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Burcum: Would RFK Jr. buck or bow to Big Tobacco?

The Biden administration has issued a proposed rule to cap nicotine in cigarettes. If confirmed, Kennedy and his boss should back it, but will they?
AuthoredJill Burcum
January 18, 2025
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Johnson: Immigration policy reform, not mass deportations

We’ll all feel the economic difficulties of losing so many who contributed so much to our economy.
AuthoredDenise Johnson
January 17, 2025
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The continuum from ‘September 5′ to October 7

A new film about the attack on Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics explores ethical dilemmas in journalism.
AuthoredJohn Rash
January 17, 2025
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Banks: Here’s SALT in your eye

The State and Local Tax deduction is a bargaining chip in extending the 2017 tax cuts. Just know it’s not all about big earners.
AuthoredDavid Banks
January 16, 2025
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Rash: Senate shouldn’t flinch in vetting nominees

With Hegseth and others, ‘advise and consent’ is a constitutional right — and responsibility.
AuthoredJohn Rash
January 14, 2025
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Johnson: Bringing the unhoused in from the cold

It’s one thing to be unhoused in California or Florida — but quite another to be without a place to live during a Minnesota winter.
AuthoredDenise Johnson
January 13, 2025
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Banks: You call that customer service?

Beyond the frustration over health care elevated by a CEO’s shooting, of all things, is the breakdown of that basic social contract.
AuthoredDavid Banks
January 11, 2025
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This Minnesota legislative session is poised to begin like 1971’s

May its impact, in the end, warrant a similar comparison.
AuthoredLori Sturdevant
January 11, 2025
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Banks: Amid tragedy, one finds the truth in clichés

Such as “there but for the grace of God” and “change is the only constant.”
AuthoredDavid Banks
January 10, 2025
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2025 geopolitical outlook: Prepare for a perilous year

Annual analyses from foreign-policy experts explain a fraught new era.
AuthoredJohn Rash
January 10, 2025
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Johnson: Moving forward with MPD consent decrees

The community must hold the city’s feet to the fire on the legally binding promises made.
AuthoredDenise Johnson
January 9, 2025
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Rash: Continental drift: Trump roils North American relationships

Alienating allies degrades diplomacy needed to respond to adversaries.
AuthoredJohn Rash
January 8, 2025
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