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Plans are afoot to scrap or circumvent the Electoral College as America's vehicle for electing presidents. Beware: the unintended consequences...

Time and again, opponents of a national popular vote perpetuate old myths about this state-based compact to ensure that every voter in every...

On Earth Day today, it almost feels like we should be carving some turkey. Why? Because we have a lot to be thankful for since the first Earth...

On April 10, Essentia Health hosted a public open house to present its Vision Northland redevelopment plans. The redevelopment of both the Essentia...

Do you want to know what the real curse of Oak Island is? That it will never end. That I have spent seven seasons and countless hours watching...

In my State of the City address this past week, I lifted up our successes: reinstating summer youth programming, our dedicated sales tax for...

The State of the City address by Mayor Emily Larson this past week was more of the same. Many parts of the speech we have heard for many years...

Our common sense and our grasp of the obvious facts of human suffering and of the obvious demands of human nature can act on the world like a...

I share the desire expressed in an April 8 commentary to transfer responsibility for drawing congressional and legislative district lines from...

It is mystifying why Democrats are so up in arms about President Donald Trump's declaration that he is considering releasing illegal immigrants...

At least he recognized the urgency. As the world gasped in horror at the sight of Paris' Notre Dame Cathedral burning in a cataclysmic moment,...

There is a mountain of evidence that President Donald Trump obstructed justice. There is considerable evidence that the Trump campaign embraced...

Minnesota's economy is at full employment, and our state's share of GDP is growing. Our productive teamwork funds a high quality of life. But...

Renewable energy advocacy groups like Clean Energy Economy Minnesota, or CEEM, often claim that clean energy is a major jobs engine for our state....

I tease my husband that being on "The Price is Right" was more fun than my wedding night. Luckily, my husband has a sense of humor. Back in February,...