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KATHERINE KERSTEN
July 14, 2017
Mill turn machinist Bret Lauderbaugh showed off a tool that collects measurements and then sends the numbers via bluetooth to his main computer Wednes

Postsecondary education for non-dummies

In this era of high technology manufacturing, four years and a bachelor's degree is hardly the only smart path to take. Only 22 percent of jobs in our state require a bachelor's or above.
Editorial
July 14, 2017
In this Saturday, July 8, 2017, photo provided by Mille Lacs Messenger, people on a boat encircle Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton, not pictured, on Mille L

Don't jettison science in managing Mille Lacs walleye. Do boost public trust.

Second opinion from the Office of the Legislative Auditor would boost confidence.
Letters
July 14, 2017
Southdale Mall in Edina on a Tuesday afternoon. ] GLEN STUBBE ï glen.stubbe@startribune.com Tuesday June 27, 2017 The American shopping mall is t

Readers Write: Shopping mall struggles, Ford site redevelopment, Holocaust survivor, intraparty battles, phone use in prisons

Retailers, look within.
Lori Sturdevant
July 14, 2017

There's cause for concern about party role in democracy

Could no-party-endorsement trend reach the state level?
D.J. Tice
July 14, 2017
The parents of sick baby Charlie Gard, Connie Yates and Chris Gard, right, stand together as a statement is read by a family friend to the media, outs

Charlie Gard and freedom's final frontier

A baby boy's suffering goes global at the crossroads of the right to try and the right to die.
July 14, 2017

Advice to graduates: I wish you bad luck, so that you may grow.

Editorial
July 14, 2017

University of Minnesota Libraries win national praise

Time to notice — and fund — an information-age asset.
Letters
July 14, 2017
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Readers Write: Police work, Rep. Jason Lewis on health insurance, Riverland Community College's online program, prostate cancer study

The stories you don't hear.
JIM ABELER
July 14, 2017
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A Medicaid umbrella.

It's time for a bipartisan reset on health care reform

Democrats and Republicans must work together to address issues of cost and quality in the system — and to keep people healthy.
Editorial
July 14, 2017
Ivanka Trump, left, speaks at the State Department in Washington, Tuesday, June 27, 2017, during the release of the 2017 Trafficking in Persons Report

Human trafficking bill adds to worthy efforts

Republicans, Democrats in the U.S. House worked together on a key issue.
Tony Luke Jr.
July 14, 2017
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Though heroin took my son, I am not ashamed

The Monster is a disease, not a moral failing. That's why I'm urging other families to speak out about their loved ones' opioid addiction.
Editorial, Orange County Register
July 14, 2017

Time for Congress to do its duty on war powers

Repealing the post-9/11 Authorization for Use of Military Force is a start.
Letters
July 14, 2017
People place flowers and light candles in front of a picture of Liu Xiaobo, placed outside the Nobel's Peace center in Oslo, Thursday, July 13, 2017.

Readers Write: Trump, Macron, Xi Jinping and Liu Xiaobo; Sun Country Airlines; Senate health care plan; women in the wilderness; grandmothers as flower girls

Trump, Macron misdirect their praise.
John Rash
July 14, 2017
In this Thursday, June 8, 2017 photo, Al-Jazeera staff work at their TV station in Doha, Qatar. The Arab news network Al-Jazeera has been thrust into

Rash Report: Gulf diplomatic strife engulfs Al Jazeera, too

The dispute between Qatar and four nations led by Saudi Arabia threatens regional stability.
Rod Sando
July 14, 2017
In this Saturday, July 8, 2017, photo provided by Mille Lacs Messenger, people on a boat encircle Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton, not pictured, on Mille L

Why the DNR is not Mille Lacs protesters' enemy

Comanagement of the walleye fishery is working. But the lake ecology is changing, and political pressure won't produce more fish.
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