As the Democrats in Congress worked on the final draft of the $1.75 trillion domestic policy bill, one of the parts that fell by the wayside was legislation to lower the cost of prescription drugs. Fortunately, a deal announced Tuesday brings it back into the bill, smaller perhaps than before, ...

We know it doesn’t feel like an election year, and most eyes in Minnesota are going to be trained on the results from the Minneapolis city elections, and their question on whether to replace the Minneapolis Police Department with a nebulous Department of Public Safety. But there is an ...

The U.N. climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, opened Sunday, billed as a “last, best hope” for putting a dint in the climate change that is happening around the globe. For the next two weeks, representatives from 200 countries around the world will try to hammer out agreements and goals ...

Grand Opening THUMBS UP: The New Ulm Rec Center had its official grand opening Friday, only a few days later than planned. It was a brilliant day, and the ceremony was a fitting one for the $15 million expansion. New Ulm should be proud of the expansion at the Rec Center, and we hope ...

President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better plan is being whittled away. Biden announced a breakthrough agreement on Thursday before heading off to summits in Europe, but there are still a lot of details to be worked out and deals to be made before a vote is taken. The former $3.5 trillion plan ...

Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo said it quite clearly and accurately on Wednesday, talking about the Minneapolis ballot question to replace the Minneapolis Police Department with some ill-defined Department of Public Safety. “To vote on a measure of reimagining public safety ...