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Friday, May 09, 2008

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Editorial: Nursing homes need help

05/09/2008 12:00 AM
There have been multiple letters to the editor on this page in recent weeks regarding the needs of long-term care facilities, particularly those in Greater Minnesota. We share many of the concerns expressed in these letters.

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Column: Readership strong, on the rise

05/09/2008 12:00 AM
It is time for newspapers and their staffs to tell the other side of the story regarding our industry.

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Rep. Doug Magnus, R-Slayton, was one of the featured speakers Wednesday afternoon during the Murray County sesquicentennial celebration at the Government Center in Slayton. Behind Magnus is the linden tree planted to commemorate the occasion. (Brian Korthals/Daily Globe)
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Letter: Killing JOBZ, and playing games with taxes

05/08/2008 12:00 AM
If the JOBZ program is truly that bad, then I wonder why Wisconsin decided to copy it?

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Letter: United Way campaign seeks support

05/08/2008 12:00 AM
As of today, the Worthington Area United Way is $12,800 short of its goal. The overall goal for the 2007-2008 campaign is $135,000.

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Letter: Lend a hand to children with mental health needs

05/08/2008 12:00 AM
May 8 is National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day. You may know young people with mental health needs and not realize it.

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Letter: Work to make health insurance more affordable

05/08/2008 12:00 AM
Legislative leaders are getting creative as they work to address the state’s budget deficit in the final days of session.

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Sen. Amy Klobuchar (left) and Rep. Tim Walz, both Democrats, listen to testimony Wednesday afternoon at the  Minnesota West Community and Technical College, Pipestone campus. Walz also visited Worthington and Luverne. (Brian Korthals/Daily Globe)
Klobuchar & Walz

Letter: Soaring gas prices require action

05/07/2008 12:00 AM
WASHINGTON — Across Minnesota, May marks the beginning of “Lake Season,” a time when people start thinking about camping trips, lake cabins and launching their family boats.

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Letter: An explanation of nursing home issues

05/06/2008 12:00 AM
In the past few weeks, several legislators have written letters to the editor about nursing home funding, including opinions about whether funds from the Health Care Access Fund should be used to increase funding to nursing homes.

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Letter: Funding for abortion providers must be decreased

05/06/2008 12:00 AM
As Robert Tereba showed on April 8 in his letter to the editor, abortion and its funding is a topic that is debated and important to people on every level of our state government, from the constituents in small farming communities to our senators in the state government.

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U.S. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, D- NY, smiles as she is introduced at the Chelsea-Clinton Community Health Care Center in New York, Sunday, Jan. 21, 2007. The center is not named after Mrs. Clinton's daughter. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton

Editorial: A race in need of a finish line

05/06/2008 12:00 AM
Will the battle for the Democratic presidential nomination ever end?

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Column: Examining education trends as graduation nears

05/03/2008 12:00 AM
Recently, the final report from a group called the Partners in Minnesota Promise, entitled “World-Class School, World-Class State” was released. This consortium of 25 significant and relevant organizations in the field of education, business, social services and charity that have collaborated to try to provide a vision of the needed direction for our state.

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Editorial: Council dives in

05/02/2008 12:00 AM
The Worthington City Council made a bold move Wednesday morning. In doing so, we feel confident it acted with the best interest of the community in mind.

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Letter: National Teacher Day is Tuesday

05/02/2008 12:00 AM
Tuesday, May 6 is National Teacher Day, Be sure to thank a teacher for making your schools great.

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