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Our view: Thanks: Thakar goes out warmly
Symphony Hall at the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center was “one of the warmest places in Duluth” on Saturday, according to a News Tribune reviewer. And that was saying something given the day’s icy rains and bone-chilling lake gales.
May 21, 2013
Our view: Good luck: Restaurant ‘whistling’ back to life
After 44 months of locked doors and no reason to think they’d reopen, the Iron Range’s splash of culture and Caribbean cool is poised for a comeback. The Whistling Bird restaurant is set to reopen on July 3, new owner Jessica Antonovich said in a News Tribune report this past weekend.
May 21, 2013
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Our view: Costs of health-care reform will be borne by counties and states
If federal health reform doesn’t work fiscally, federal, state and local leaders need to be ready to adjust quickly.
May 19, 2013
Our view: What happened to restraint, DFL?
A news story the other day said Minnesota lawmakers “must decide exactly how to raise about $2 billion for the state … before the Legislature adjourns Monday.” Must? And, $2 billion? Why do lawmakers feel obligated to raise our taxes by so much?
May 17, 2013
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Our view: Attorney general finally stepping up 
During at least the past year, Mayor Don Ness, Police Chief Gordon Ramsay and others from Duluth implored state Attorney General Lori Swanson and her office to stand with them and to take a more active — or at least more vocal — role in the struggle against synthetic drugs, one of its front lines being located in downtown Duluth.
May 16, 2013
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Our view: Remember, honor those who’ve fallen
As part of a nationally recognized memorial week for fallen peace officers, in Duluth, 30 minutes before sunset today, Enger Tower will be illuminated in blue.
May 15, 2013
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Our view: Duluth producing great biz leaders
While honoring them last month, the “Power 50” were described by Minnesota Business magazine as “the linchpins in their company,” “the connectors in their industry,” “the heart of the operation” and “the ones who make things happen.”
May 13, 2013
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Our view/Food vendors: With rules, Duluth can encourage enterprise
First came the sidewalk hot dog stand industry, in the form of a food truck and food cart. That was last year.
May 10, 2013
Our view / Minnesota Legislature: Senate vote to raise own pay ill-advised
Minnesota state senators receive $31,000 now, and have for the past 15 years. They voted 34-32 to increase that to $42,000 by 2016, a 35 percent bump.
May 09, 2013
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Our view: Make bullying bill a priority in St. Paul
In St. Louis County in 2010, 37 percent of ninth-grade boys — nearly four of every 10 freshman boys — admitted to bullying classmates in the previous month by making fun of them, teasing them in a hurtful way or excluding them from friends or activities.
May 07, 2013
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Our view: Follow through, work better together
An ongoing rift between the Duluth School Board and Duluth City Council has been as subtle as jabs in the media and as high-profile as a refusal to rezone the Rockridge school site to encourage its sale.
May 03, 2013
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Our view: At least consider Duluth when flying
The executive director of the Duluth Airport Authority understands why travelers from the Duluth area drive to Minneapolis to catch a flight rather than starting their journey outside his office windows.
May 02, 2013
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Our view: Hold rail proponents accountable for claims
The naysayers and doomsdayers can scoff and dismiss all they want, “The Northern Lights Express is going to be built, (and) we are going to reconnect Duluth, Minn., with the Twin Cities” by train, Ken Buehler, the proposed passenger rail service’s biggest cheerleader, vowed Tuesday as the featured speaker at a Chamber-sponsored luncheon in Duluth’s Lincoln Park neighborhood.
May 01, 2013
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