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May 26, 2016
Exterior of the Northern Warehouse Artists Cooperative in St. Paul. This is a story about the Mpls-St. Paul Home Tour, which begins May 1. We're going

Readers Write (May 27): Subsidized housing for artists, University of Minnesota, Hillary Clinton

Subsidized housing for artists: The discussion continues.
Letters
May 25, 2016
Ed Graff

Readers Write (May 26): Minneapolis superintendent selection, Hillary Clinton's e-mail, health care costs, airport security, Donald Trump's VP options, life's persistent questions

The Minneapolis Public Schools: This superintendent because … ?
Letters
May 24, 2016
Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges delivered her 2016 State of the City Address at the MacPhail Center for Music, Tuesday, May 17, 2016 in Minneapolis, MN

Readers Write (May 25): Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges, the 2016 Legislature, airport security, Trump on climate change

Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges: Of style and substance.
Letters
May 23, 2016
Member of the house stand and applaud on the final day of the session during recognition of veterans Sunday, May 22, 2016, in St. Paul, Minn. Minnesot

Readers Write (May 24): The 2016 Legislature, the rich and taxes

One word for what transpired in St. Paul: appalling.
Letters
May 20, 2016
Brooklyn Park Police Chief Craig Enevoldsen showed a video of a 25-year-old man who was "locked in a violent struggle for three minutes with a Brookly

Readers Write (May 21): Brooklyn Park police video, Bernie Sanders, paid sick leave, light rail and sales taxes, Minneapolis parks, Minnesota sports

Contrast, don't compare Clark case with Brooklyn Park struggle.
Letters
May 20, 2016
Bloominton, MN 4/25/2003 The American Indian artifacts and motif are everywhere in the interior decor of the Thunderbird Motel ORG XMIT: MIN2016032915

Readers Write (May 22): Thunderbird Hotel, gas tax, retirement planning, pensions

For me, a visit to the Thunderbird Hotel was a launchpad to learning.
Letters
May 20, 2016
Members of the Hitler Youth participate in burning books, in Salzburg, Austria, on April 30, 1938. The burning of books that are condemned as Jewish-M

Readers Write (May 23): Democracy, Xcel Energy rates, airport security, Hillary Clinton

What if the people don't want democracy?
Letters
May 19, 2016
In a Saturday, May 14, 2016 photo, supporters of Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, including Valeria Romano, center left, and Johnny H

Readers Write (May 20): The Bernie Sanders campaign, the Legislature, license tab fees, Real ID, airport security

Editorial on Sanders and Nevada shows how the media fails us.
Letters
May 18, 2016
This photo shows traffic along Hwy. 10 just south of Main St. in Coon Rapids, MN. Between the traffic lanes one can see the cable median fence. ... as

Readers Write (May 19): The Legislature and transportation funding

Principles and proposals for transportation funding.
Letters
May 17, 2016
Power generation at Sherco in 2012.

Readers Write (May 18): Xcel Energy, transportation budget, Mpls. high-rise plan, for-profit college closures, assisted suicide

Xcel Energy profits and rates: What's really cooking in this kitchen?
Letters
May 16, 2016
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Readers Write (May 17): Minneapolis and sick leave, Nekima Levy-Pounds and activism, Democratic presidential race, business and leadership

Minneapolis' proposed sick-leave policy is no rush job.
Letters
May 13, 2016
Nekima Levy-Pounds addressed the media during a press conference, Monday, April 4, 2016 at the Hennepin County Government Center in Minneapolis, MN. T

Readers Write (May 14): Nekima Levy-Pounds, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis police, Alondra Cano Twitter controversy, urban development

Nekima Levy-Pounds' activism is unconstructive, intrusive.
Letters
May 13, 2016
The scene of a multiple shooting where one person was dead and at least two others were in critical condition after six people were shot Wednesday nig

Readers Write (May 15): Minneapolis police, fetal-tissue research, foreign affairs

The critics of Minneapolis police are never satisfied.
Letters
May 13, 2016
Steve Sack/Star Tribune

Readers Write (May 16): The bison, U tuition, Democratic presidential race, police body-worn cameras, lane markings

For a hint of irony, at least it was North American.
Letters
May 12, 2016
Mark Coyle, right, shakes hands with Minnesota President Eric Kaler after a news conference at which Coyle was introduced as the university's new athl

Readers Write (May 13): University of Minnesota, Thunderbird Hotel, Metropolitan Council's future, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton

It's a new page of the same old story at the U.
Letters
May 11, 2016
Heavy rain soaked the metro area Monday morning, messing with the commute and bringing with it high winds. Here, traffic was at a stand still on I-35W

Readers Write (May 12): Road lane markings and rain, elections, Minneapolis, University of Minnesota leadership, aircraft noise

Lane markings vanish in the rain, and it's time we found a solution.
Letters
May 10, 2016
iStockphoto.com

Readers Write (May 11): The media, Southwest LRT, Norm Coleman's mining stance, 'staple foods' ordinance, quality of city streets

What journalism does right.
Letters
May 9, 2016
Little India International Market is one of the stores participating in the city's staple food ordinance. Here, whole wheat bread was a big seller Fri

Readers Write (May 10): Minneapolis grocery rules, state transportation policy, the Bible, city streets, event noise

Minneapolis grocery rules: Welcome to the nanny city.
Letters
May 7, 2016
The Hiawatha Light Rail Line is being rebranded as the METRO Blue Line. The Blue Line is the first of the Twin Cities METRO system of rapid transit li

Readers Write (May 9): Light rail, Northstar rail, Minneapolis police, sexual-assault allegations on campus, behavior in Osseo schools

A longtime resident's perspective on light rail.
Letters
May 7, 2016
Chris Ware/Lexington Herald-Leader/TNS ORG XMIT: 1110670

Readers Write (May 8): Attention spans and classical music, opioid addiction, voting systems, the 2016 election, global trade, consumer protection

Classical music audiences are tuned in, not out.
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