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April 19, 2017
Jim Surdyk listened as his attorney spoke to members of the Minneapolis City Council. The cityís response to Jim Surdykís disregard for stat

Readers Write (April 20): Surdyk's penalty, Edina and the smoking age, the March for Science, probation reform, outdoor cats

Penalty for Sunday sales before law allowed needs revision, all right, but ….
Letters
April 18, 2017
October 2, 1994 A hiker mounted Fault Line Ridge overlooking a lake hundreds of feet below. Warren Wolfe , Minneapolis Star Tribune ORG XMIT: MIN20170

Readers Write (April 19): State budget for parks, trails; minimum wage and extremism; taxes and retirement; election in France; Boston Marathon and gender

Parks and trails should be a priority.
Letters
April 17, 2017
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence looks at the North side from Observation Post Ouellette in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), near the border village of Pan

Readers Write (April 18): The U.S. and North Korea, Freeway Landfill in Burnsville, child protection in Minnesota, White House visitors log, winter salt, overdoses

Who's the greatest threat to peace?
Letters
April 16, 2017
A bald eagle perches in a tree along the Minnesota River near the Xcel Energy Black Dog Generating Station Friday, March13, 2015, in Burnsville, MN.](

Readers Write (April 17): Bald eagles and science funding, WikiLeaks, border wall, St. Paul redevelopment, higher education, probation reform

Eagles are abundant. Thanks, science!
Letters
April 15, 2017
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Readers Write (April 15): Metro Mobility, the Legislature and Legacy funds, geopolitics, immigration, garbage hauling in St. Paul, skating at U.S. Bank Stadium

A lifeline and an expenditure.
Letters
April 15, 2017
Readers Write (April 16): Responses to 'Seven ways liberals must realign with Middle America'

Readers Write (April 16): Responses to 'Seven ways liberals must realign with Middle America'

What really drives elections.
Letters
April 13, 2017
The New York City skyline gives backdrop to a United Airlines airplane taxing at Newark Liberty International Airport, Wednesday, April 12, 2017, in N

Readers Write (April 14): United Airlines incident, $15 minimum wage proposal in Minneapolis

Of empathy, ethics and legality.
Letters
April 12, 2017
City of Minneapolis plows drivers salted intersections and plowed trouble spots across the city on February 7, 2013.

Readers Write (April 13): Road salt and lakes, Vietnam vets, 'red lines' in Syria, United Way, Planned Parenthood, Meals on Wheels, scents and sensitivities

Blame our finger-pointing ways.
Letters
April 11, 2017

Readers Write (April 12): United Airlines overbooking incident, consequences of road salt on lakes, Meals on Wheels and missiles

Where were wisdom and experience?
Letters
April 10, 2017
Readers Write (April 11): Dogs and mail carriers, water and lawns, oral health, American inclusivity, energy subsidies

Readers Write (April 11): Dogs and mail carriers, water and lawns, oral health, American inclusivity, energy subsidies

Hey, many are on friendly terms.
Letters
April 10, 2017
In a photo provided by the White House, Donald Trump and administration figures are briefed on the strike on an air base in Syria at his Mar-a-Lago es

Readers Write (special edition): Syria

The combat role, diplomacy, the U.S. image, Trump's motivation, the Constitution.
Letters
April 7, 2017
iStockphoto.com Waiters carrying plates.

Readers Write (April 10): The restaurant experience, coverage of dental care, requests for Minnesota legislators

Scents and sensitivities.
Letters
April 7, 2017
President Donald Trump jokes like heís driving after he jumped into the driverís seat of a semi-trailer truck on the South Grounds of the Wh

Readers Write (April 9): Power of the presidency, population growth in the Twin Cities, Minnesota and renewable energy, David Brooks' philosophizing

An analysis with an angle.
Letters
April 7, 2017
President Donald Trump speaks at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., Thursday, April 6, 2017, after the U.S. fired a barrage of cruise missiles into Syria

Readers Write (April 8): Missile strike in Syria, the priorities of the Minnesota Legislature

Trump is abusing our power.
Letters
April 6, 2017
U.S. President Barack Obama, left, talks to Susan Rice, U.S. national security advisor, at the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, D.C., USA on Fri

Readers Write (April 7): Trump and race, 'white male' controversy at Minnesota Legislature, gender inequity, limits on truck weights

What is it with Trump and race?
Letters
April 5, 2017
The recent investigation of 10 University of Minnesota football players is itself being investigated.

Readers Write (April 6): University of Minnesota football case; 'white male' comment at Legislature, energy subsidies; vouchers, abortion and ideology

Commentary asserted illegal leak without evidence.
Letters
April 5, 2017
JIM GEHRZ Ô jgehrz@startribune.com Minneapolis/September 22, 2006/3:00PM Hats off to summer÷. The bronze statue depicting Mary Tyler Moore&#

Readers Write (April 5): Macy's, health plan losses, liberal opposition to vouchers, 'market forces' and coal and renewable energy, town halls

Our relationship is just not what it used to be.
Letters
April 3, 2017
FILE - In this April 13, 2014 file photo, the Internal Revenue Service Headquarters (IRS) building is seen in Washington. The IRS traditionally requir

Readers Write (April 4): Tax season, alternative energy sources, the 'Billy Graham Rule,' motorcycle noise

The IRS, humane? Believe it.
Letters
March 31, 2017
Provided by Jessica Kooiman Rainbows, daisies and dog poop. Jessica Kooiman created this sticker for your garbage can if you're OK with neighbors putt

Readers Write (April 2): Managing dog waste, health care, transit funding

Managing pet waste? We can work it out.
Letters
March 31, 2017
The solar farm in North Branch, Minn. ] AARON LAVINSKY Ô aaron.lavinsky@startribune.com Localization of Trump killing the Clean Power Plan. We ph

Readers Write (April 3): The costs of 'clean' energy, 'last in, first out' rules in teaching

"Clean" energy also has costs, but there's a promising prospect.
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