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Editorial Roundup: The high price to pay when youth skip school
Too many Minnesota students are missing too much time in the classroom. Over 30% of the state’s students were chronically absent in 2021-22, the most ...
editorialroundup, Author at Albert Lea Tribune
Editorials from newspapers around the state of Minnesota.
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Editorial Roundup: How the state can help people with medical debt
Walt Myers recently shared the financial difficulties he endured because of the $135,000 in medical bills he owed to cover his late wife’s breast cancer ...
by Editorial Roundup, Friday, February 23, 2024 8:50 pm
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Editorial Roundup: A day to mourn losses, again, among those who protect and serve
A beautiful winter morning in the Twin Cities — a day made for churchgoing, sledding with kids and quiet walks in the bright sun — ...
by Editorial Roundup, Tuesday, February 20, 2024 8:50 pm
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Editorial Roundup: Trump talk of leaving NATO threatens many
“In fact, I would encourage them to do whatever the hell they want” — ex-President Donald Trump, giving Russia an invitation to invade allies Those ...
by Editorial Roundup, Friday, February 16, 2024 8:50 pm
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Editorial Roundup: It’s not worth dying to get there a little quicker
There are different ideas of why it happened, but for whatever reason there has been more speeding, aggressive and reckless driving during and after the ...
by Editorial Roundup, Tuesday, February 13, 2024 8:50 pm
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Editorial Roundup: Economy: Child, business tax credits worth passing
It might be appropriate to alert taxpayers to something they don’t often hear about: A bipartisan plan to reduce wasteful and sometimes fraudulent spending and ...
by Editorial Roundup, Friday, February 2, 2024 8:50 pm
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Editorial Roundup: Legislature needs to fix treatment funding
Kids needing mental health treatment in Minnesota wait for days in emergency rooms. When kids and adults do get care, the providers are paid about ...
by Editorial Roundup, Tuesday, January 30, 2024 8:50 pm
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Editorial Roundup: Stronger open governmentt laws more important than ever
Minnesota has long viewed itself as a bastion of good and open government. In many ways, that description is valid. We don’t have a record ...
by Editorial Roundup, Friday, January 26, 2024 8:50 pm
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Editorial Roundup: Minnesotans should be able to vote on ERA
If you are wondering why in this day and age an equal rights amendment would be necessary when so many legal protections already exist, consider ...
by Editorial Roundup, Tuesday, January 23, 2024 8:50 pm
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Editorial: Elections: Iowa caucuses are past their prime
Billed as a neighbor to neighbor meeting, the Iowa caucuses have drawn such a skewed audience that even living up to the myth of its ...
by Editorial Roundup, Friday, January 19, 2024 8:50 pm
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Editorial Roundup: Future of news business critical to self-governance
Ever since news operations became professional in their approach to journalism, from World War II on, Americans have taken for granted the ease with which ...
by Editorial Roundup, Tuesday, January 9, 2024 8:50 pm
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Editorial Roundup: Positive news on jobs, population in Minnesota
More jobs. More people. Minnesota’s employment and population trends are going in the right direction, which should create cautious optimism going into 2024. The data, ...
by Editorial Roundup, Friday, January 5, 2024 8:50 pm
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Editorial Roundup: 2024: Make it a year to focus on helping others
The ball in New York’s Times Square dropped at midnight as usual, and with a flip of a calendar page, we’ve entered 2024. There is ...
by Editorial Roundup, Tuesday, January 2, 2024 8:50 pm
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Editorial Roundup: Counselor additions fill an ever-growing need
The good news in education: The Minnesota Legislature and Gov. Tim Walz increased funding for hiring more school counselors. The bad news: Minnesota continues to ...
by Editorial Roundup, Tuesday, December 26, 2023 8:50 pm
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Editorial Roundup: State must pick up pace battling invasive carp
The recent capture of more than 300 invasive carp in the Mississippi River, downriver from Winona, shows the growing threat from the carp and the ...
by Editorial Roundup, Friday, December 22, 2023 8:49 pm
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