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January 13, 2017
Newly installed, high-efficiency LED street lights in Detroit, Jan. 6, 2017. Like picking up the trash, fixing potholes and responding to emergencies,

Readers Write (Jan. 14): Street lighting, license tab fees, Al Franken and Jeff Sessions, Trump and the news media

Good outdoor lighting takes thought.
Letters
January 13, 2017
Rex Tillerson, the former Exxon Mobil chairman and Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of state, at his Senate confirmation hearing in Washing

Readers Write (Jan. 15): Trump's Cabinet, Minneapolis rental costs, I-94 protests, the birthrate, St. Kate's chapel, Macy's building

A nation backslides on ethics.
Letters
January 13, 2017
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Readers Write (Jan. 16): Hearing aid costs, Women's March on Washington, Meryl Streep, border wall

Too expensive, period. No excuses.
Letters
January 12, 2017
Readers Write (Jan. 13): Trump, news and bias, Veterans Affairs nominee, spending related to the presidency, Sens. Al Franken and Jeff Sessions at att

Readers Write (Jan. 13): Trump, news and bias, Veterans Affairs nominee, spending related to the presidency, Sens. Al Franken and Jeff Sessions at attorney general nomination hearing

Compare these two news presentations.
Letters
January 11, 2017
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Readers Write (Jan. 12): Hollywood and guns, the Trump transition, democracy and Obama's farewell, wolf and lynx habitat, privacy rights for renters

Hollywood is going great guns. Problem?
Letters
January 10, 2017
Geri Dols who works at Opportunity Partners walked her dog "Wally" through the hallways Wednesday January 4,2017 in Minnetonka, MN.] Jerry Holt / jerr

Readers Write (Jan. 11): Pets in the workplace, issues at the University of Minnesota, Planned Parenthood, the national anthem, the Trump transition, the Obama legacy

A message from your best friend.
Letters
January 9, 2017
Newly named University of Minnesota football coach P.J. Fleck gestures as he spoke during a press conference Friday Jan. 6, 2016 in Minneapolis, Minn.

Readers Write (Jan. 10): P.J. Fleck at the University of Minnesota, Planned Parenthood, Minnesota Legislature and nonprofits

Wow, that's one highly paid coach.
Letters
January 8, 2017
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Readers Write (Jan. 9): Hearing loss, Minneapolis politics, Veterans Affairs, the Minnesota Sex Offenders Program, pedestrian safety, cold weather and cars

The great and terrible hearing aid.
Letters
January 6, 2017
Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton is photographed during an interview at the Minnesota Governor's Residence Dec. 27, 2016 in St. Paul, Minn. (Carlos Gonz

Readers Write (Jan. 7): Gov. Mark Dayton, President-elect Donald Trump, fact-checking, moral standards, regulations

Obstacle or gatekeeper?
Letters
January 6, 2017
Commuters passed over 2nd Avenue South between the Northstar Center and Capella Tower on Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2016 in downtown Minneapolis. ] (AARON LA

Readers Write (Jan. 8): Downtown Minneapolis, Cecil the lion, heroin use, consumer confidence in the Trump era

There are too many obstacles to getting around.
Letters
January 5, 2017
University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler speaks to members of the media Saturday, Dec. 17, 2016, after players announced the end of their boycott

Readers Write (Jan. 6): University of Minnesota, 'rising from poverty,' Better Business Bureau and MyPillow, Macy's building, cold-weather annoyances

Regents, replace university President Eric Kaler.
Letters
January 4, 2017
Tracy Claeys

Readers Write (Jan. 5): The University of Minnesota and its football program

Firing was proper, even if divisive.
Letters
January 3, 2017
FILE - In this Nov. 30, 2015, file photo, Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman speaks during a news conference at the Hennepin County Government Cent

Readers Write (Jan. 4): U football case, stadium protest, Minneapolis City Council, 'rising from poverty'

Assessing the decision not to charge.
Letters
December 30, 2016
Ethrophic Burnett grew up in the projects of Chicago and came to Minneapolis in 1997 with her oldest and pregnant with her second child, to seek a bet

Readers Write (Dec. 31): 'Rising from poverty' series, U.S.-Israel relations

"Rising from poverty," at our expense, it seems.
Letters
December 30, 2016
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), who was just named to the Senate Democratic leadership, speaks after a Senate Democratic organizing meeting on Capitol H

Readers Write (Jan. 3): U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, U.S. Rep. Erik Paulsen, global affairs, police unions, deterring crime, Muslim registry

Klobuchar has coattails in any race.
Letters
December 30, 2016
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Readers Write (Jan. 1): True religion as an antidote, binge drinking, quitting smoking, fighting climate change, banking fees, speedy transportation

A dangerous idea surfaces regarding religion.
Letters
December 30, 2016
After 42 years, the name of downtown Minneapolis' major hospital, HCMC, is about to be changed. After a year of surveys and focus groups, Hennepin Cou

Readers Write (Jan. 2): Hennepin County Medical Center, work rules and the Minnesota Legislature, U football crisis, air travel, U.S. Bank Stadium and wind damage

HCMC is a jewel, as I now know.
Letters
December 29, 2016
Skaters of all abilities rollered around the concourse of U.S. Bank Stadium Tuesday night. ] JEFF WHEELER ï jeff.wheeler@startribune.com Inline s

Readers Write (Dec. 30): Inline skating at U.S. Bank stadium, U.S.-Israel relations, sanctuary, lives lost in 2016, holiday shifts, the holiday spirit

A simple entertainment option is diminished in the new place.
Letters
December 28, 2016
FILE ó The Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim overlooks Al Zíaim, a Palestinian village in the West Bank, Oct. 26, 2016. Since the election

Readers Write (Dec. 29): U.S.-Israel relations, sanctuary, women in leadership, air travel, the holidays

Bad leadership indeed, but not from the U.S.
Letters
December 27, 2016
Samantha Power, U.S. permanent representative to the United Nations, votes to abstain a draft resolution urging an end to Israeli settlement activitie

Readers Write (Dec. 28): U.S.-Israel relations, offering sanctuary, Christmas Day editorial, holiday shifts

A damaging decision by Obama.
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