Homebuyers and renters should know flood history of property
As an emergency management professional, I find it unacceptable that people in our country can buy or rent a home without knowing if it was previously under water.
Letters
Minnesota will need fossil-fuel infrastructure for a long time to come
Climate change activists have long said that combustion engines are on the way out. While that may happen sometime in the future, it is naïve to think the change will happen overnight.
If impeachment is pursued, there can be no mistakes
The smart thing to do is to continue the death-by-a-thousand-investigations approach.
Northeast Minnesota doesn’t need copper sulfide mining to thrive
Please, let’s not assume that corporate mining profits are good for Minnesota. Let’s change the paradigm and work toward a healthy and thriving community of small businesses.
Alternatives to school suspension are effective
Non-exclusionary disciplinary policies teach kids how to be responsible for their own behavior and take ownership of their education.
Words matter: Let’s update our language on gun violence prevention
“Gun control” is outdated and divisive language that mischaracterizes the intent of today’s gun violence prevention movement.
Women are still a long way from wage parity
April 2 is Equal Pay Day, the date that marks how far into the year women must work to earn what men earned the year before.
Trump’s gag rule on doctors is a disastrous policy
We must reject the Trump-Pence administration’s attack on the nation’s family planning program and fight back against this new attempt to deny communities in Minnesota access to reproductive health care.
Voters should pick their representatives, not the other way around
We now have an opportunity to set up a different system where we the people actually can have some control over the process.
We need background checks for all gun sales and transfers
We’ve reached a point in this country where our children are begging the adults to do something about gun violence to keep them from being shot in their schools.
Omar’s commitment to human rights is heartening
We believe that Rep. Ilhan Omar’s knowledge of Central American and her own history as a refugee will assist the U.S. in developing a foreign policy that is more sensitive to human rights and more humane to refugees.
A tidal wave of support for clean energy is building in America
Today’s “New Deal” should harness the powers of the market and American innovation so we can save America from a financial collapse while also saving the world from an environmental collapse.
Minnesotans must demand the clean-energy future we all need
Minnesotans long ago figured out how to survive brutal winters, so Minnesotans definitely have the innovation it takes to create a new way of powering our lives.
The time for transit equity is now
Let’s follow the recommendations of Metro Transit, whose service improvement plan details the investments needed to improve service quality and frequency.
U of M regent candidate slate is the most diverse, well qualified in history
The RCAC put significant effort into recruiting outstanding, diverse and qualified candidates – and that work paid off this year.
Climate change should be a bridge, rather than a wedge issue
I’m heartened that the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act was introduced in both the House and Senate during the last session, the first bipartisan climate bill in nearly a decade.
Restaurants and global warming: Changing energy-consumption practices will be a very big job
This issue is going to require political will from the entire community. Exactly how that might dovetail with American capitalism in 2019 is an open question.
Common ground: Time for bipartisan action on climate change
It’s time to put aside our party affiliations and act together as Americans to assure a better future.
Congress should approve funding to restore and maintain our national parks
Unfortunately, increased visitation, aging facilities and inconsistent federal funding have taken a toll. Right now, national parks in Minnesota need $17.8 million for infrastructure repairs.
To address climate change, consider carbon fee and dividend
This involves putting a steadily rising fee on oil, coal and natural gas and returning all of the money to the American people in a monthly dividend check.
