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March 8
President Joe Biden shakes hands after delivering the State of the Union address on Thursday.

Readers Write: State of the Union, policing, immigration, Supreme Court

Political violence is bad, remember?
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March 7
Voters walk past students to cast ballots in the presidential primary on March 5 at Highlands Elementary School in Edina.

Readers Write: Trump on the ballot, housing, film rideshare wages

The "patchwork" already exists.
Letters
March 6
Semira Ibrahim of Apple Valley held a sign urging voters to vote "uncommitted" in Minnesota's presidential primary. The "uncommitted" option won 46,00

Readers Write: 'Uncommitted' votes, Israel/Gaza war, new state flag

Don't risk all you stand for.
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March 5
Former President Donald Trump arrives to speak at his Mar-a-Lago estate on Monday, the day the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously restored him to 2024 pre

Readers Write: Trump on the ballot, IVF, vaccines, ballot initiatives in Minneapolis

SCOTUS ruled for the voters in the Trump case.
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March 4
Voters fill out ballots on Nov. 8, 2022, at Emerson Dual Language School in Minneapolis.

Readers Write: Ballot initiatives, rideshare wages, Blue Line extension, state surplus, U president

Ballot initiatives aren't such a cure-all.
Letters
March 3
An embryologist uses a microscope to view an embryo, visible on a monitor, right, in New York.

Readers Write: IVF, religious freedom, Israel/Hamas war

Fertility is not an extravagance.
Letters
March 2
Minnesota had nearly $63,000 in debt per capita at the end of 2023.

Readers Write: Debt, presidential primaries

I'll do my part, but the government won't.
Letters
March 1
A Blue Line train leaves the Lake Street Midtown Station in January. Officials plan to extend the line out to Brooklyn Park.

Readers Write: Blue Line extension, zoning changes, City Council, sports fans

This Blue Line project won't go down easy.
Letters
February 29
Honor guard members folded flags draped over the caskets of Burnsville police officers Paul Elmstrand, 27, and Matthew Ruge, 27, and firefighter-param

Readers Write: Burnsville first responders, crime, city charter, ticket prices, chess

A heartfelt tribute.
Letters
February 28
Readers Write: Religious freedom and LGBTQ issues, loneliness, City Council civility, human bones

Readers Write: Religious freedom and LGBTQ issues, loneliness, City Council civility, human bones

Learning isn't infringement on religious freedom.
Letters
February 27
Burnsville Police Chief Tanya Schwartz and Fire Chief BJ Jungmann (right) spoke to express their appreciation for ongoing support from the community f

Readers Write: Burnsville shooting, policing, Gaza

Without enforcement, laws don't matter.
Letters
February 26
People place bets during the Super Bowl at a casino in Reno on Feb. 11.

Readers Write: Sports betting, IVF, education, presidential primaries, human bones

Legalization of sports betting? No dice.
Letters
February 25
The entrance to a fourplex in Minneapolis, seen in 2018.

Readers Write: Zoning bill, remote work, Alabama embryo ruling, Burnsville shooting, toplessness

Add density; save the land.
Letters
February 24
Readers Write: The great toothpaste debate, immigration, wolf hunting, skiing

Readers Write: The great toothpaste debate, immigration, wolf hunting, skiing

Crimpers of toothpaste tubes, unite!
Letters
February 23
A Kia that was damaged after being stolen sits in an auto repair shop in Milwaukee in 2021.

Readers Write: Stolen cars, rideshare wages, Gaza, Jimmy Carter

Dodging real responsibility on Kia and Hyundai thefts.
Letters
February 22
St. Paul Police Officer Anthony Buckley placed a badge on a police vehicle that has become one of three memorials in front of the Burnsville Police De

Readers Write: Burnsville shooting, Alabama ruling on embryos

Part of the "why" is us.
Letters
February 21
A Capitol intern sorted Norway pine seedlings for distribution on Arbor Day in 2019.

Readers Write: Forestry, Donald Trump, Legal Marijuana Now Party, toplessness laws

Mismanagement of state lands abounds.
Letters
February 20
Citizens joined police officers, firefighters and other first responders to greet a planned processional for firefighter and paramedic Adam Finseth, w

Readers Write: Burnsville shooting, SROs, music in the park, city flags, love letters

How did the shooter get his guns?
Letters
February 19
Russian police detain a man as he tries to lay flowers in tribute of Alexei Navalny in St. Petersburg on Saturday.

Readers Write: The death of Alexei Navalny, Burnsville shooting, music in the park

Cravenness, unmasked.
Letters
February 18
A gray wolf is seen at the Wildlife Science Center in Forest Lake, Minn.

Readers Write: Wolves, Biden's age, business leaders, Alexei Navalny

A wolf-bites-deer story.
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