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Opinion

Goodell’s talk is just that until action taken

Local Editorials

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell sternly and forcefully said Wednesday that the NFL will not tolerate racism, discrimination in hiring, and will take strong action if investigation finds wrongdoing that threatens the integrity of the game. That’s big talk that Goodell has spoken before. The ...

McConnell, Pence have it right

Local Editorials

When the Republican National Committee’s vote Friday to censure Representatives Liz Cheney of Wyoming and Adam Kinzinger of Illinois for their participation in the House Select Committee’s probe into the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection, they inexplicably described the riotous attack on the U.S. ...

No-knock warrants don’t prevent violence

Local Editorials

Minneapolis is once again in the public’s eye for the police killing of a young Black man, Amir Locke. Locke was shot by police who burst into the apartment he was sleeping in on a no-nock warrant. Police used a key to open the apartand burst in shouting that they were police serving a ...

Readers’ Views

Letters to the Editor

Long-term care agencies help To the Editor: I appreciated the Friday, Feb. 4th editorial in which good suggestions were stated for using the state budget surplus. As told in the article, it is difficult for long-term care agencies. They must compete for staffing and the pay levels are ...

Russia throwing weight behind Ukraine threat

Local Editorials

Russia is coming closer and closer to pushing into the Ukraine. White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, speaking on different Sunday news programs, said Russia could be days away from invading, a prospect that could result at an “enormous human cost.” Russia remains one of ...

This issue we can all agree on

Local Editorials

On Thursday, Republicans in the Minnesota Senate laid out a proposal addressing the shortage of police officers in the state. It is no surprise that the ranks of police officers have been shrinking since the murder of George Floyd, the resulting riots and the calls for defunding the police. ...