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February 27, 2017
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February 26, 2017
Readers Write (Feb. 27): Downtown Minneapolis, wages, tax rates, school discipline, 'inclusiveness'
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February 24, 2017
Readers Write (Feb. 26): State Rep. Ilhan Omar, freedom of the press, health insurance and MinnesotaCare
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February 24, 2017
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.
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February 23, 2017
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.
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February 22, 2017
Readers Write (Feb. 23): Immigration enforcement, Trump and the media, Southwest light rail and the Legislature
Without compassion, we lose.
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February 21, 2017
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
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February 20, 2017
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.
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February 17, 2017
Readers Write (Feb. 19): Nicollet Mall, Planned Parenthood rally, U.S. Bank stadium, University of Minnesota regents and gender
Trouble in a pedestrian paradise.
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February 17, 2017
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.
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February 17, 2017
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.
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February 16, 2017
Readers Write (Feb. 17): Countering violent extremism; Trump's team, Russia, and Democratic comparisons; partisanship on the environment; U.S. Rep. Jason Lewis' availability
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February 16, 2017
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.
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February 14, 2017
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.
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February 13, 2017
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.
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February 10, 2017
Readers Write (Feb. 12): The moose population; jobs, start-ups and automation; diversity in the funny pages
Let nature do its job.
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February 10, 2017
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.
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February 10, 2017
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?
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February 9, 2017
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.
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February 8, 2017
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