Don’t let time erode the origins of Veterans Day
Ask yourself when you last saw a film, read a book or watched a television program about World War I.
Rochester Post-Bulletin
Pension reform shows what compromise looks like
The Omnibus Pension and Retirement Bill shores up the long-term stability of pension funds for 173,000 public employees, which provide benefits for 511,000 people.
Highway roundabouts have proven value
In addition to reducing serious injury accidents, roundabouts have lower maintenance costs than a traffic signal intersection.
DMC has made Mayo a political piñata
There are good reasons to criticize how Mayo Clinic has handled its plans for phasing out inpatient hospital care in Albert Lea. Destination Medical Center is not one of them.
New standards may help curb opioid abuse
The fact is that today, much more so than in the past, medicine is a partnership between the patient and the physician.
It’s time to require boaters in Minnesota to wear life jackets
The simplest, easiest-to-enforce solution would be to mandate life jacket use for all boaters at all times, with the possible exception of passengers on commercial vessels.
Kline’s decision shakes up 2016 election
A congressional seat without an incumbent doesn’t happen very often. It’s a prize that could tempt a state legislator to give up a secure seat.
Study offers a new reason for ‘rethinking drinking’
“People feel like alcohol is acceptable, that it’s not a drug. I bet if you ask people, most of them will say that alcohol is not a drug,” says Olmsted County health educator Abby Larson.
Money, politics could discredit state’s judicial system
The Impartial Justice Act, a proposed constitutional amendment, attempts to keep money and partisan politics out of Minnesota’s judicial system.
