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OLIVIA — Area legislators are “hopeful’’ that they will be able to cobble together a transportation funding bill in the 2016 session, although they cautioned that the issues that prevented a deal in the last session remain far from resolved. “Our hope is is we are going...

The time has come for the Willmar City Council to start acting appropriately and demonstrate the necessary leadership for the betterment of this community and in accordance with its regional center status. This responsibility lies primarily with Willmar City Council members and...

An excerpt from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States: From The Associated Press On education's needs: Attention for troubling news is hard to summon, much less incorporate into daily life, when life is comfy. That's been much of our history in the postwar boom...

By The Associated Press Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States: On Gulf Coast needs less talking and more doing from BP: BP's containment cap, which the company said captured 11,100 barrels of oil June 6, is the company's first substantial progress in...

ST. PAUL -- Minnesota's political attention now turns to the state Legislature, with occasional interruptions for U.S. Senate recount updates. State lawmakers face something that whoever ends up going to Washington doesn't - the chore of balancing the state budget (the state constitution...