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September 13, 2019
FILE -- A cook plates fresh food at a restaurant in Queens, on Nov. 20, 2017. Amid a severe labor shortage and a renewed U.S. crackdown on undocumente

Readers Write: Talent shortage, air conditioning, litter, obesity in Minnesota, Trump and the environment

A tale of the talent shortage in Minnesota.
Letters
September 12, 2019
Supporter Marianne Turnbull of St. Paul, who has stage IV ovarian cancer, testified about the proposed End-of-Life Act during an informal hearing of t

Readers Write: Assisted suicide, marijuana legalization, 9/11 coverage, tight labor market, light-rail access

Don't make death about profit.
Letters
September 11, 2019
FILE - In this April 9, 2019, wheels are attach as workers assemble a tractor at John Deere's Waterloo, Iowa assembly plant. Deere & Co. reports earni

Readers Write: 'Right to repair' laws, 9/11, assisted suicide, tariffs, Minneapolis' Kmart, land conservation

Anti-repair means pro-monopoly.
Letters
September 11, 2019
The coal-fired Plant Scherer, one of the nation's top carbon dioxide emitters, stands in the distance in Juliette, Ga., Saturday, June, 3, 2017. U.S.

Readers Write: Carbon tax, GOP climate plan, high school sports, refugees from Hurricane Dorian, the NOAA and Trump

Hey, Dems — we will pay your carbon taxes.
Letters
September 9, 2019
FILE - In this Aug. 15, 2019, file photo, marijuana grows at an indoor cannabis farm in Gardena, Calif. Federal health officials are issuing a nationa

Readers Write: Democrats and marijuana, that Kmart on Nicollet, the term 'elites,' logging in Minnesota

Please, DFL, let's pass on legal marijuana.
Letters
September 6, 2019
FILE -- A pipeline operator at Southwestern Energy uses an infrared camera to check for gas leaks, in Damascus, Ark., June 28, 2016. Some in the oil a

Readers Write: Minnesota leading against climate change, police officers, student test scores, library fees

Give Minnesota's best people a crack at climate change solutions. They are capable of a lot.
Letters
September 6, 2019
Carl Larsen, owner and founder of Telescope Media Group, read a prepared statement in front of family and friends outside the Federal Courthouse in Sa

Readers Write: Wedding-video case, F. Scott Fitzgerald, gun violence

Navigating contradictions.
Letters
September 6, 2019
FILE - In this Oct. 4, 2011, file photo, a core sample drilled from underground rock near Ely, Minn., shows a band of shiny minerals containing copper

Readers Write: Political donations and mining, gun laws, national debt, immigration, "right to repair" laws

Follow the money trail — it leads to northern Minnesota mines.
Letters
September 5, 2019
Pink and yellow lawn signs have begun to appear in front of homes and apartment buildings in North East Minneapolis. ] MARK VANCLEAVE ¥ The Safe

Readers Write: Minneapolis rental housing, mining, hunger in Minnesota, education, criticism of Israel

Tell me, how to proposed rental rules increase our housing supply?
Letters
September 4, 2019
Brad Shannon, a longtime friend of Tony Jones, discussed the planned route for their trip into the BWCA Monday evening. ] Aaron Lavinsky ¥ aaron.

Readers Write: Mining in northern Minnesota, discourse and ethical frameworks, Hurricane Dorian, the last gasp of summer

"The process" of building a mine is not designed with protecting wilderness in mind.
Letters
September 3, 2019
In this Monday, Aug. 5, 2019, photo students hang their backpacks before the start of the first day of school at Morris Jeff Community School in New O

Readers Write: Student performance and the new school year, accountability in government, library fees

Those billboards about Minnesota schools don't help.
Letters
August 30, 2019
The new Hennepin County library in Brooklyn Park. ] GLEN STUBBE * gstubbe@startribune.com Friday, January 13, 2017 The new Hennepin County library in

Readers Write: Libraries and late fees, vaping dangers, immigration, Epstein case, corporations' behavior

Let's shelve overdue fees at the library.
Letters
August 30, 2019
A display of abacuses for sale in the hallway of the Kyoto International Conference Center in Kyoto, Japan, Aug. 8, 2019. More than 800 contestants fr

Readers Write: Student achievement in Minnesota, teachers as role models, energy use, immigration

Minnesota kids' math and reading skills must improve.
Letters
August 30, 2019
In 1819, a fleet of boats came up the Mississippi River, landed on its shores and started construction on what would become Fort Snelling. It laid the

Readers Write: Fort Snelling bicentennial, family planning, the state of debate, Lyft's rate changes, Hong Kong protests

Well, that sounds like an invasion.
Letters
August 30, 2019
Protesters outside TYS Laundromat in East Harlem, on May 1, 2019. A survey conducted by the Laundry Workers Center found that one in five workers was

Readers Write: CEOs and worker pay, climate change, Minnesota's own deforestation problems, civility

CEO statement dodged the main issue: worker pay.
Letters
August 29, 2019
FILE - In this Sept. 21, 2018, file photo, Mike Starkey offloads soybeans from his combine as he harvests his crops in Brownsburg, Ind. For months, th

Readers Write: Farmers and the trade war, alternatives to natural gas, Ilhan Omar allegations, talk-show politics

Repairing rural America will include getting a new president.
Letters
August 28, 2019
Students board buses at Frances Slocum Elementary School in Marion, Ind., after classes on Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018. Marion Community Schools is lookin

Readers Write: Teachers healing our democracy, Bde Maka Ska conservation district, homelessness, student debt

Teachers can be beacons against hatred.
Letters
August 27, 2019
Jack Weber drove his wheat combine on his field. The wheat doesn't bring much cash but it does improve the health of his soil. ] GLEN STUBBE ¥ gl

Readers Write: Farmers and tariffs, lake name, Afghanistan war, football attendance, David Koch

Tariffs mean that rural America will need repairing.
Letters
August 26, 2019
Kids jumped off the raft off Thomas Beach into Lake Bde Maka Ska Monday afternoon. ] JEFF WHEELER • jeff.wheeler@startribune.com Following the

Readers Write: Bde Maka Ska rename, political campaigns, airport woes, hands-free phone law, Trump and the economy

Renaming Lake Calhoun is not an empty gesture.
Letters
August 23, 2019
Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB) workers install new placards changing East and West Lake Calhoun Parkways to East and West Bde Maka Ska P

Readers Write: Bde Maka Ska street names, evidence in politics, Trump and Israel, homelessness, potential recession

The Bde Maka Ska renaming process snubbed residents.
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