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Attorney General Keith Ellison: My meeting before Feeding our Future raid was routine

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Attorney General Keith Ellison: My meeting before Feeding our Future raid was routine

My door is open in good faith to constituents with concerns. That’s my job. In this case I listened carefully, I didn’t make promises. There was much more information to come.

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Rash: Pope Francis’ lesson and legacy of love, faith and service

John Rash

Columnists

Rash: Pope Francis’ lesson and legacy of love, faith and service

John Rash

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Readers Write: Pope Francis, immigration and the Easter message

Readers Write

Readers Write: Pope Francis, immigration and the Easter message

Commentaries

Attorney General Keith Ellison: My meeting before Feeding our Future raid was routine

Commentaries

Attorney General Keith Ellison: My meeting before Feeding our Future raid was routine

My door is open in good faith to constituents with concerns. That’s my job. In this case I listened carefully, I didn’t make promises. There was much more information to come.

Contributing Columnists

Denker: The inclusive legacy of a lowly pontiff

Contributing Columnists

Brehm: I became Catholic in part because of Pope Francis

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Olson: Meet politics opinion columnist Rochelle Olson

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Brooks: Remembering Pope Francis the Great, who spent his last breath in service to others

Jennifer BrooksColumnist

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Attorney General Keith Ellison: My meeting before Feeding our Future raid was routine

Keith Ellison

Columnists

Rash: Pope Francis’ lesson and legacy of love, faith and service

John RashEditorial Columnist

Stage & Arts

Review: Superb ‘Frozen’ sets a new high watermark at Children’s Theatre Company

Rohan PrestonCritic / Reporter

Weather

Douglas: Rain Tuesday and Thursday

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Contributing Columnists

Denker: The inclusive legacy of a lowly pontiff

Angela DenkerContributing Columnist

Editorial Board

Editorial Board

From the Editorial Board: Musk? Access to IRS data? No.

Editorial Board

A public explanation is urgently needed of why the South African-born billionaire and his unvetted techies would require access to sensitive individual financial data.

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Commentaries

Attorney General Keith Ellison: My meeting before Feeding our Future raid was routine

My door is open in good faith to constituents with concerns. That’s my job. In this case I listened carefully, I didn’t make promises. There was much more information to come.

Commentaries

Opinion: DEI is dead. Long live DEI.

Patrick Milan

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Opinion: Former health commissioners: Backsliding is bad. Doing that on purpose is worse.

Anne Barry, Ed Ehlinger, Sanne Magnan, Jan Malcolm and Dianne Mandernach

Commentaries

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Shari M. Danielson

Columns

Columnists

Rash: Pope Francis’ lesson and legacy of love, faith and service

John Rash

The pontiff, who died on Easter Monday at 88, was a spiritual and even geopolitical force.

Contributing Columnists

Denker: The inclusive legacy of a lowly pontiff

Angela Denker

Contributing Columnists

Brehm: I became Catholic in part because of Pope Francis

Andy Brehm

Columnists

Olson: Meet politics opinion columnist Rochelle Olson

Rochelle Olson

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Editorial Columnist

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Readers Write

Readers Write

Readers Write: Pope Francis, immigration and the Easter message

Despite my criticisms: Thank you, Francis.

Readers Write

Readers Write: Trump administration cuts, tariffs, trans athletes

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Readers Write: Rural politics, Sauk Centre, grant-making, Pete Hegseth

Readers Write

Readers Write: Kilmar Abrego Garcia

Cartoons

Editorial cartoon: Nick Anderson on academic freedom

Cartoons

Editorial cartoon: Dana Summers on taxes

Cartoons

Editorial cartoon: Bill Bramhall on Trump’s tariffs

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Editorial cartoon: Dave Granlund on Education Department cuts

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Editorial cartoon: Bill Bramhall on the Democrats and Schumer

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Editorial cartoon: Nick Anderson on academic freedom

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Editorial cartoon: Dana Summers on taxes

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Editorial cartoon: Bill Bramhall on Trump’s tariffs

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Editorial cartoon: Dave Granlund on Education Department cuts

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Editorial cartoon: Bill Bramhall on the Democrats and Schumer

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