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Chip Halbach
Counterpoint: Be careful with comparisons for tax revenue at Ford site
A further consideration of the argument for single-family homes along the river bluff.
Editorial
Holy Week fire is a tragedy for France and the world
Historic Notre Dame Cathedral had survived centuries of European turmoil.
Paul Marquart
![The Minnesota State Capitol. ] GLEN STUBBE ¥ glen.stubbe@startribune.com Tuesday, February 13, 2018 The 2018 legislative session will both shape](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/V5XUWRHIOR4RCY3TAYCUW2ZUFU.jpg?h=91&w=145&fit=crop&bg=999&crop=faces)
Minnesota House DFL tax bill levels playing field
The House DFL tax bill would level the playing field. Democrats want fairness for working families, farmers, senior citizens and small businesses after big corporations hit the jackpot with federal tax reform.
Kurt Daudt
Minnesota House Democrats' agenda is funded by tax-hike binge
Democrats in the Minnesota House are planning an all-out tax hike blitz that would hit families at every income level. They'd make health care, gas and other everyday goods and services more expensive.
Stephen L. Carter
If Trump reads only one book on immigration ...
I've had a sneak peek at "Open Borders: The Science and Ethics of Immigration," coming out this fall. I'd quibble with the term used in the title, but the book — with its nonstandard presentation — is worth the president's time and yours.
Cartoons
Editorial
End the secrecy and release federal BWCA study
Keeping the data and analysis under wraps suggests there is something to hide.
John Rash
Rash Report: India's election a vote of confidence in democracy
World's largest democracy can be a global beacon amid a time of increasing authoritarianism.
Editorial
Congress doesn't seem to care if tax season is miserable for you
Bowing to lobbyists, lawmakers say IRS can't build online filing system.
Steve Cramer
Counterpoint: Adding cops could satisfy seemingly different interests
The case for a larger force lies in better, not more policing. That could help strengthen communities and police-community relations.
Letters
Readers Write: 'Dairy despair,' U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, measles and vaccination
Emotional video, cop-out response.
Editorial
Beginning in August, hands-free law should save lives
Minnesota finally joins 16 other states in doing something about distracted driving on its roads.
Editorial
Trump has a 'witch hunt' ally in AG William Barr
Comments on 'spying' are at best premature, at worst partisan pandering.
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