Recognizing Rural Mental Health
(Editor’s Note: The following column was submitted by Rep. Tom Emmer.)This week, we’re almost to the finish line—the end of the 117th Congress. Before we leave Washington for the Christmas holiday, the House and...
Editorials
Letters To The Editor
TO THE EDITOR:Thank you, Mr. Sangiovanni, for your article asking: “How much more are [we Americans] going to take?” Perhaps people haven’t noticed that our Government is punishing us. We need to keep ourselves...
The Best Gift of All
It’s less than two weeks to Christmas and I still have most of my Christmas shopping to do. Other than finding time to shop, my biggest problem is that I have no idea what to get anyone. And the biggest reason I...
Elusive Quetzal in Costa Rica
Costa Rica is a wildlife photographer’s paradise. I just returned from two weeks of trekking through the hot and humid lowland tropical jungles and hiking high up in the cold cloud forest mountains, over 8,000-f...
What I’m Grateful for this Christmas
Well, we sure have gotten a lot of winter lately, haven’t we? I was enjoying the mild fall but all this white fluff had to come around! But, in the spirit of Christmas, I’m choosing to be grateful. And I encoura...
State Asks Far Too Much from Taxpayers
(Editor’s Note: The following column was submitted by Sen. Mary Kiffmeyer’s team.)On Tuesday, Dec. 6, the office of Minnesota Management and Budget (MMB) released its annual November revenue forecast, which prov...
Call for Significant and Permanent Tax Relief
(Editor’s Note: The following column was submitted by State Sen. Andrew Mathews’s team.)Minnesota’s Department of Management and Budget (MMB) today (Tuesday) released its November revenue forecast, which provide...
Public Safety Committee
(Editor’s Note: The following column was submitted by Rep. Paul Novotny.)I have been appointed to serve as the lead Republican on the House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee when the 2023 legislative se...
Letters To The Editor
TO THE EDITOR:I am a military veteran. A blue collar nobody. I have honest questions. I’m not a domestic terrorist for it either. As an American, how much more are you going to take? Will you have to go complete...
A Few Things in December
I usually have some idea of what I am going to write about, but this time was different. Nothing specifically had been pressing on me, but there were a few things. I couldn’t decide so I’m putting them together....
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