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Edina is on a smart track to raise smoking age to 21
Smoking is a habit that takes root during adolescence. Let's snuff it out.
Letters
Readers Write (April 24): Cancer research in Minnesota, abortion and politics, Bill O'Reilly's firing, feral cats
Legislature should invest in a statewide cancer clinical trials network.
Lori Sturdevant
Minnesota Department of Revenue faces budget cuts. Wise?
This is, after all, the department that brings in the funds for Minnesota.
Letters
Readers Write (April 23): Minnesota's budget surplus, Steve Bannon and "The Fourth Turning," war and peace
The Editorial Board's plan, assessed.
Editorial
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Don't play legislative games with state bonding bill
Public infrastructure projects deserve Legislature's attention this year.
Eric Dayton
A farewell to skyways: The case for bringing them down
I know what you're thinking: "But I like skyways." Enough on those few, really cold days to give up having a safe, vibrant, healthy city 365 days a year?
Harold Collier
Lost in the anti-opioid craze is real suffering
Prince and I had something in common: chronic pain. We don't need sympathy, we need real help.
Cartoons
Letters
Readers Write (April 22): Earth Day, suicide and '13 Reasons Why', distracted driving, the U journalism school, the hippie lifestyle
Information and belief: an analogy.
Letters
Editorial
Franken bill would help get Minnesotans the skills, education needed for jobs that need filling.
Matching the right skills training, education with employment needs.
Editorial
With focus on journalism, Hubbards have been major U supporters
Decision to add family name to school recognizes their contributions.
Megan McArdle, Bloomberg View
At Berkeley, the free speech movement has come to a screeching halt
A once fearless bastion of open-minded debate has become a cowardly symbol of high-minded intolerance
Editorial
Hey, New York, make the most of the Fearless Girl
Controversy over statues in financial district is a bunch of bull.
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