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Editorials

Don’t undermine Minnesota Legislature’s education reforms

Minneapolis Star Tribune Distributed by Tribune Content Agency As part of the state’s multibillion-dollar E-12 education package, Minnesota lawmakers approved two long-awaited and much-needed provisions ... Read more

by Tribune News Service, Thursday, June 8, 2017 8:08 am

News

What’s to blame for Twin Cities traffic congestion? Is it regional growth or bad public policy?

Congestion on metro area freeways has reached record levels, and a Twin Cities think tank says bad public policy and not regional growth is to ... Read more

by Tribune News Service, Wednesday, June 7, 2017 7:26 am

News

Dayton seeks meeting with GOP leaders; Aim is to talk over post-session differences

St. Paul — Gov. Mark Dayton on Tuesday formally invited legislative leaders to meet with him to sort out the policy and budget differences that ... Read more

by Tribune News Service, Wednesday, June 7, 2017 7:25 am

News

MPCA greatly expands air quality monitoring

In time for the heat and humidity that come with summer, Minnesota is significantly expanding its monitoring of air quality to cover the state. Read more

by Tribune News Service, Wednesday, June 7, 2017 7:23 am

Business

Hormel Foods sues Purina over ‘Black Label’ use in dog treats

Hormel Foods Corp. is suing Nestlé Purina PetCare Co. for using the “Black Label” mark on its Beggin’ Strips line of dog treats. The Austin-based food ... Read more

by Tribune News Service, Thursday, June 1, 2017 8:44 am

Politics

No wishing away Trump’s Russia mess

The story of Russian interference in the U.S. election has become so complex, with so many tangled, cascading developments, there is the risk of becoming ... Read more

by Tribune News Service, Wednesday, May 31, 2017 7:52 am

News

Holiday weekend kicks off summer road trip season for many

The Cogbill family of suburban Minneapolis thought Memorial Day would be a great time for its first-ever family camping trip. But a peek at the ... Read more

by Tribune News Service, Saturday, May 27, 2017 5:08 pm

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Renew worldwide focus on counterterrorism

Once again, the world mourns the deaths of innocents at the hands of a hate-filled attacker. And once again, we must regroup in the face ... Read more

by Tribune News Service, Thursday, May 25, 2017 7:44 am

News

Trump’s $4.1T budget would slash aid in state

President Trump’s $4.1 trillion federal budget proposal, released Tuesday, would vastly reshape the federal government’s funding of health care, food stamps, and an array of ... Read more

by Tribune News Service, Thursday, May 25, 2017 7:42 am

Editorials

More than Mueller needed to assess Russian meddling

The U.S. Justice Department appointment of former FBI Director Robert Mueller to lead a criminal investigation into possible collusion between President Trump’s campaign and the ... Read more

by Tribune News Service, Wednesday, May 24, 2017 8:13 am

Agriculture

Scientists planting 400 acres of pines to survive climate change

Scientists from the Nature Conservancy and elsewhere now think they know. This summer they’re embarking on a project to plant 400 acres with cold-loving evergreens ... Read more

by Tribune News Service, Wednesday, May 24, 2017 8:08 am

Education

Lawmakers still think they can agree on teacher licensing overhaul

Late Friday, lawmakers signaled they were still working to update the bill that Gov. Mark Dayton vetoed Thursday because it lacked the estimated $3.5 million ... Read more

by Tribune News Service, Monday, May 22, 2017 8:24 am

Education

St. Olaf students who protested say campus racism is no hoax

A week after the revelation that a recent highly publicized racist incident was a hoax, a student-led group at St. Olaf College has released a ... Read more

by Tribune News Service, Monday, May 22, 2017 8:21 am

State, Nation and World

Twins still waiting for ByungHo Park to find his swing

ByungHo Park had gone just 6 for 37 (.162) at Triple-A Rochester since missing a month with a strained hamstring, but the Twins continue to ... Read more

by Tribune News Service, Monday, May 22, 2017 7:53 am

Health

State action needed to boost immunization

To those who dismiss the risk of measles, consider these numbers: In 2015, this childhood disease caused more than 134,200 deaths globally, according to the ... Read more

by Tribune News Service, Friday, May 19, 2017 7:47 am

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