editorials

Strides have been made to curb human trafficking in Minnesota and North Dakota, but anyone who thinks this social ill is cured is sadly mistaken. Several times in the past year, trafficking has appeared in headlines, showing it still exists in this region.

For more than four decades, well-meaning members of Congress of both parties have attempted to introduce competition into the prescription drug monopoly and for 40 years, they've been stymied and stone-walled by the powerful drug companies and their lobbyists. Minnesota Democratic...

Here's a quick quiz: You're driving your car, the roads are slippery because of blowing snow and ice, and you end up going into the ditch. Can you get a ticket for that? Surprisingly, the answer is yes. As State Trooper Jesse Grabow recently explained in his column, you could be issued...

Of the many failures of the Minnesota Legislature and Gov. Mark Dayton last year, this one may hurt everyday Minnesotans the most: the inability of the governor and lawmakers to align the state's income tax rules with the federal government's 2017 federal tax overhaul. They knew they...

If you think your shopping habits don't really matter, that buying items online instead of locally doesn't have an impact, think again. Local stores depend heavily on support from local residents, and every time you decide to order something online from Amazon or shop out of town,...

Carlos M. Gutierrez, a Cuban immigrant who rose to be the president and CEO of Kellogg as well as secretary of commerce in the George W. Bush administration, received the Economic Club of Minnesota's 2018 Champion of Free Trade Award this week. The award is named after the late Bill...

When Detroit Lakes voters go to the polls Nov. 6, they should know that they will not be deciding whether or not they’d like to fund a new police department. They should understand that in all reality, they’re deciding how they’d like to fund it.

The following editorial was printed in the Red Wing Republican Eagle on Aug. 28. Students are heading back to school. Take a deep breath and it's a heart-warming moment — snapping of first-day photos, meeting new teachers, seeing friends again. Then exhale and fears creep in...

Earlier this month, a jury awarded a former school groundskeeper $289.2 million, determining that Monsanto failed to warn him of the dangers posed by his use of the company's glyphosate-based herbicide Roundup. The verdict has been cheered by opponents of herbicides and genetic modification...

This is not fake news. The newspaper you are holding in your hands or reading on a screen was produced by respected professionals and trained journalists dedicated to delivering the information we all need with fairness, with balance, and without bias. The commitment of the free press,...

For more than 30 years, every state bordering Minnesota — Wisconsin, Iowa, North Dakota and South Dakota — has allowed cameras in its courtrooms, boosting the public's understanding of legal proceedings and its confidence in the criminal-justice system. And how many documented...

When these pages decried the gun violence that killed 58 concertgoers and injured 500 more at the hands of a madman with a "machine gun" in Las Vegas, we said more such tragedies were likely on the way. We only needed to wait about four months. We watched in horror again as panicked...

OK drivers, take a little time to answer these questions and be truthful. Have you ever: • Tailgated to punish or coerce another driver? • Sped up to proceed through a yellow light? • Changed lanes frequently? • Blocked an intersection? • Failed to round out your turn? •...

Maybe starting all over is just what's needed, even if that's precisely what a state agency executive director warned against last week. And maybe her objections — after more than eight years of patience and toil, after tens of millions of dollars of cost overruns, and still...