Editorials

Then a principal at Duluth's Homecroft Elementary, Bill Gronseth saw with absolute clarity what studies had been touting for years: All-day kindergarten, as opposed to just half days, gave kids a jump-start on learning and led to remarkable academic success. ... So, in 2009, following...

The U.S. Drought Monitor's map shows red indicating extreme drought running out of the Great Plains up across west central Minnesota.

Winter's ending this week with the lion roar of a west central Minnesota blizzard, which made many a little bit grumpy. Many looked out the window Wednesday morning and saw only bone-chilling temperatures with higher snow banks. It sure doesn't look like spring, does it? Spring...

It remains to be seen whether same-sex marriage will be legalized in Minnesota during the current legislative session, but we think the effort to do so is a misplaced priority. After all, even though there's no budget in place yet, there has already been plenty of legislative time...

Last week, The Daily Republic noted how Davison County has switched to digital record-keeping. The new system, known as Odyssey, will file and store all sorts of court-related records, as part of an $11 million statewide conversion from an older, outdated system. With the new protocol...

Discussions about a perceived lack of transparency in President Obama's administration have continued to crescendo during the past few weeks. We can't help but wonder if someone in the president's press corps will take note of the fact that this week is Sunshine Week. Launched by...

South Dakota has an odd attitude when it comes to betterment through government. Residents of this state have an individual spirit, evidently, and that spirit seems to resist most anything that government does to protect us from ourselves.

It's high time Iowa was represented by a woman on Capitol Hill, even if she's made of marble. Though Iowa has never elected a woman to Congress, some Iowa lawmakers are making an effort to get gender balance in the Capitol's National Statuary Hall. Each state is allowed two statues...

Congress and the Obama administration have painted themselves politically into a budget cutting corner that ordinary Americans are going have to bear the pain. House Speaker John Boehner, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and President Barack Obama are in a doubledare showdown...

Whether you're a fan of Nobles County Speedway racing action or have never had interest, Thursday's news that the track could be dark during the 2013 season is nevertheless disappointing. Attendance during the 2012 racing campaign may have been down at first, but it indeed picked...

Victims of child abuse may have a new opportunity to pursue justice if legislation introduced recently in the Minnesota House and Senate becomes law. The Minnesota Child Victims Act, according to a press release from the National Center for Victims of Crime, "would make it easier...

Leave a small loophole opening for public officials and it is certain some will take advantage in order to hide information. Such is the case with the city of Minneapolis. The city declined full disclosure of information concerning the resignation of the city's former regulatory...

Conservatives in the House of Representatives really had no choice but to postpone debate over increasing the national debt ceiling, as they have now voted to do. President Barack Obama and liberals in the U.S. Senate have won the public relations battle over whether to cut government...

In a recent article, the Daily Globe's Julie Buntjer allowed a local pork producer to have his way with the facts as he spouted off his biased views about the Humane Society of the United States, and boy, was he way off the mark in his assessment. I, as a fourth-generation hog farmer,...