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February 24, 2017
Rep. Ilhan Omar hosted a forum at Mixed Blood Theatre aimed at providing residents of her House district "the necessary tools to protect and organize

Readers Write (Feb. 26): State Rep. Ilhan Omar, freedom of the press, health insurance and MinnesotaCare

Getting no grief on marriage status because of her religion?
Letters
February 24, 2017
Conductor laureate Stanislaw Skrowaczewski on Friday led the first Minnesota Orchestra concert at Orchestra Hall in 20 months. ORG XMIT: MIN1402080007

Readers Write (Feb. 25): Orchestra Hall and Stanislaw Skrowaczewski; government spending and light rail, plus David Osmek; transgender policy; the Trump administration, private prisons and marijuana, and Sunday liquor sales

Rename Orchestra Hall after the maestro.
Letters
February 23, 2017
By 5:00 p.m. over one hundred people were in line at Sartell City Hall hoping to attend Tom Emmer's 7:00 p.m. town hall meeting in the City Council ro

Readers Write (Feb. 24): Congressional town halls, immigration policy, transgender policy, University of Minnesota Board of Regents

Well, Emmer's town hall in Sartell was a start.
Letters
February 22, 2017
This Monday, Feb. 20, 2017 photo provided by The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), shows bodies of people that

Readers Write (Feb. 23): Immigration enforcement, Trump and the media, Southwest light rail and the Legislature

Without compassion, we lose.
Letters
February 21, 2017
Members of the Peterson family, who operate Far-Gaze Farms, worked harvesting corn on one of their fields, this one 142 acres, Friday, Oct. 9, 2015,ne

Readers Write (Feb. 22): U.S.-Mexico relations and Minnesota's farm economy, Southwest light rail, U.S. Rep. Jason Lewis, ideology and middle ground

Minnesota's farm economy stands in the balance
Letters
February 20, 2017
Saying "I don't have a racist bone in my body," Rep. Pat Garofalo, R-Farmington, apologized for a tweet sent out Sunday evening about the National Bas

Readers Write (Feb. 21): Workplace standards, a response from U.S. Rep. Jason Lewis on availability, President Trump's travel expenses and more, bike safety

Republicans want it both ways.
Letters
February 17, 2017
iStockphoto.com Copenhagen, Denmark - April 15th, 2011: Senior couple strolling through the pedestrianised Stroget shopping district past locals relax

Readers Write (Feb. 19): Nicollet Mall, Planned Parenthood rally, U.S. Bank stadium, University of Minnesota regents and gender

Trouble in a pedestrian paradise.
Letters
February 17, 2017
Hector Casanova/ Kansas City Star/TNS ORG XMIT: 1102920

Readers Write (Feb. 20): Politicians, citizens and partisanship, telephone town halls, 'Day Without Immigrants,' inclusiveness and sensitivity

We have to make them find the middle.
Letters
February 17, 2017
Reporters raise their hands as President Donald Trump fields questions during a news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thu

Readers Write (Feb. 18): The president's news conference, stadium suite fallout, school discipline legislation, health insurance, legislators' behavior

It's a mess, all right.
Letters
February 16, 2017
iStockphoto.com

Readers Write (Feb. 17): Countering violent extremism; Trump's team, Russia, and Democratic comparisons; partisanship on the environment; U.S. Rep. Jason Lewis' availability

Letters
February 16, 2017
FILE -In this March 26, 2012 file photo, President Barack Obama talks with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in Seoul, South Korea. President Barack O

Readers Write (Feb. 16): The Trump administration and Russia; Congress and Trump; Rep. Erik Paulsen and U.S. Sen. Al Franken, continued; editorial cartoons

Obama blundered on this front. Trump's team is strong; have faith.
Letters
February 14, 2017
President Donald Trump passes National Security Adviser Michael Flynn as he arrives via Air Force One at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Fla., Monday

Readers Write (Feb. 15): Michael Flynn, ICE raids, immigration and rural Minnesota, refugees and climate change, Minneapolis mayor's race, MinnesotaCare provider tax, slices of life

Flynn's resignation is damage control. Detailed investigation is needed.
Letters
February 13, 2017
Canadian Pacific has seen a dramatic increase in crude oil shipments in tank cars. This crude-only “unit train” passed through St. Paul

Readers Write (Feb. 14): Oil transport, U.S. Rep. Erik Paulsen's independence, U.S. Sen. Al Franken's snide remarks, President Trump's qualities, Sunday liquor sales and outstate Minnesota, racism

The other half of the analogy.
Letters
February 10, 2017
A scene at Isle Royale National Park in Michigan. Moose are thriving there but dwindling in Minnesota.

Readers Write (Feb. 12): The moose population; jobs, start-ups and automation; diversity in the funny pages

Let nature do its job.
Letters
February 10, 2017
The urban canopy at Lake Harriet, enhanced by an overnight snow in this photo from January.

Readers Write (Feb. 13): Urban trees, remember Ray Christensen, the Minneapolis Super Bowl, the Sherco power plant, Canada's travel restrictions and DUIs

Plant more? Great! Also, preserve.
Letters
February 10, 2017
The 1800s Paddle Wheel replica “Pearl of the River” cruised Lake Pepin on an October evening in 2014.

Readers Write (Feb. 11): Dakota Access Pipeline, distracted driving, immigration law, religion and politics, bank coin-counting machines

What if the pipeline ran under Lake Pepin?
Letters
February 9, 2017
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., reacted Wednesday to being rebuked by the Senate leadership under Rule 19 and accused of impugning a fellow senator, J

Readers Write (Feb. 10): U.S. Senate, stadium suites, Betsy DeVos confirmation, Affordable Care Act, Sunday liquor sales, religious symbols

Silencing of Warren speaks volumes.
Letters
February 8, 2017
Man on the phone driving a car on highway.

Readers Write (Feb. 9): Distracted driving, Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority, Betsy DeVos

Make it hurt to be an offender.
Letters
February 7, 2017
Rep. Erik Paulsen addressed the Republican victory party crowd in November with his wife at his side.

Readers Write (Feb. 8): U.S. Rep. Erik Paulsen, religion and politics, state vs. local control, Minneapolis Super Bowl

Living up to Editorial Board's endorsement?
Letters
February 6, 2017
Ray Christensen, at Williams Arena shortly before his retirement in 2001, became synonymous with U football and basketball broadcasts during a half-ce

Readers Write (Feb. 7): Ray Christensen; opposition to Supreme Court nominee; Minnesota Legislature on bikes, guns, Real ID, Xcel Energy, protests; productivity and the minimum wage

The voice of Gophers sports.
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