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Editorials

Don’t let Minnesota lawmakers politicize road projects

Minneapolis Star Tribune Distributed by Tribune Content Agency Bipartisan accord on anything pertaining to transportation funding at the Minnesota Legislature is so rare that when ... Read more

by Tribune News Service, Thursday, September 29, 2016 9:56 am

RSS General

Last Minnesota leg of $2.1 billion electricity mega-project done

A consortium of electric utilities recently completed the last Minnesota leg of a $2.1 billion transmission mega-project: a 156-mile power line from Dakota County through ... Read more

by Tribune News Service, Tuesday, September 27, 2016 9:45 am

Election 2016

Signs can go wild during election season

If you were waiting to put up 50-foot billboards in your yard proclaiming the imminent arrival of extraterrestrials, your moment has arrived Read more

by Tribune News Service, Tuesday, September 27, 2016 9:44 am

Education

29 Minn. colleges to waive application fees in October

Minnesota State campuses are waiving application fees next month as part of College Knowledge Month. Eight schools in the state-run system are waiving the fee throughout ... Read more

by Tribune News Service, Tuesday, September 27, 2016 8:37 am

Crime, Courts & Emergencies

30K opioid deactivation pouches being distributed in Minnesota

Hennepin County is on pace to break a dubious record in 2016. In the first six months of this year, more than 80 people died from ... Read more

by Tribune News Service, Monday, September 26, 2016 10:13 am

News

Thousands of cremains languish at Minnesota funeral homes

Funeral director Joe Wagner walked into the Station tavern in Jordan, Minnesota, with a purpose — to persuade the widowed bartender to retrieve her husband’s ... Read more

by Tribune News Service, Monday, September 26, 2016 9:30 am

RSS General

Student activists push toward rights for sex assault survivors

ST. PETER — Walking to class last March, the student let loose a startling Facebook post with a tap on her phone. Suddenly, it was ... Read more

by Tribune News Service, Monday, September 26, 2016 9:28 am

Editorials

Others’ opinion: Signs of economic hope for Minn. minorities

Satisfaction in seeing Americans’ median household income climb significantly in 2015, as reported by the U.S. Census Bureau last week, is constrained in Minnesota by ... Read more

by Tribune News Service, Thursday, September 22, 2016 9:44 am

News

After stabbing, a show of unity in St. Cloud

ST. CLOUD -- In a city torn by violence, hundreds of people came together Tuesday night in a show of unity. Read more

by Tribune News Service, Wednesday, September 21, 2016 10:16 am

Editorials

Others’ Opinion: A weekend of inhumanity

When a man goes to a local shopping mall dressed as a security guard and stabs nine people while reportedly referencing Allah, the hardest thing ... Read more

by Tribune News Service, Wednesday, September 21, 2016 8:47 am

Education

Leaders want tuition freeze for state colleges, universities

ST. PAUL — Leaders of Minnesota’s largest higher education system want to freeze tuition next year, but it’ll take a lot of money from the ... Read more

by Tribune News Service, Wednesday, September 21, 2016 7:24 am

News

Business owner: ‘Muslims Get Out’ sign will stay, Lonsdale man says he’s ‘standing up’ to extremism

A “Muslims Get Out” sign in front of a small-town dining spot in southern Minnesota will remain, the owner said Tuesday, despite the business being ... Read more

by Tribune News Service, Wednesday, September 21, 2016 7:14 am

Crime, Courts & Emergencies

Community shocked by St. Cloud stabbing; Uncertainty surrounds the motives of attacker

St. CLOUD — Somali-American leaders expressed shock and sympathy over attacks Saturday at Crossroads Center by a man from their community. Read more

by Tribune News Service, Monday, September 19, 2016 10:26 am

Jacob Wetterling

Wetterling family invites community to Jacob’s memorial service on Sept. 25

By Jennifer Brooks Star Tribune (Minneapolis) The Wetterling family has finalized plans to lay 11-year-old Jacob to rest. Jacob, who was kidnapped and murdered 27 ... Read more

by Tribune News Service, Sunday, September 18, 2016 7:01 am

Business

Minority households in Minnesota are left out of the income boom

The record one-year surge in household incomes across the United States boosted Minnesota families. But mostly white ones. Read more

by Tribune News Service, Thursday, September 15, 2016 10:36 am

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