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Opinion

Stick to legislating

Local Editorials

Ironically, there has been a Minnesota Historical Society since before there was a Minnesota. The MHS was established in 1849 by an act of the Minnesota Territory’s legislature, while the State of Minnesota was officially established in 1858. For over 50 years, the MHS has overseen many of ...

Countries need to clean up their own problems

Local Editorials

Vice president Kamala Harris, on her first international trip to Guatemala, espoused the Biden administration’s immigration policy. After meeting with the Guatemalan president, she said during a press conference the goal of the U.S. is to help improve the lives of Guatemalans, to give them ...

Still waiting for a state budget

Local Editorials

June is a week old, and that’s one week closer to the end of the state’s fiscal year. State leaders still have yet to come up with a state budget plan that would avert a government shutdown on July 1, but there is still hope. Negotiations continue and there is still time to get a deal ...

Hoping for a state budget agreement

Local Editorials

It’s hard to know how negotiations on the Minnesota State Budget are progressing. The negotiations are being conducted behind closed doors, and no one is giving out any progress reports. In a way, it’s comforting. In the past, the Republicans or the Democrats would come out from the ...

Readers’ Views

Letters to the Editor

Energy Consumers benefit To the Editor: Minnesota’s energy consumers came out of this year’s legislative session as the beneficiaries of landmark legislation that will help their pocketbooks, and Minnesota’s environment, for years to come. Legislators from both sides of the aisle came ...

Et Cetera

Local Editorials

SMIF Grants Fairmont Early Childhood Initiative and Fairmont Community Education and Recreation recently received a $20,000 grant to be used for summer learning support from the Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation. This is excellent news. It’s a good effort and we know people will be ...