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May 20, 2016
Bloominton, MN 4/25/2003 The American Indian artifacts and motif are everywhere in the interior decor of the Thunderbird Motel ORG XMIT: MIN2016032915

Readers Write (May 22): Thunderbird Hotel, gas tax, retirement planning, pensions

For me, a visit to the Thunderbird Hotel was a launchpad to learning.
Editorial
May 20, 2016

Satellites could aid efforts to address global warming

Space agencies could monitor if countries are honoring Paris accord.
Letters
May 20, 2016
Members of the Hitler Youth participate in burning books, in Salzburg, Austria, on April 30, 1938. The burning of books that are condemned as Jewish-M

Readers Write (May 23): Democracy, Xcel Energy rates, airport security, Hillary Clinton

What if the people don't want democracy?
Anne Applebaum, The Washington Post
May 20, 2016
200 dpi 52p x 37p George Migash color illustration of crossed fingers behind the back of a pair of jeans the seat of which is burning symbolic of the

A world without facts

The boom in fact-checking is more a symptom than a cure for an era that doesn't believe in truth, or care about it.
K.B. Brown, Lynn Hoffman and Nyijaah Williams
May 19, 2016

Editorial counterpoint: Paid sick time will serve Minneapolis workers — and businesses

Rehashed downtown talking points ignore the comprehensive process for the ordinance.
Bob Kroll
May 19, 2016

Editorial counterpoint: Really, a 'slowdown'? The facts about cops

City leaders are the ones making it difficult for Minneapolis police.
Letters
May 19, 2016
In a Saturday, May 14, 2016 photo, supporters of Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, including Valeria Romano, center left, and Johnny H

Readers Write (May 20): The Bernie Sanders campaign, the Legislature, license tab fees, Real ID, airport security

Editorial on Sanders and Nevada shows how the media fails us.
NORMAN SHERMAN
May 19, 2016
August 28, 1968 SEN. McCARTHY, VICE-PRESIDENT HUMPHREY AND SEN. McGOVERN Together for the first time in months, the three candidates shook hands and s

Lessons from 1968: Bernie Sanders needs to put snide aside

The Democratic challenger's criticisms of Clinton could come back to haunt; they'd be bludgeons out of the mouth of Donald Trump.
Jared Bernstein
May 19, 2016
A worker welds the frame for the 2016 Wildcat X side-by-side vehicle at the Arctic Cat factory in Thief River Falls, Minn., on Sept. 30, 2015. (Leila

Obama's executive actions will work 'overtime' to help the working class

New overtime rule is one of Obama's most progressive and sensible policies -- and Congress never would have done it.
Letters
May 18, 2016
This photo shows traffic along Hwy. 10 just south of Main St. in Coon Rapids, MN. Between the traffic lanes one can see the cable median fence. ... as

Readers Write (May 19): The Legislature and transportation funding

Principles and proposals for transportation funding.
MIKE HICKEY, STEVE BECHER and JIM ARNESON
May 18, 2016
A rendering of the Southwest Light Rail train passing through the Kenilworth Lagoon ORG XMIT: MIN1605131425430376

Counterpoint: Small businesses, in fact, are not on board with Southwest light rail

Unlike bigger businesses, we are more sensitive to sales-tax hikes and prefer cost-effective transit.
Eric W. Kaler
May 18, 2016
The Capitol is still officially closed to the public. ] GLEN STUBBE * gstubbe@startribune.com Thursday, March 3, 2016 With less than a week left befor

Please, legislators, invest in state's infrastructure before it's too late

The University of Minnesota and communities across the state have an urgent need for a bonding bill to be passed in the next few days.
Yvonne Prettner Solon
May 17, 2016
A tour boat on Lake Michigan near downtown Milwaukee, Wis., July 16, 2015. A plan to pump water from nearby Lake Michigan to fix a growing contaminati

Waukesha water diversion: Take all the time needed to weigh revised plan

A revised proposal now under consideration to pump water from Lake Michigan hasn't received the scrutiny it deserves.
Editorial
May 17, 2016

GOP won't stop attacking the Affordable Care Act

And now a federal judge has injected the courts into the fight.
John Freivalds
May 17, 2016
Passengers wait in line to go through the new north security checkpoint at Terminal 1 of Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. ] (Leila Navidi/S

My petition for a shorter airport security line

I have gone through airport security in more than 60 countries, and can say that the TSA uses the least amount of common sense. Here are some ways to fix it.
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