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Opinion | Do we really need year-plus campaigns? A case for shorter campaign cycles.

A sign says "vote here" outside a polling place entrance in St. Paul with an American flag above it.

Some candidates may not have announced they’re running for office until the filing period that closed Tuesday. That shouldn’t be seen as a weakness.

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Opinion | Mary Moriarty has kept her promises — and Hennepin County is better for it

Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty addressed ways of improving traffic safety including preventive measures at the H.C. Government Center in Minneapolis, Minn., on Wednesday, June 25, 2025.

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Opinion | Americans are making fewer friends. What's going on?

Students hang out in the cafeteria at Roosevelt High School in Minneapolis on Sept. 16, 2016.
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Opinion | MPCA’s double standards threaten union jobs while ignoring public health

The disparate treatment of two facilities, one in Eagan and one in St. Paul, shows a government agency acting in an arbitrary and random manner.
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Opinion | Don’t politicize Hennepin Healthcare — fix the funding crisis instead

Since the problems facing the system are not about its governance, here are better options the County Board should pursue.
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Counterpoint | Why Target should be pressed about cage-free eggs

The excuses the company is giving just don’t fly.
August 11, 2025
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Opinion | A student-athlete’s perspective on the Presidential Fitness Test

If fitness tests are to return to our schools, we must ensure they inspire confidence — not fear and anxiety.
August 11, 2025
President Donald Trump signs an executive order July 31, 2025, restarting the Presidential Fitness Test in public schools. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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Opinion | If we don't get our act together soon, Duluth is destined to become a ghost town

This is your wake-up call.
August 10, 2025
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Opinion | Federal Justice Department twists attorney ethics into misconduct

It’s targeting those who sought to ensure client safety by requesting virtual court appearances to avoid potential unannounced apprehension by ICE.
August 10, 2025
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Opinion | How the corporate edict to “assume positive intent” is making workplaces more toxic

It may sound like a well-meaning idea. But I’ve found it’s often used as a shield for leaders to avoid accountability.
August 10, 2025
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Opinion | Why aren’t we calling Vance Boelter a Christian terrorist?

In his sermons, he condemned Christians who don’t fight abortion and homosexuality and talked about “apostles and prophets” who would correct the church.
August 9, 2025
The senior photo of Vance Boelter in a 1985 yearbook at the Sleepy Eye Public School in Sleepy Eye, Minnesota. He participated in basketball, baseball, yearbook, stage crew, football and chorus, and was named to Snow Week Royalty.

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Opinion | Technology: Barrier or benefit? It depends.

Keep in mind the ways it helps or inhibits seniors.
August 9, 2025
Two elderly people use smartphones in their home

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Counterpoint | It’s not like there aren’t already good candidate forums

The League of Women Voters has been running them for years, and they’re nonpartisan, well-mannered events.
August 9, 2025
Minneapolis 10th Ward candidates Aisha Chughtai, left, Bruce Dachis, center, and Nasri Warsame, right, answer questions during a forum sponsored by the League of Women Voters at the Abyssinia Cultural Center in Minneapolis on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023.

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Opinion | Hennepin County Board members should delay their vote on HCMC governance takeover

They should let the community be heard.
August 8, 2025
Hennepin Healthcare System's Board Chair Mohamed Omar stands with members of the board outside HCMC. The board might be dissolved if a Hennepin County Board resolution passes to give the commissioners a more active role over the hospital.

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Opinion | Federal cuts to the Legal Services Corporation would hurt Minnesotans

Here’s how the work benefits people.
August 8, 2025
Kathleen Davis of Legal Aid Society of Minneapolis, left, and Ralonda Mason of Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid, far right, speak at a news conference May 3, 2001, concerning women who were incorrectly cut off medical assistance.
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