Sen. Bill Ingebrigtsen should be recognized for work on Legacy Funding for...
As committee chairman, Sen. Ingebrigtsen and the rural members of the committee worked closely with the Minnesota Rural Counties Caucus, and the Greater Minnesota Regional Park and Trail Coalition, on...
View ArticleLee Egerstrom: Feeling the heat, finding feed and food
Minnesota may have some farmers scoring windfall profits before the year is out. Others will be seriously harmed, and markets for grains, oilseeds and livestock may be disrupted for up to three years...
View ArticleMorris City Manager: Funding public infrastructure
As we prepare our budget for the upcoming year and look at our public improvement project for 2013, it is very clear that we need to review how we fund public infrastructure. I will be making...
View ArticleHow could voter ID impact rural Minnesota elections?
While it is not the job of local election officials to determine whether photo ID is valid, it is the responsibility of all local units of government, ranging from the smallest township to the largest...
View ArticleUse biodiesel and improve the air quality on your farm
Farmers and ranchers make up the third-largest category of diesel fuel users behind truck drivers and heating oil users. Thankfully, recent clean-diesel technology has cleaned up our emissions...
View ArticleOpinion: Help for homeless veterans
Nearly one in seven homeless adults in America is a veteran, a rate much higher than their share of the total adult population. On any given night, it's estimated that some 67,000 veterans are...
View ArticleCourt makes right call in restoring amendment questions
The Minnesota Supreme Court deserves recognition for upholding the Legislature's language on two constitutional amendment questions, striking down Secretary of State Mark Ritchie's attempt to skew the...
View ArticleOpinion: Tax reform on a stick
Let's reform the Minnesota tax system by using the "State Fair model." The "State Fair model" is simple and very fair. It's a system where everyone pays.
View ArticleInvitation to a conversation on gay marriage
In recent days, numerous signs supporting gay marriage in Minnesota have been stolen or vandalized in Morris. This, of course, is a violation of our Constitutional right to free speech as Americans,...
View ArticleStaying safe at harvest
Harvest season is a culmination of more than a year of planning, hard work and patience. It's an exciting time for farmers, but it also can be a dangerous time.
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