, Sack cartoon on Texas shooting, Minnesota history

From Minnesota's top teachers, to our esteemed legislators:
Letters
May 5, 2015
Palestinian Manal Keferna, 30, right, cries with her sister-in-law Najwa Keferna upon their return to the family house destroyed by Israeli strikes in

Readers Write (May 6): The Holocaust and humanity, consequences of trade deals, Dayton's buffer strip proposal, the military and obesity

Gaza revelations dredge up memories of a past cruelty.
Letters
May 4, 2015
MCKENNA EWEN • mckenna.ewen@startribune.com October 20, 2010 – Minneapolis, Minn. – Father Hennepin Bluffs Park - In this photo:

Readers Write (May 5): Minneapolis riverfront initiative, Freddie Gray death, religion and liberals, the pope and the environment, water quality, democratic socialism

"RiverFirst" initiative is nice, but don't neglect what's already there.
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