October 8, 2009 RSS feed / Opinion

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Greater Minnesota mayors make a point

LGA cuts driving property tax increases
By Senator Dan Skogen

Recently, a group of Minnesota mayors traveled the state to call attention to the impact of state cuts to local government aid (LGA). More...

Fixing No Child Left Behind

By Senator Amy Klobuchar

Minnesotans place a high value on education, and so do I. My 13-year-old daughter goes to public school, just as I did. My mom was a school teacher in Plymouth who taught second graders until she was 70 years old. More...

Informed? Thank your newspaper

Show-of-hands time - how many of you have ever attended a city council or town board meeting? I see a few hands waving. How about during September? Not many hands left aloft. How about every city council meeting for the last year? More...

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