taxes

Roger Bauman (Public Forum, Oct. 30), a rugged individualist out of Vesta, has the mentality of a lone cowboy obviously picked up during the Bush administration.

Can pigs fly? They seem to in Washington, D.C. Consider the Baucus Senate health care plan (really an entitlement). In conjunction with the Congressional Budget Office, Baucus has unveiled his...

Citizens of our country are wondering who our president and Congress are really working for. The hard-working citizens voted them into their lucrative and rewarding jobs and trusted them to...

On my way to St. Cloud I drive by the bike path to nowhere that ends at one of the worst intersections in the county, and of all the times...

Once again our southwest Minnesota rural counties get the short end of the stick! Not only will we be hit with the governor's unallotments but additional cuts! Why? Because of...

Why the rush to push through the Obamacare and cap and trade legislation? President Obama is doing the same thing that Hollywood does just before the Academy Awards; they bring...

I would like to respond to several letters to the editor, e-mails and unsigned mailings to Republican Party co-chairs of Kandiyohi County. The issue of whether or not we, as...

With reference to the letter in the Tribune July 11 regarding the Spicer parade, I have the following comments. The word "Bro" from the objected-to sign, "Don't Tax Me, Bro",...

OLIVIA -- A district judge has ruled in favor of Renville County in an ongoing legal dispute with the Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative. District Judge Bruce Christopherson issued a...

The "cap and trade" bill that is now working its way through Congress has certainly been drawing its share of criticism. And well it should, because the reality of it...

TDS just sent me an e-mail saying, "TDS Telecommunications Corp. and other communications providers will begin vying for stimulus monies to expand their high-speed broadband Internet networks." That's just great!...

A recent letter to the editor by my three-time former campaign opponent (Bonnie Wilhelm) raised concerns and I would like to correct some of her misstatements. Addressing the historic budget...