Presidential primary comes with some election changes
Minnesota’s March 3 Presidential Nomination Primary will be a new experience for the state’s voters with rules and procedures unlike...
Editorial
An inaccurate census could put Minnesota’s representation at risk
Every 10 years, we get a chance to count how many people live in the United States. In addition to...
Stearns board should vote yes on refugee resettlement
The Stearns County Commission perhaps thinks it avoided making a politically charged decision about resettling refugees when it tabled the...
Roads unite Republicans, Democrats
What does it take to get six Democrats and three Republicans to work on the same goal? The answer: When...
Volunteer, vote instead of checking out
In case you hadn’t noticed, 2020 will be an election year. Enough Democrats to populate two volleyball teams have been...
Readers want news, but who pays?
Americans want to read local news. There’s just one problem: they don’t want to pay for it. Some 86 percent...
Reform needed for voters’ voices to be heard
Help paying for health care. Repairing crumbling roads and bridges. Gun safety laws. Action on climate change. A realistic immigration...
Voters lose with only Trump on the ballot
Republicans who vote in Minnesota’s new presidential primary next year will have only one choice on the ballot. Even though...