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April 5
A rendering of what the Cedar-Riverside area might look like if Interstate 94 between the downtowns of Minneapolis and St. Paul were turned into a bou

Readers Write: Replacing I-94, women's sports, health care

A proposal for endless honking.
Letters
April 4
Morning traffic moves on Interstate 94 eastbound in St. Paul during the March 25 snowstorm in Minneapolis.

Readers Write: Replacing I-94, Southwest light rail, Donald Trump

Eliminating the freeway? Don't do it.
Letters
April 3
Uber driver Mohamed Egal accepts a rider on the app on Feb. 16 in Minneapolis.

Readers Write: Uber and Lyft, sagging infrastructure, Gaza aid workers

Uber and Lyft aren't kidding.
Letters
April 2
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump attends a campaign rally in Waterford Township, Mich., in February.

Readers Write: Donald Trump's tactics, politics, sports

More disturbing by the day.
Letters
April 1
A view of Hennepin Avenue between 25th and 26th streets in 2022. This block is part of the Hennepin reconstruction project, which stretches from W. La

Readers Write: Hennepin Avenue redo, Donald Trump, presidential primaries, trash

Everyone but the decisionmakers knows this isn't a good idea.
Letters
March 31
Construction workers build an apartment building in downtown Excelsior in January.

Readers Write: Housing, college professors, NBC News, presidential primaries, Ryan Londregan

Housing costs aren't divorced from policy.
Letters
March 30
A “private property” sign is posted on a plot of land on Park Point in Duluth that was purchased and cleared by the Cargill family.

Readers Write: Kathy Cargill and Park Point, state growth, DEI initiatives

Does Miss Manners do tutoring? Asking for a certain Duluth landowner.
Letters
March 29
Travelers navigate the rideshare area in Terminal 1 at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport on March 22.

Readers Write: Uber and Lyft, Israel/Hamas war

More rideshare competition, please.
Letters
March 28
Former President Donald Trump announced Tuesday he's selling “God Bless the USA Bibles."

Readers Write: Trump's Bibles, NBC News, environmental permitting, nuclear power, Ramadan

Left shaking my head over the latest Trump scheme.
Letters
March 27
Relatives and supporters of Israeli hostages being held in the Gaza Strip by Hamas attend a rally calling for their release in Tel Aviv on Tuesday.

Readers Write: Israel/Hamas war, liberal arts degrees, Uber and Lyft

Hostages? Who?
Letters
March 26
Beer maker Mark Stutrud, president and head brewer of Summit Brewing Co. in St. Paul, checks on the production of a batch of Summit Extra Pale Ale in

Readers Write: Minnesota's fine beer, politics, Uber and Lyft, college debt, guns and cows

You forgot the trailblazer: Summit Brewing Company.
Letters
March 25
The campus of Macalester College in warmer times.

Readers Write: Liberal arts education, Uber and Lyft, TikTok

Don't be so myopic.
Letters
March 24
A wintry view of the Uptown neighborhood at Hennepin Avenue and Lake Street last February.

Readers Write: Uptown parking, straw buyers, wind energy, Apple antitrust lawsuit

Think creatively about that YWCA parking garage.
Letters
March 23
Kristi Maricle teaches an adult literacy class to immigrants at Windom High School in Windom, Minn., on Jan. 23.

Readers Write: Immigration, future of the Star Tribune

Exclusionary attitude is not universal in Frontenac.
Letters
March 22
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara speaks during a March 6 news conference announcing the launch of a multiyear, comprehensive recruitment campai

Readers Write: Policing, Red Lake Nation land, Uber and Lyft, worker classification, teacher pay

You won't draw recruits with that.
Letters
March 21
Second grade teacher Carmy Mersereau wrote out words for her class during a reading lesson on January 11, 2024, at Fair Oaks Elementary School of Minn

Readers Write: Teacher pay, accountant licensing, water, emerald ash borer, Trump's 'bloodbath'

You think teachers' work ends when the school day does?
Letters
March 20
The State Capitol in February. State legislators have introduced a proposal to change the requirements for aspiring CPAs.

Readers Write: Accountant licensing, U administration, teacher pay, W. 7th streetcar, construction

It's about incentives, not an "agenda."
Letters
March 19
FILE — Katrina Spade, the co-founder and chief executive of Recompose, monitoring the temperature of a mound of wood chips that contains a human bod

Readers Write: Human composting, real estate commissions, recess, Uber and Lyft wages

Finally, an after-death option that feels right.
Letters
March 18
The evening rush hour traffic on Portland Avenue in Minneapolis.

Readers Write: Uber and Lyft, 2024 election, Israel/Hamas, Park Point in Duluth

Ridesharing is a key part of our transit system. Save it.
Letters
March 17
The TikTok logo is seen on a cellphone in front of a computer that displays the app's home screen.

Readers Write: TikTok, environment, East Phillips, Soo Line Community Garden

This app's risks are too great.
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