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Letter: Does the 'I' stand for 'inefficient'?
1+ hour, 38+ min ago (63+ words) Letter: Does the 'I' stand for 'inefficient'?Rochester Post Bulletin Letter: Does the 'I' stand for 'inefficient'? Aside from all the brutality ICE is bringing down on our state, they are a huge waste of U.S. taxpayer money. I suppose at…...
Letter: ICE actions are making us unsafe
4+ hour, 6+ min ago (351+ words) Law enforcement's job is to help make our cities safe. As citizens, we are also responsible to keep our communities safe. People can point fingers at one another but the fact remains that Renee Good and Alex Pretti are dead....
Our View: We agree, local tax increases are not sustainable
4+ hour, 8+ min ago (431+ words) We don't envy elected officials in Minnesota right now. Then there's the plight of local, ostensibly nonpartisan officials, such as county commissioners. They have little say in what happens in Congress or the Minnesota Legislature, but the decisions made by…...
Letter: Voters are rejecting the status quo
6+ hour, 38+ min ago (238+ words) With the runoffs concluded, the political fallout ahead of the 2026 midterms is becoming clear. While national headlines focused on New York and Virginia, the true seismic shifts occurred in Mississippi and Texas. In New York, voters rejected the status quo,…...
Letter: Seeing is believing, whatever the government says
7+ hour, 37+ min ago (296+ words) When I heard a nationally syndicated conservative commentator state on the PBS News Hour (1/31/26) that Minneapolis residents Renee Good and Alex Pretis were, as protesters, responsible for their own deaths at the hands of ICE agents, I was stunned. How…...
Letter: Minnesota traditionally supports refugees
8+ hour, 8+ min ago (184+ words) "Minnesota Nice" is real because we are all immigrants. The Minnesota Historical Society: The history of Minnesota starts with migration of the Ojibwe and Dakota people who have made this land their home for centuries. Christian churches have supported migrants…...
America 250: 50 years ago today - February 7, 1976
8+ hour, 48+ min ago (116+ words) Get ready for a blast from the past! As we count down to America's 250th anniversary on July 4, 2026, the Rochester Post Bulletin is republishing front pages from our archives for a special look back at the nation's Bicentennial year. To celebrate…...
Letter: Lift Minnesota's nuclear power ban
9+ hour, 36+ min ago (257+ words) Demand for electricity is predicted to increase across Minnesota as AI data centers expand. As demand grows, new energy sources will be needed. In 2023 Minnesota legislated the goal of carbon-free electricity by 2040. No carbon-free solution will be possible unless it…...
Letter: What motivates protesters to protect criminals?
9+ hour, 38+ min ago (454+ words) People are protesting, especially in Minneapolis, that ICE officers are trying to arrest dangerous illegal aliens. What motivates people to violence to protect criminals? Yet those same people do not have a word of sympathy for victims of those criminals....
Excitement, growth of girls wrestling on full display Friday at Mayo Civic Center
21+ hour, 13+ min ago (806+ words) ROCHESTER " Just four years ago, the first MSHSL sanctioned girls wrestling section tournaments were held. Just under 75 competitors from Sections 1-4 were on hand on that February day in 2022 at Hastings High School, all in hopes of making history in qualifying…...