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No hurricanes, but climate change is changing Minnesota
The state already is seeing larger, stronger storms.
Editorial
Revamping culture that protected Les Moonves will take time
Too many women, for too long, didn't feel like they would be heard.
Melissa Hortman
![The Minnesota State Capitol was bathed in warm evening light as the sun went down on the first day of the legislative session. ] GLEN STUBBE •](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/O2IFQX7UJWWGGXDQHEWYEZZKC4.jpg?h=91&w=145&fit=crop&bg=999&crop=faces)
Editorial counterpoint: Here's why legislative pay increase is at issue
The record is clear: Minnesota House Republicans put themselves ahead of Minnesota families.
Letters
Readers Write: Homeless encampment and humanity, mining and methodology, three takes on activism
Communities in solidarity.
Editorial
Hennepin County takes innovative approach to helping at-risk kids
Overhaul of Child Protection Services system is showing positive results.
Edward Garvey
Minnesota has an edge on energy policy and just needs to keep it
There are disagreements, yes, but we are consensus-driven. This doesn't happen by accident; it takes effort from existing and would-be leaders.
Greg Russ
Counterpoint: Public housing in Minneapolis is being preserved, not 'privatized'
Coverage of Minneapolis Public Housing Authority efforts is welcomed but should not include this trigger language, which by reasonable standards does not apply.
Jason Grumet, CQ-Roll Call (TNS)
How America forgot 'Never Forget'
The 9/11 Commission showed us that we're at our best when united. Let it be a lesson again.
Letters
Readers Write: National anthem protests, Colin Kaepernick and charity, Line 3 pipeline replacement
Thank you/no thank you, Ron Yary.
Editorial, Mesabi Daily News
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Labor, management need to avoid an Iron Range strike
It would hurt the mining industry just as it ramps up, thanks to tariffs.
Beverly Koopman
An interaction interrupted: More than rudeness, a show of power
The following anecdote might seem like a small thing, but it demonstrates a pervasive cultural flaw — white-male entitlement — hidden in plain sight.
Patricia Rasmussen
Counterpoint: Farmington High band, accused of playing politics, was squelched
We should be political. That goes for students, too.
Editorial
Refugee exhibit gives context to global crisis
Doctors Without Borders' 'Forced From Home' has lessons for state, too.
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