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November 7, 2017
Rendering for the makeover of the Macyís Daytonís building downtown Minneapolis. ] Credit: Gensler handout rendering

Readers Write: Downtown Minneapolis Dayton's site, decisionmaking on mining and taxes, guns, referendums, status of Puerto Rico, a 'Godfather' reference

How to help the Dayton's site project succeed.
Letters
November 6, 2017
Law enforcement officials works at the scene of a fatal shooting at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, on Sunday, Nov. 5, 2017. (N

Readers Write: Texas massacre, House GOP tax plan, Federal Reserve nomination, pipeline project, school referendum and open enrollment

After another mass shooting, here's the essence of it.
Letters
November 3, 2017
Gov. Mark Dayton walked to the podium to begin his news conference Thursday afternoon in the Veterans Service Building in St. Paul. ] JEFF WHEELER &#x

Readers Write: Gov. Mark Dayton and PolyMet, Minneapolis elections, House GOP tax proposal

Growth, environment are mutually exclusive.
Letters
November 3, 2017
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Readers Write: The 'Responsibility to Protect' philosophy, children's health coverage, the plight of older workers, proper travel

How does drone warfare fit in with "protection?"
Letters
November 3, 2017
Tom Corcoran, 59, is job hunting and going back to Coco, the shared office space he used a few years ago. It is inside the Grain Exchange building and

Readers Write: Older workers, election endorsements

Extend unemployment benefits.
Letters
November 2, 2017
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., and other House leaders unveiled the GOP's far-reaching tax overhaul, the first major revamp of the tax system

Readers Write: Tax reform, St. Paul mayor's race, Minneapolis City Council, Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board, psychiatric care, guns

Has the GOP plan left you feeling energized?
Letters
November 1, 2017
In this 1996 photo, Roger Erickson, of WCCO Radio prepares for a show in Minneapolis. Erickson's daughter, Tracy Anderson, said the longtime radio per

Readers Write: Roger Erickson, Dennis Banks, Lake Calhoun/Bde Maka Ska, Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board

A voice for all ages of an era.
Letters
October 31, 2017
Visitors walk in front of the Martin Luther monument prior the celebrations on the occasion the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation in Wittenberg, Ge

Readers Write: Martin Luther's legacy, Minneapolis City Council endorsements, Dennis Banks

What else came before and from Martin Luther.
Letters
October 30, 2017
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Readers Write: Ranked-choice voting, Minneapolis mayoral endorsement, election committees, Minneapolis' First Ward

Ranked-choice heightens voters' role.
Letters
October 29, 2017
Traffic slowed on 35W northbound, as a snow storm made its way through the Twin Cities, Tuesday, March 3, 2015 in Minneapolis, MN. ] (ELIZABETH FLORES

Readers Write: Relieving congestion, south Minneapolis water issues, early education, the president as your 'pilot'

Seriously, pay people to bike.
Letters
October 27, 2017
Woman riding a bike with a smartwatch heart rate monitor. Smart watch concept.

Readers Write: Bicycling and bike lanes, mental health in Minnesota, management of wolves, English education, 'flesh'-colored crayons

Don't forget the health benefit of biking.
Letters
October 27, 2017
Greg Kline of Minneapolis led the protest against bike lines down West 26th Street. ] ANTHONY SOUFFLE ï anthony.souffle@startribune.com Protester

Readers Write: Bike lanes, affordable housing, Minneapolis Park Board election, youth sports

A compromise in order?
Letters
October 26, 2017
FILE -- President Donald Trump waves as he boards Air Force One in Atlanta, April 28, 2017, a VC-25A (Boeing 747-200B), one of two that presidents dat

Readers Write: Trump's leadership, Sack's cartoons, Minneapolis mayoral and City Council contests

This president is your pilot.
Letters
October 25, 2017
In this image from video from Senate Television, Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., speaks on the Senate floor Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017, at the Capitol in Washin

Readers Write: Honor and dishonor in Washington and beyond

Honor and dishonor.
Letters
October 24, 2017
Rendering for the makeover of the Macyís Daytonís building downtown Minneapolis. ] Credit: Gensler handout rendering

Readers Write: Downtown Minneapolis Dayton's site, bias in employment and hiring, property taxes, mental health system, Trump's GOP critics, pedestrian safety

Bravo to redevelopment plan.
Letters
October 23, 2017
A statue of John C. Calhoun, a pre-Civil War, 19th century South Carolina statesman and slavery supporter, at The Capitol building in Washington, June

Readers Write: The Calhoun name, the EPA and science, gender bias in lending, universal preschool

How well do we know John C. Calhoun?
Letters
October 20, 2017
Readers Write: Affirmative action, sexual misconduct

Readers Write: Affirmative action, sexual misconduct

More Mike Meyers, for two reasons.
Letters
October 20, 2017

Readers Write: Edina schools, University of Minnesota, Americans and the military

Newspaper is complicit in putting "indoctrination" in voters' minds.
Letters
October 20, 2017
Minneapolis City Council member Lisa Bender (Ward 10) listened to discussion on a motion to return the Working Families ordinance to author and to can

Readers Write: Minneapolis politics and business concerns, Target Field and tax receipts, state Rep. Tony Cornish on police accountability

An anti-business shift moves my vote.
Letters
October 19, 2017
Pedestrian barricades were placed on the street after crew took them down along the Nicollet Mall, Friday, October 13, 2017 in Minneapolis, MN. ] ELIZ

Readers Write: Nicollet Mall, charter schools, tax reform and charitable giving, state employee contracts, St. Cloud and refugee resettlement, Little Blue Libraries

The mall doesn't need PR, it just needs …
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