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OUR OPINION: Mayo Clinic’s expansion deserves support 
All Minnesotans should be happy to see state support for Mayo Clinic expansion.
RELATED CONTENTOUR OPINION: UND Law School’s renovation needs approval
The North Dakota House’s higher-education funding bill both authorizes too little money for infrastructure projects and mandates too many delays in spending it. Those are two good reasons why a conference committee should lean toward the Senate’s much stronger bill.
RELATED CONTENTOUR OPINION: A Commission on Higher Ed Governance
Would the North Dakota Senate adopt the proposal to replace the state Board of Higher Education — a proposal senators had rejected as recently as last week?
RELATED CONTENTOUR OPINION: Keep CRP at work in new Farm Bill
Back in 1985, America’s duck and other waterfowl populations “were in trouble,” Ducks Unlimited reports. Mallards, pintails and bluewinged teal were seeing “populations at or near their lowest in the 30-year history of the surveys.”
RELATED CONTENTOUR OPINION: America’s promise to Boston
In an age where one person or one group can wreak such havoc, is there any useful way to respond?
RELATED CONTENTOUR OPINION: Reject amendments that would hammer higher-ed funding
N.D. House members should turn back a subcommittee’s recommendations. When it comes to voting wisely on major construction projects or dramatic reforms, two years of study and preparation for lawmakers is a lot better than two weeks. Let alone two days.
RELATED CONTENTOUR OPINION: Don’t let lawmakers usurp Minnesota’s Legacy fund
If hunters, anglers and conservationists in Minnesota thought the Outdoor Heritage Fund was safe under a DFL –controlled state government, they should think again.
RELATED CONTENTOUR OPINION: At last, a federal budget that angers all sides
For years in Washington, the outline of a budget compromise has been clear: It will require both a tax hike and spending cuts, especially cuts to entitlement spending.
RELATED CONTENTOUR OPINION: Park District should leave ‘snus’-users alone
As flat as it is, Grand Forks seems to be home to at least one very slippery slope. And testing their footing on the slope’s snow-and-ice-slicked surface right now are members of the Grand Forks Park Board, who are debating whether to ban chewing tobacco from areas of Grand Forks’ outdoor parks.
RELATED CONTENTOUR OPINION: Let K-12 students keep career options open
In Minnesota and other states, a “skills gap” keeps unemployment high even as jobs in welding, robotics and other high-paying fields go unfilled, authorities report.
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OUR OPINION: Spirit Lake and other tribes need a free press
Many tribes across America desperately need a free and independent press. And the Spirit Lake Tribe in North Dakota just might be first on the list.
RELATED CONTENTOUR OPINION: Don’t fence EPA out of Oil Patch
North Dakota’s congressional delegation should make sure the proposed Empower States Act doesn’t cut the EPA too far out of the picture.
RELATED CONTENTOUR OPINION: NCAA’s nickname gesture appreciated
Here’s to the NCAA’s decision and the negotiating team from North Dakota that helped bring it about.
RELATED CONTENTOUR OPINION: Phy ed beneath the stars
It's not your father’s physical education program. All of which makes us hope that the new “Recess YES!” program by Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota proves to be only the beginning.
RELATED CONTENTOUR OPINION: One more small step, one more giant leap
As Neil Armstrong testified, America is well on its way to giving up its historic lead in manned space flight. That trend should be reversed.
RELATED CONTENTOUR OPINION: Paul Ryan’s Herbert Hoover budget
The issue is not whether the big drivers of federal spending — especially Medicare and Medicaid — must be slowed. The issue is whether that has to be accomplished by a cuts-only plan that axes much of the federal government, including the safety net.
RELATED CONTENTOUR OPINION: China-Canada deal should be Keystone wake-up call
The president should rethink his Keystone call, given that it has complicated American and Canadian energy and foreign policies, driven a wedge between the U.S. and our closest ally — and failed to deliver the environmental benefits it had assured.
RELATED CONTENTOUR OPINION: Mr. Speaker, let House vote on farm bill
House Speaker John Boehner should take the House Ag Committee’s bipartisan “yes” for an answer, and let the farm bill come to the floor for a vote.
RELATED CONTENTOUR OPINION: Better living through truthful accounting
By learning from other states’ budget mistakes, Minnesota can prosper and grow.
RELATED CONTENTOUR OPINION: Bully! TR’s threatened ranch gets reprieve
Kudos to those who learned from Roosevelt's example and successfully protested the digging of a gravel pit near the former president's Elkhorn Ranch.
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