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Editorial
February 9, 2020
The tip of the "wishbone" structure that would connect the public to the falls.

Continuing the discussion on the 'Wishbone' proposal

St. Anthony Falls project would complement the vision Minneapolis has for downtown.
PAUL GAZELKA
February 9, 2020

2020 Republican legislative focus: Health care costs, government accountability, public safety …

Our 2020 vision will build on the successes of the 2019 session.
HOWARD ROOT
February 8, 2020

How zealous prosecution makes the not-so-guilty guilty

The case of the University of Minnesota professor who corrected his taxes.
Editorial
February 7, 2020
Commuters come and go at the US Bank Stadium light rail station Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2019, in Minneapolis MN.]
DAVID JOLES • david.joles@startrib

Restore faith in public safety on Twin Cities light rail

It will take a multipronged strategy to reduce crime and bad behavior on trains.
Letters
February 7, 2020
Readers Write: 'What is patriotism?' Plus: The Mideast peace plan and the Bernie Sanders agenda

Readers Write: 'What is patriotism?' Plus: The Mideast peace plan and the Bernie Sanders agenda

It's hard not to have grown cynical.
Letters
February 7, 2020
St. Paul Police Sgt. Shawn Campbell briefed members of the department's gang unit before they executing a warrant while searching for evidence Wednesd

Readers Write: Gang violence, 2020 elections, privacy rulings, immigration, two-party politics

A better, broader theory for gang violence.
Editorial
February 7, 2020

For a fact-based debate over Twin Metals mine, release all data

Hearing on BWCA protection bill puts spotlight on hidden science on mining risks.
Lori Sturdevant
February 7, 2020
Rep. Alice Hausman, DFL-St. Paul, at a news conference in 2016.

Minnesota Legislature's main event this year: the housing shortage

State Rep. Alice Hausman will be found leading the charge.
MELISSA HORTMAN
February 7, 2020

2020 DFL legislative focus: Education, economic security, climate change, gun violence …

Minnesotans' values are our values.
D.J. Tice
February 7, 2020
House impeachment managers Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., and Rep.

In wake of the impeachment trial, beware the 'Never Say Never' voter

Aspects of the Trump resistance begin to look just as troubling.
John Rash
February 7, 2020
President Donald Trump speaks one day after his acquittal by the Senate of two impeachment charges, at the White House in Washington, Feb 6, 2020. Sen

Middle ground recedes in politics, media and even relationships

Rash Report: New Pew Research Center polls show a nation riven with divisions.
Editorial, New York Daily News
February 7, 2020
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., listens as he is introduced during the Politics & Eggs at New Hampshire Institute of Pol

Democrats: Don't make a bad bet on Sanders

Nominating a self-described socialist would make it harder to beat Trump.
Walter F. Mondale and Sharon Sayles Belton
February 7, 2020
Presiding judge Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf, center, and other judges take their seats at the International Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, Jan.

Books for Africa can help spread the rule of law there

Literacy spreads hope and change.
John Hausladen, Aaron Cocking, Brian Peters, Rick Thielen, Shelly Jonas and Paul Aasen
February 7, 2020
FILE - In this June 17, 2015 file photo, medical marijuana plants grow at LifeLine Labs in Cottage Grove, Minn. Two of the most prominent Democratic l

Transportation leaders to Legislature: Hit the brakes on pot legalization

Consider this before you reverse our progress on impaired driving.
Deborah Clemmensen
February 7, 2020
This image released by Netflix shows Scarlett Johansson, left, and Adam Driver in "Marriage Story." On Monday, Jan. 13, the film was nominated for an

Oscar nominee 'Marriage Story': Divorce doesn't have to be this way

The film, starring Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver, is a powerful Oscar contender. But divorce shouldn't feel like a war.
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