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Newsflyer 24 May 2013
Major Truss Bridge Collapses in Washington, another Ohio River Truss Bridge Doomed, another Iowa Truss Bridge's future in Limbo, Hope for Minnesota Bridge? O...
Posted on 5/24/13 at 4:29 AM
Medicare Medical (Part B) premium varies with income
Medicare Medical (Part B) coverage helps pay for doctors services and outpatient care along with other services. Most people incorrectly think that the costs of providing Medicare Part B coverage are...
Posted on 5/20/13 at 3:49 PM
Deception, Deceit, Dishonesty -- Is This Our 3-D World?
You younger women -- under 35 -- may find this odd, but not so many years ago, a married woman did not appear on a credit card account as a real person. As the wife of her husband, she was presumab...
Posted on 5/1/13 at 1:53 PM
A few answers to fiscal cliff questions
The fiscal cliff is getting more and more attention with a Dec. 31 federal government deadline looming, but Americans seem to have a lot of questions: Just what is the fiscal cliff? The simple answe...
Posted on 11/19/12 at 4:47 PM
Daily Republic editor named to South Dakota task force on open records
MITCHELL, S.D. - Seth Tupper, the editor of The Daily Republic in Mitchell, S.D., recently was appointed to a state task force that will study open record and open meeting laws in the state, accordi...
Posted on 8/24/12 at 10:58 AM
Reader's view: Thank goodness for America’s socialism 
An Aug. 16 letter advocated the splitting of the United States into separate socialist and libertarian countries. In it the letter writer admitted his theoretical experiment was simplistic.
August 26, 2011
St. Louis County Board to meet on Iron Range 
For anyone who has wanted to catch a meeting of the St. Louis County Board but couldn’t get away during the day, the board will hold a meeting Tuesday night in Mountain Iron.
By News Tribune staff , June 20, 2011
Letters to the Editor – Nov. 14, 2010 
Find out what's on our readers' minds this week.
November 14, 2010
City plans to sue hotel booking companies over unpaid tourism tax 
While local hotels have been paying taxes on what they receive for their rooms, many Internet intermediaries do not pay tourism taxes on their cut.
By Peter Passi , September 27, 2010
Rezoning approved for Ness Township shooting preserve 
By John Myers , August 19, 2010
Ness Township rezoning, shooting preserve issue is back 
By John Myers , August 18, 2010
Local view: Division between rich, poor in U.S. is shameful
Everybody is in favor of lowering the deficit and easing unemployment. Conservatives want to do it by reducing entitlements. They say we have overpromised. That would make more sense if they didn’t have Social Security on their list. It has sufficient money in the prepaid reserve fund for more than 30 years.By Bernie Hughes , August 08, 2010
Feds talk tough about bank execs’ pay — but let them off the hook 
For all his tough talk about excessive pay for bankers, the Obama administration’s pay czar let the executives go without a fight.
By Daniel Wagner , July 24, 2010
Virgil Swing: Thank goodness we’re not in Yonkers ... yet 
It doesn’t matter how deserving a worker might be, if they retire at 45 or 55 and live to 85, no government can afford to pay generous pension benefits and still pay salaries of workers providing current services.
By Virgil Swing , June 03, 2010
David Ross: Continuing to consider the cost of local government 
Questions need to be asked, such as: Should the city own and operate two public golf courses? Should the city be in the blacktop business and be paving streets? Should the city be a provider of utilities, such as natural gas and steam?
By David Ross , June 03, 2010
Is your non-profit on the list? 
May 13, 2010
Small non-profits risk losing tax-exempt status 
By John Myers , May 13, 2010
David Ross: In support of cutting the cost of city government 
Does the city of Duluth really need to spend $3 million each year in overtime wages? At least three city councilors don't think so.
By David Ross , May 06, 2010
Brazilian, Colombian women study workings of government in Duluth 
By Mark Stodghill , April 12, 2010
Dueling anti-tax rallies scheduled for Duluth 
By John Myers , April 06, 2010
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