Increased funding in Minnesota would help low-income families, reduce other burdens. In many Minnesota counties, an average of 1 in 7 renters spends more than half of their monthly income on housing. And in some counties, that figure is as high as 56%. That means lower-income individuals, ...

Book bans are making headlines and garnering lawmakers’ and school administrators’ attention. In a nation founded on freedoms of press and expression, the groundswell of bills and proposals to limit access to books is misguided and disheartening, and, perhaps, an implicit expression of a ...

China’s Xi Jinping traveled to Moscow this week to commune with Vladimir Putin, cementing the new axis against the U.S. Compare that scene to President Biden’s proposed fiscal 2024 defense budget, which isn’t serious about matching American military power to growing threats. To the ...

Spreading the word THUMBS UP: Here’s to the advocates for nursing homes and long-term care facilities who are raising their voices and letting legislators know that doing nothing about the lack of funding for nursing homes is not an option. A delegation from New Ulm held a Zoom meeting from ...

A proposed overhaul of the system that governs how human organs are procured, transported and transplanted in the United States could save many lives — if the Biden administration succeeds in breaking up the monopoly of the network that currently runs it. Some 106,000 Americans are on an ...

Public safety bills moving through the Minnesota Senate strike the right balance between restrictions that should lessen gun violence and accommodating hunters and gun-collecting enthusiasts. Three bills passed the Senate Judiciary and Public Safety Committee last week, one a party-line vote ...