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Burcum: Would you pay an extra $10 a year to aid rural ambulances?

Two legislators offer a bold solution: a small monthly fee on cellphone lines to ensure prompt emergency responses.
AuthoredJill Burcum
March 28, 2025

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Olson’s cheers and jeers: U.S. Bank Stadium keeps its lid for 10th winter

You had your doubts about U.S. Bank Stadium’s roof, but it just made it through its 10th winter without incident.
AuthoredRochelle Olson
March 27, 2025

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Rash: An intelligence analyst’s smart take on the Signal chat

Jon Olson, a retired Naval intelligence officer who now teaches at Carleton and the Humphrey School, assesses the issue.
AuthoredJohn Rash
March 27, 2025

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Brown: Elder millennials, brace for your colonoscopies

With March being National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, now is a good time for a public reminder.
AuthoredAaron Brown
March 26, 2025

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Johnson: Minnesota’s Feeding Our Future verdict is a start

Far more vigorous state oversight is needed to ensure that future criminals are deterred from stealing funds intended for the vulnerable.
AuthoredDenise Johnson
March 25, 2025

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Tice: Two Minnesota literary giants demonstrated what can’t happen here, and what can

Revisiting the cultural criticism of F. Scott Fitzgerald, who’s getting press on the “Gatsby” centennial, and Sinclair Lewis, who’s not.
AuthoredD.J. Tice
March 25, 2025

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Burcum: Social Security changes will go ‘very very badly’

A commendably blunt Sen. Amy Klobuchar sounds the alarm about staff reductions and changes impacting Social Security enrollment.
AuthoredJill Burcum
March 24, 2025

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Burcum: A Minnesota second opinion on measles

As an outbreak centered in Texas continues, Dr. Beth Thielen, a pediatric infectious disease physician, weighs in on the risks and addresses alternative treatments.
AuthoredJill Burcum
March 23, 2025

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Brown: Entrepreneur aims to help Iron Range add value at home

Breaking tradition to grow manufacturing in rural Minnesota.
AuthoredAaron Brown
March 22, 2025

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Rash: Metro Transit hopes new Gold Line gleams

The 10-mile and eventually 16-stop bus rapid transit line connects St. Paul to four east suburbs.
AuthoredJohn Rash
March 21, 2025

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Olson: With ‘Trump derangement’ and Eichorn arrest, it’s the Minnesota Senate’s turn for chaos

A weekly roundup of reactions to events, notable or not.
AuthoredRochelle Olson
March 20, 2025

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Olson: Wisconsin’s big dollar Supreme Court elections could come here

Minnesota’s election system keeps the money out — for now.
AuthoredRochelle Olson
March 19, 2025
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