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A timely time-out for the Blue Line Extension

The dynamics of this light-rail project as now proposed are just not favorable.
February 23, 2025
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Municipal broadband: A zombie in our midst

Such projects don’t work, but Minnesota cities like Willmar press ahead with magical thinking.
February 23, 2025
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The day my child’s heart stood still

Like thousands of other kids a year, she’d had sudden cardiac arrest. Prompt action is crucial, and legislation can help.
February 23, 2025
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Credit card bill will hurt those it’s supposed to help

A price control is a price control. It has consequences.
February 23, 2025
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Will it pay off for Ken Martin to replicate DFL’s model nationally?

In Minnesota, the DFL Party has been in disarray since he’s become DNC chair, creating an opportunity for Republicans.
February 23, 2025
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The one metric that muddled customer service

The Net Promoter System, and the bonuses associated with it, has taken companies off focus.
February 22, 2025
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What the ‘G’ in ‘MAGA’ could really mean

Greatness has never been self-centered, though there’s a way in which it can be self-interested in mutually beneficial ways.
February 21, 2025
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The price of appeasement and so-called ‘realism’ in Ukraine

Have we come so far since 1776 that we can’t recognize when a people yearn to rid themselves of the yoke of tyranny?
February 21, 2025
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From Opinion: Why are Republican states trying to overturn a pillar of disability rights?

They may not be successful in repealing Section 504 as part of the attack on treating gender dysphoria, but it begs the question of what they might come for next.
February 20, 2025
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As Minnesota puts fraud under the microscope, there’s one type it shouldn’t neglect: payroll abuses

The scale of the harm caused by payroll fraud is staggering, and the steps taken by the state to address it have been insufficient.
February 20, 2025
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Minnesota should create a statewide inspector general’s office

Here’s a glimpse of what it could do.
February 20, 2025
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About those federal workers people so love to hate …

Perhaps you just don’t know what they’re doing for you.
February 19, 2025
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