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Editorial: If surplus must be spent, spend it on the roads
More tax dollars than expected — the product of economic gains and, we argue, too much taxing — continue to accumulate in state coffers. We’ll ...
More tax dollars than expected — the product of economic gains and, we argue, too much taxing — continue to accumulate in state coffers. We’ll ...
Christmas commercials debuting in October. Christmas toy displays opening before Halloween. And most certainly Christmas sales and shopping starting well before Black Friday. While Central ...
How do you respond to an act of war? That is the question the world has been asking following Friday’s terrorist attacks. With at least ...
In a reasonable society, we would not put care of the disabled in the hands of those paid the least, but that’s a reality today ...
One of the early promises of the widespread use of the Internet was that there would be a Utopian paperless society — no more cutting ...
Energy conservation always has made economic sense. The less energy you use, the less you have to pay for. That’s why grandpas through the ages ...
It may have come as a surprise to some readers of news about Timberwolves head coach Flip Saunders’ death that he was a native of ...
An email between Office of Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Director Kimberly Hewitt and former athletic director Norwood Teague reveals a number of allegations of ...
Minnesota’s complex and rather unique set of laws governing how evidence is collected in suspected drunk-driving cases is in turmoil after a recent state Court ...
There are numerous reasons why some law enforcement agencies are having trouble recruiting new officers. A story in Sunday’s Star Tribune described the struggle in ...
Last month’s U.S. Census account of rising poverty rates among Minnesota’s African-Americans sounds an alarm about a serious economic threat to this state, not to ...
There was a time when college sports programs were a way to boost school spirit and cover the costs of scholarships, travel and other expenses. ...
The cost of unpaid care at hospitals has grown alarmingly for decades. In Mankato, Mayo Clinic Health System has seen all uncompensated care go from ...
The federal Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, was front-loaded with its most appealing attributes. Some people who had no health care now are ...
Once again last Thursday, President Obama stood before the nation and tried to provide both a personal and a policy perspective on yet another mass ...
Thursday’s college basketball slate features plenty of excitement, including the matchup between the Butler Bulldogs and the Northwestern…
Thursday’s college basketball schedule includes three games featuring a ranked team on the court. Among those contests is…
The Week 13 NFL slate has plenty of quality competition on the docket. Among those games is the…
Which team is going to come out on top on Friday, Nov. 29, when the Wisconsin Badgers and…
In Week 13, the NFL schedule includes 16 games and a variety of players with anytime TD prop…