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Matt McGuire and Lynn Varco
Ford site project is missing something critical
Namely, a coherent transportation plan. Promoting transit, bike and foot travel is good policy, but traffic realities can't be ignored.
Steve Chapman
Here's a middle path the House could take other than impeachment
Hearings made clear the president's conduct was over the line. Censure might be an option, but Republicans show no inclination to go there.
Letters
Readers Write: Tax bill, Israel policy, gun laws, bird deaths
So Trump's tax cuts "worked." At doing what?
David Swerdlick
A note from Bloomberg Opinion about coverage during Michael Bloomberg's presidential campaign
And how Star Tribune Opinion will handle wire material from this source.
Karl W. Smith
Are the 2017 tax cuts working as intended?
Evidence indicates yes, even as the trade war complicates the picture.
Editorial
Twin Metals proposal: Not this mine. Not this location.
The proposed Twin Metals copper-nickel mine near Ely unambiguously threatens the waters of the BWCA and beyond. Evidence that regulatory processes can help matters has grown slim.
Editorial
Courses of action: How to protect the Boundary Waters
Leaders in both St. Paul and Washington have options.
Editorial
Judge comes clean on error with his sense of humor intact
Hey, we all make mistakes, although $107 million is a big one.
Letters
Readers Write: The cost of electricity, fundamentalism, 'Trump-itis,' immigration, China's oppression
Let's use a broader definition of expenses, act accordingly.
Will Bunch
Through impeachment hearings, a thread: What does it mean to be an American?
The conflict between embracing migrants and pushing them away is the never-fully-resolved dramatic tension in our story.
Letters
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Readers Write: Metro transit, rape kits, for-profit schools, U.S. Bank bird problem, school lunch debt, impeachment, kindness
Are you part of the transportation safety solution?
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