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Opinion
April 26
Editorial cartoon: New campus mascot

Editorial cartoon: New campus mascot

Omar Alansari-Kreger
April 26
"We can spend hundreds of millions of dollars on expanding light rail to the western suburbs without realizing how impactful a modest fraction of that

Should Metro Mobility even be thought of as supplemental?

Develop the service further and maybe it could help fill any vacuum of an Uber/Lyft departure. At least it would serve riders better.
Abbey Payeur
April 26
Demonstrators made their way to the Sandburg Education Center during A Youth for Unity rally and march before an Anoka-Hennepin school board meeting o

What does Anoka-Hennepin really teach about DEI?

A budget impasse triggered by a revolt of three school board members appears to have been averted, but the issue remains. So, see for yourself what it means.
Editorial
April 26
What's lost when newspapers die

What's lost when newspapers die

Eight Minnesota papers will stop publishing this month in a blow to their communities.
Letters
April 26
A sign calling attention to the conflict in Gaza rests against a tent at an encampment on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus in Cambridg

Readers Write: Pro-Palestinian protests, sex offender program

Not all suffering seems to matter.
Kirk Schneidawind
April 26
"The answer to keep the public informed is really to give school districts a choice: to either post their legal notices on their own website or contin

Editorial counterpoint: Embrace the shift in public notices

Posting them on school websites is fast becoming the best way to inform.
Maxwell Stearns
April 26
“We need more political parties that play a meaningful role in governance,” writes Maxwell Stearns is the Venable, Baetjer & Howard Professor of L

Imagine a U.S. with a parliamentary system …

Yes, it would require constitutional amendments. But it could save American democracy.
Letters
April 25
A voter marks a ballot during Minnesota's presidential primary in Andover on March 5.

Readers Write: Caucus system, state Sen. Nicole Mitchell, voting for RFK Jr.

Caucuses aren't to blame for our political mess.
Editorial
April 25
Students check their phones between classes at Carlton High School.

Turn off cellphones in state's classrooms

Legislation that would require schools to have smartphone policies is a good foundation.
Opinion
April 25
Editorial cartoon: Supreme Court's medical expertise

Editorial cartoon: Supreme Court's medical expertise

the Editorial Board of the Las Vegas Review-Journal
April 25

How many hostages are still alive? Hamas doesn't seem to know

Israeli officials believe about 130 captives — some of them dead — remain in Gaza. Six Americans are still there.
Steve Brandt
April 25
Home values in North Minneapolis have been depressed due to the high numbers of foreclosed homes on the market.

The tale of two cities' assessed property values

Why Minneapolis appears less healthy than St. Paul, and what lies ahead.
Virginia Dale
April 25
Gov. Tim Walz displays the "trans refuge" bill after he signed it into law on Thursday morning in St. Paul. It was the first of three progressive prio

The best direction for gender care after the Cass Review

Clinical care should be guided by neither legislation nor ideology; it should be guided by evidence.
Kavita Kumar
April 25
As community engagement director for Star Tribune Opinion, "I will be reaching out to a wide cross-section of Minnesotans and asking them to contribut

Thoughts from the Star Tribune's new community engagement director

We aim to invite more people to be part of the conversation.
the Editorial Board of the Mankato Free Press
April 24

Cut down on electronic waste in Minnesota

Bill being debated at the Legislature would aim to do just that.

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