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Editorial Roundup: Parents must teach social medial safety
If you’re waiting for tech companies to do what’s best for your children, they might be fully grown before you see many protections put in ...
editorialroundup, Author at Albert Lea Tribune
Editorials from newspapers around the state of Minnesota.
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Editorial Roundup: Suicide prevention grows in importance
The number of suicides is rising in Minnesota once again after a lull during the pandemic, but it’s important to note that the number of ...
by Editorial Roundup, Friday, June 2, 2023 8:50 pm
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Editorial Roundup: Summer fun should include safety precautions
The kickoff to summer for most Minnesotans is tied to Memorial Day weekend when festivals, trips to the lake and get-togethers take off. It’s also ...
by Editorial Roundup, Tuesday, May 30, 2023 8:50 pm
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Editorial Roundup: Marijuana: Cities have work to do on new laws
Come Aug. 1, Minnesota will be the 23rd state with legal marijuana. It will take longer than that, however, for the state to establish the ...
by Editorial Roundup, Friday, May 26, 2023 8:50 pm
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Editorial Roundup: Removing lead from water benefits Minnesotans
It’s an out-of-sight, out-of-mind kind of threat to most people. But what you can’t see can hurt you. More than 100,000 pipes are leaching lead ...
by Editorial Roundup, Tuesday, May 23, 2023 8:50 pm
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Editorial Roundup: Legislature: Education funding gets an A grade
It’s becoming more and more clear just how much a state can do when it has a near $18 billion surplus. That windfall shows clearly ...
by Editorial Roundup, Friday, May 19, 2023 8:50 pm
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Editorial Roundup: Extreme weather shows climate work needed
Another spring with extreme weather shouldn’t be a surprise and isn’t simply a natural cycle we’re going through. In our area, torrential rains and unstable ...
by Editorial Roundup, Tuesday, May 16, 2023 8:50 pm
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Editorial Roundup: Mental health: Enforce state insurance parity laws
The good news on the mental health front is that the state of Minnesota appears to have for the first time in recent memory actually ...
by Editorial Roundup, Friday, May 12, 2023 8:49 pm
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Editorial Roundup: Immigration would mitigate worker shortage
Many of today’s economic problems can be related to workforce shortages, but we’ve spent little time thinking about one simple solution: immigration. An analysis by ...
by Editorial Roundup, Tuesday, May 9, 2023 8:50 pm
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Editorial Roundup: DFL must aim for middle on tax cuts, increases
Sound tax and spending policies for any government should revolve around principles of equity, economic efficiency, economic growth and having those who benefit from a ...
by Editorial Roundup, Tuesday, April 25, 2023 8:50 pm
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Editorial Roundup: Keep up the fight against misinformation
The good news about news consumption during the 2020 election is that fewer Americans were exposed to “untrustworthy websites” — misinformation — compared with the ...
by Editorial Roundup, Friday, April 21, 2023 8:50 pm
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Editorial Roundup: Fish kills are a natural phenomena worsened by the actions of humans
No one likes the sight — or the smell — of a sea of dead fish washing up to shore on area lakes. But as ...
by Editorial Roundup, Tuesday, April 18, 2023 8:50 pm
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Editorial Roundup: A taxing Capitol debate
The Minnesota Legislature is closing in on a tax package that could combine roughly $3 billion in tax cuts with $2 billion in tax increases.
by Editorial Roundup, Friday, April 14, 2023 8:50 pm
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Editorial Roundup: Expanding accessibility to Narcan will save lives
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration took action last week that will no doubt save many people from opioid overdose deaths. The agency’s approval of ...
by Editorial Roundup, Tuesday, April 11, 2023 8:50 pm
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Editorial Roundup: Congress needs to tighten rules on trains carrying hazardous materials
Through much of the country’s history, trains have been an efficient way to transport all manner of cargo. Trains replace an untold number of semi ...
by Editorial Roundup, Tuesday, April 4, 2023 8:50 pm
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