Editorials

During my five minutes in the spotlight at a jam-packed breakout panel during the governor's Job Summit last week, I got a little carried away in urging Gov.

ST. PAUL - In 2008, Minnesota's voters approved the Clean Water, Land and Legacy Constitutional Amendment also known as the Legacy Amendment. I was in the legislature and witnessed the...

Even after breaking a hip that still has her laid up, 83-year-old Barbara Lovaasen of Vergas is irrepressibly cheerful. At the physical-therapy center where she spent 18 days following emergency...

If we want a stronger economy tomorrow we need to give our kids a good education today. That was the idea behind No Child Left Behind: to ensure that every...

It has been a hard pill to swallow, but Greater Minnesota cities have come to terms with the budgetary decision to cut over $600 million in property tax relief to...

First I want to make clear that the Homestead Classifications are not going away. A classification means you are the owner of the property and have successfully applied to homestead...

Sometimes I wonder whether the mainstream pundits listen to themselves.

By John Crabtree With all the budget-cutting rhetoric and partisan bickering these days, we hear so little about good things getting done in DC.

By Sheldon Richman "Preventive care" is one of the magic formulas often invoked in discussions of so-called health-care reform.